Local Journalist Equivalents (LJEs) in the Mountain West, 2025

Authors

Taylor Volk, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Anthony Arroyo, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Yiselle Olivas Ruiz, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Olivia K. Cheche, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
William E. Brown Jr., Brookings Mountain WestFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

10-29-2025

Publication Title

Economic Development & Workforce Fact Sheet No. 81

Publisher

The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West

First page number:

1

Last page number:

3

Abstract

This fact sheet presents 2025 data on Local Journalist Equivalents (LJEs) for the Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The data are derived from the Muck Rack report “Local Journalist Index 2025,” which includes data on LJEs for states and counties across the U.S. This fact sheet highlights state-level LJE data among Mountain West states, as well as LJE data for the following 17 Nevada counties: Carson City, Churchill, Clark, Douglas, Elko, Esmeralda, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lincoln, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Pershing, Storey, Washoe, and White Pine.

Keywords

Journalism; Journalist; Freelancers; Arizona; Colorado; Nevada; New Mexico; Utah

Disciplines

Economic Policy | Journalism Studies | Public Policy | Urban Studies

File Format

pdf

File Size

118 KB

Language

English

Publisher Citation

Volk, T., Arroyo, A., Ruiz, Y.O., Cheche, O.K., Brown, W.E. (2025). Local Journalist Equivalents (LJEs) in the Mountain West, 2025. The Data Hub at The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West. Economic Development & Workforce Fact Sheet No. 81, 1-3.

Repository Citation

Volk, T., Arroyo, A., Olivas Ruiz, Y., Cheche, O. K., Brown, W. E. (2025). Local Journalist Equivalents (LJEs) in the Mountain West, 2025. Economic Development & Workforce Fact Sheet No. 81 1-3.
Available at: https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/bmw_lincy_econdev/81