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| 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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| 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 |
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| 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 | 4.4 | 0.5 | 5.1 | |
| 89106 / Las Vegas / NV / 2.3 mi. | 2,771 | 8,653 | 32.0 | $28,527 | 78.8 | 28.9 | 44.7 | 0.5 | 3.1 | |
| 89032 / North Las Vegas / NV / 4.2 mi. | 2,738 | 8,743 | 31.3 | $53,332 | 53.0 | 17.6 | 26.4 | 0.5 | 5.1 | |
| 89145 / Las Vegas / NV / 8.1 mi. | 2,681 | 7,121 | 37.6 | $54,320 | 25.6 | 11.7 | 5.6 | 0.6 | 4.8 | |
| 89144 / Las Vegas / NV / 10.6 mi. | 2,610 | 4,668 | 55.9 | $70,136 | 22.9 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 8.1 | |
| 89135 / Las Vegas / NV / 12.1 mi. | 2,507 | 1,490 | 168.3 | $62,629 | 26.1 | 8.2 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 10.5 | |
| 89146 / Las Vegas / NV / 5.7 mi. | 2,498 | 7,122 | 35.1 | $44,820 | 32.7 | 16.0 | 6.9 | 0.5 | 6.0 | |
| 89005 / Willow Beach / NV / 19.5 mi. | 2,268 | 6,444 | 35.2 | $50,622 | 8.2 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | |
| 89030 / North Las Vegas / NV / 2.4 mi. | 2,191 | 14,019 | 15.6 | $31,306 | 84.6 | 62.9 | 18.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 | |
| 89149 / Las Vegas / NV / 11.8 mi. | 2,169 | 4,168 | 52.0 | $74,482 | 15.4 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 2.7 | |
| 89115 / Las Vegas / NV / 4.4 mi. | 1,941 | 16,640 | 11.7 | $31,370 | 60.8 | 33.5 | 20.1 | 0.8 | 3.4 | |
| 89142 / Las Vegas / NV / 4.7 mi. | 1,763 | 7,263 | 24.3 | $52,897 | 46.4 | 21.9 | 8.9 | 0.6 | 11.5 | |
| 89118 / Las Vegas / NV / 7.7 mi. | 1,701 | 7,156 | 23.8 | $42,067 | 35.4 | 14.0 | 6.1 | 0.6 | 10.6 | |
| 89113 / Las Vegas / NV / 9.8 mi. | 1,621 | 3,480 | 46.6 | $61,057 | 27.4 | 10.2 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 9.8 | |
| 89148 / Las Vegas / NV / 12.6 mi. | 1,489 | 346 | 430.3 | $92,707 | 28.8 | 7.3 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 15.7 | |
| 89156 / Las Vegas / NV / 5.9 mi. | 1,392 | 7,631 | 18.2 | $46,543 | 37.0 | 17.8 | 9.9 | 1.0 | 4.6 | |
| 89048 / Pahrump / NV / 46.9 mi. | 1,364 | 10,220 | 13.3 | $34,856 | 14.0 | 7.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | |
| 89141 / Las Vegas / NV / 12.7 mi. | 1,171 | 94 | 1245.7 | $108,579 | 14.9 | 12.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.9 | |
| 89029 / Laughlin / NV / 71.5 mi. | 1,110 | 3,177 | 34.9 | $36,885 | 17.6 | 10.6 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 2.4 | |
| 89139 / Las Vegas / NV / 9.4 mi. | 947 | 816 | 116.1 | $74,706 | 12.8 | 7.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 2.0 | |
| 89027 / Mesquite / NV / 67.8 mi. | 726 | 3,524 | 20.6 | $40,392 | 28.5 | 24.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | |
| 89143 / Las Vegas / NV / 12.7 mi. | 702 | 819 | 85.7 | $67,411 | 28.4 | 13.3 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 4.4 | |
| 89024 / Mesquite / NV / 67.9 mi. | 392 | 168 | 233.3 | $32,708 | 22.2 | 20.5 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | |
| 86401 / Lake Mead Ranche / AZ / 82.7 mi. | 334 | 15,484 | 2.2 | $30,287 | 13.8 | 8.8 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | |
| 89019 / Sandy Valley / NV / 35.7 mi. | 296 | 962 | 30.8 | $46,471 | 21.4 | 11.9 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 3.5 | |
