Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas, Nevada
Owner: Stephens Media Group (Donrey) (Nev.)
From a report for the Knight Foundation
by Bill Dedman and Stephen K. Doig, June 2005
Click here to read the national report or to select another newspaper
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff
2005	Did not report
2004	Did not report
2003	Did not report
2002	Did not report
2001	Did not report
2000	Did not report
1999	Did not report
1998	Did not report
1997	Did not report
1996	Did not report
1995	Did not report
1994	Did not report
1993	8.2
1992	2.7
1991	6.6
1990	Did not report
The latest year at peak is	1993
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Newsroom Diversity Index
for Las Vegas Review-Journal
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff	Non-white % of circulation area	Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005	N/A	39.3	N/A
2004	N/A	39.8	N/A
How the index is calculated
The Newsroom Diversity Index is the non-white percentage of the newsroom staff
divided by the non-white percentage of residents in the circulation area.
(Parity = 100.)
Company index
This newspaper's owner, Stephens Media Group (Donrey) (Nev.),
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 37.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for Las Vegas Review-Journal
	This paper
					Peer group
The median Diversity Index is 64 for all newspapers
reporting in this circulation category of 100,001 to 250,000 daily sales.
An example of a newspaper of similar circulation, in an area of similar level of non-white residents, but one that has a relatively high Diversity Index, is South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with a 28.3 percent non-white staff in a community that is 36.1 percent non-white. Its index is 79.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 159,507 ranks 72 out of 1,410 daily newspapers in the US.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Details on race/ethnicity
in the circulation area
and the home county
of Las Vegas Review-Journal
	Circulation area
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	22.0	299,085
Black	8.8	119,932
Asian and Pacific Islander	5.6	76,664
Native-American	0.6	7,672
Other non-white	0.2	1,994
Multi-racial	2.7	36,460
Non-white	39.8	541,807
White	60.2	819,543
Total		1,361,350
	Home county:  Clark
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	22.0	302,143
Black	8.8	121,401
Asian and Pacific Islander	5.6	77,090
Native-American	0.6	7,761
Other non-white	0.2	2,019
Multi-racial	2.7	36,682
Non-white	39.8	547,096
White	60.2	828,669
Total		1,375,765
The home county of this newspaper is Clark.
About this report
This third annual report for the Knight Foundation adds context to an annual survey by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. ASNE has set a goal that
every newspaper, to help it know its community and gather the news, should employ at least one non-white journalist, and that newspapers should strive to
employ non-whites in proportion to their share of the community. ASNE's report, at www.asne.org, shows each newspaper's non-white employment, but does
not disclose how closely that employment mirrors the newspaper's circulation area.
That gap is filled by the report you are reading now. This report was not done by ASNE, but was done for the Knight Foundation by Bill Dedman and
Stephen K. Doig. It shows how close each newspaper is to ASNE's goal, by comparing the newsroom staffing with the circulation area population.
The full report is at www.powerreporting.com/knight.
Notes and definitions
1. The Newsroom Diversity Index is the non-white percentage of the newsroom staff divided by the non-white percentage of the circulation area's residents. Parity = 100.
2. Source for staffing: Survey by American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 2005. Newspapers report non-white staff as of the end of the previous year.
3. Following ASNE's definition, newsroom staff includes only supervisors, reporters, editors, copy/layout editors and photographers.
4. Also following ASNE's definition, "whites," "blacks," etc., exclude Hispanics, who are counted in a separate category.
5. Source for boundaries of this newspaper's circulation area: ZIP Code circulation data, Audit Bureau of Circulations, latest available.
6. A paper may define its circulation area differently for marketing efforts, or news coverage, or to set advertising rates.
7. If ZIP Codes or counties are used, this report applies a threshold: 10 percent household penetration is required to include an area in the circulation area.
8. Source for the demographics of residents of that circulation area: US Census 2000.
9. Source for total circulation: Editor & Publisher magazine, Monday-Friday average at year-end 2004.
10. Staff of non-English publications, such as the Miami Herald's El Nuevo Herald, are excluded from the ASNE staffing survey for the first time this year.