| 86442 / Bullhead City / AZ / 74.6 mi. | 254 | 11,899 | 2.1 | $29,581 | 25.3 | 20.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| 89124 / Sloan / NV / 21.7 mi. | 251 | 706 | 35.6 | $53,056 | 14.9 | 6.0 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1.5 | |
| 89040 / Valley of Fire / NV / 26.6 mi. | 214 | 1,613 | 13.3 | $37,103 | 12.7 | 9.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
| 84790 / Saint George / UT / 99 mi. | 205 | 7,068 | 2.9 | $41,811 | 7.0 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | |
| 84770 / Winchester Hills / UT / 98.9 mi. | 184 | 10,808 | 1.7 | $32,967 | 13.3 | 8.5 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 1.1 | |
| 86429 / Bullhead City / AZ / 73.5 mi. | 149 | 2,107 | 7.1 | $32,821 | 19.7 | 15.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | |
| 89011 / Henderson / NV / 11.5 mi. | 149 | 81 | 184.0 | $105,371 | 12.0 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 4.6 | |
| 89021 / Logandale / NV / 43 mi. | 139 | 653 | 21.3 | $48,250 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
| 89046 / Searchlight / NV / 46.8 mi. | 118 | 451 | 26.2 | $25,272 | 8.1 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | |
| 86413 / White Hills / AZ / 77.6 mi. | 95 | 3,165 | 3.0 | $27,040 | 10.9 | 7.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | |
| 89003 / Rhyolite / NV / 94.9 mi. | 85 | 545 | 15.6 | $41,076 | 14.7 | 8.9 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | |
| 89018 / Indian Springs / NV / 38.3 mi. | 76 | 522 | 14.6 | $40,966 | 13.8 | 6.8 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | |
| 84737 / Hurricane / UT / 114.3 mi. | 75 | 3,830 | 2.0 | $33,765 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | |
| 86426 / Fort Mohave / AZ / 80.1 mi. | 75 | 3,404 | 2.2 | $36,270 | 15.3 | 11.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | |
| 84720 / Pintura / UT / 144.3 mi. | 66 | 9,075 | 0.7 | $33,150 | 8.9 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 1.1 | |
| 89043 / Ursine / NV / 138 mi. | 44 | 351 | 12.5 | $30,089 | 14.1 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 0.1 | |
| 89007 / Riverside / NV / 64.5 mi. | 41 | 258 | 15.9 | $45,076 | 30.1 | 24.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.5 | |
| 89025 / Moapa / NV / 43.2 mi. | 36 | 416 | 8.7 | $36,955 | 49.9 | 35.3 | 0.1 | 11.0 | 1.7 | |
| 89039 / Searchlight / NV / 56.7 mi. | 33 | 175 | 18.9 | $42,594 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | |
| 89301 / Preston / NV / 198.8 mi. | 30 | 2,524 | 1.2 | $37,210 | 23.1 | 12.2 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 1.2 | |
| 84738 / Kayenta / UT / 98.9 mi. | 26 | 1,411 | 1.8 | $40,915 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | |
| 89008 / Elgin / NV / 100.6 mi. | 26 | 500 | 5.2 | $27,578 | 13.4 | 6.3 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 0.6 | |
| 86441 / Dolan Springs / AZ / 33.3 mi. | 22 | 1,119 | 2.0 | $17,267 | 10.1 | 6.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.2 | |
| 89001 / Tempiute / NV / 79.4 mi. | 22 | 342 | 6.4 | $43,456 | 8.8 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.2 | |
| 86430 / Bullhead City / AZ / 76.9 mi. | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | $19,375 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 86440 / Mohave Valley / AZ / 87.1 mi. | 9 | 2,650 | 0.3 | $33,252 | 22.3 | 12.9 | 0.4 | 6.6 | 0.6 | |
| 86444 / Meadview / AZ / 46.6 mi. | 9 | 438 | 2.1 | $22,026 | 7.2 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 | |
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