Demographics of ZIP Codes
where sales were reported by
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Note that some ZIP Codes listed here may not have been included in determining the newspaper's circulation area. In calculating the Diversity Index, a
ZIP Code was included only if the household penetration was at least 10 percent. Any lower-penetration ZIP Codes are also listed here for your information.
Also, if the newspaper reported more than 300 ZIP Codes, only the top 300 in weekday sales are listed here.
ZIP / City / State / Approx. distance in miles from the newspaper's home office	Weekday sales	Households	Penetration % (daily sales per 100 households)	Median household income	Non-white % of population	Hispanic % of population	Black % of population	Native % of population	Asian % of population
89015 / Henderson / NV / 11.4 mi.	7,096	22,775	31.2	$50,970	21.0	12.4	3.3	0.8	2.2
89121 / Las Vegas / NV / 3.8 mi.	6,957	25,392	27.4	$40,542	32.5	18.9	6.1	0.8	4.1
89117 / Las Vegas / NV / 8.2 mi.	6,805	21,419	31.8	$52,328	27.2	9.2	5.9	0.3	8.6
89109 / Winchester / NV / 3.3 mi.	6,753	19,140	35.3	$27,429	53.8	34.4	8.9	0.5	6.6
89123 / Las Vegas / NV / 9.9 mi.	6,704	17,702	37.9	$57,630	28.9	12.7	3.6	0.4	9.0
89134 / Las Vegas / NV / 9.8 mi.	6,635	11,505	57.7	$59,486	12.9	3.7	2.5	0.2	4.9
89052 / Henderson / NV / 11.6 mi.	5,871	5,962	98.5	$70,089	19.8	8.2	3.1	0.4	5.8
89119 / Las Vegas / NV / 5.6 mi.	5,219	20,812	25.1	$30,609	50.7	31.7	7.9	0.6	7.2
89103 / Las Vegas / NV / 6.1 mi.	5,048	20,167	25.0	$36,953	41.8	22.5	6.4	0.6	8.9
89014 / Henderson / NV / 7.9 mi.	4,719	31,150	15.1	$56,876	23.6	10.5	4.1	0.4	5.7
89129 / Las Vegas / NV / 9.6 mi.	4,567	11,493	39.7	$63,373	25.0	9.2	6.9	0.4	5.5
89108 / Las Vegas / NV / 5.7 mi.	4,516	24,042	18.8	$44,204	41.9	21.9	11.9	0.7	4.4
89128 / Las Vegas / NV / 9.1 mi.	4,268	16,283	26.2	$51,161	27.6	9.7	7.8	0.4	6.6
89031 / North Las Vegas / NV / 5.4 mi.	4,188	11,307	37.0	$59,325	36.9	14.0	13.1	0.5	5.6
89147 / Las Vegas / NV / 8.8 mi.	3,981	14,993	26.6	$55,295	36.6	13.1	4.5	0.4	14.9
89130 / Las Vegas / NV / 7.5 mi.	3,838	9,096	42.2	$60,129	22.4	9.6	6.4	0.4	3.6
89012 / Henderson / NV / 11.2 mi.	3,812	6,935	55.0	$62,261	16.9	6.9	2.9	0.3	4.5
89102 / Las Vegas / NV / 3.8 mi.	3,766	14,778	25.5	$32,674	54.4	38.0	7.2	0.5	6.0
89110 / Las Vegas / NV / 3.3 mi.	3,740	19,455	19.2	$43,073	56.2	35.1	11.3	0.7	6.2
89104 / Las Vegas / NV / 1.5 mi.	3,355	15,088	22.2	$34,252	51.5	34.8	6.3	0.6	7.2
89107 / Las Vegas / NV / 4.6 mi.	3,087	13,028	23.7	$40,444	38.2	24.5	6.5	0.4	4.1
89122 / Las Vegas / NV / 5.1 mi.	2,980	10,625	28.0	$35,431	35.6	21.6	6.8	0.6	3.7
89131 / Las Vegas / NV / 10.2 mi.	2,828	3,480	81.3	$61,779	23.4	10.5	6.2	0.6	3.2
89101 / Las Vegas / NV / 0.1 mi.	2,802	16,823	16.7	$23,166	71.1	52.9	11.7	0.7	3.9
89120 / Las Vegas / NV / 6 mi.	2,785	8,463	32.9	$51,449	28.5	15.9