Daily Breeze, Torrance... Racial diversity of its news staff and community

Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists

at America's daily newspapers

with the communities that they serve

Newsroom diversity report for

Daily Breeze, Torrance

Torrance, California

Owner: Copley Press (Calif.)

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

6.3

2000

3.2

1999

3.3

1998

6.3

1997

Did not report

1996

3.8

1995

Did not report

1994

2.4

1993

2.3

1992

0.0

1991

2.5

1990

2.4

The latest year at peak is

2001

See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.

Newsroom Diversity Index

for Daily Breeze, Torrance

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

N/A

58.5

N/A

2004

N/A

61.4

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, Copley Press (Calif.),

has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 43.

See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.

Peer group comparison

for Daily Breeze, Torrance

This paper

Peer group

The median Diversity Index is 50 for all newspapers

reporting in this circulation category of 50,001 to 100,000 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 El Paso Times, Texas, with a 60 percent non-white staff in a community that is 81.4 percent non-white. Its index is 74.

FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of

approximately 70,426 ranks 144 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 Daily Breeze, Torrance

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

30.9

266,046

Black

11.0

95,092

Asian and Pacific Islander

16.2

139,259

Native-American

0.3

2,326

Other non-white

0.2

2,110

Multi-racial

2.8

24,190

Non-white

61.4

529,023

White

38.6

332,737

Total

861,760

Home county: Los Angeles

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

44.6

4,242,213

Black

9.5

901,472

Asian and Pacific Islander

12.1

1,147,834

Native-American

0.3

25,609

Other non-white

0.2

19,935

Multi-racial

2.3

222,661

Non-white

68.9

6,559,724

White

31.1

2,959,614

Total

9,519,338

The home county of this newspaper is Los Angeles.

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

Daily Breeze, Torrance

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

90731 / Terminal Island / CA / 7.6 mi.

5,236

21,344

24.5

$35,910

63.1

48.0

7.2

0.5

4.3

90503 / Torrance / CA / 0 mi.

4,957

16,742

29.6

$58,127

48.2

9.7

1.8

0.2

33.1

90505 / Torrance / CA / 2 mi.

4,210

13,868

30.4

$60,737

39.5

8.7

1.6

0.3

25.3

90275 / Rolling Hills Es / CA / 6.3 mi.

3,840

15,304

25.1

$95,643

36.9

5.7

2.0

0.1

26.0

90277 / Redondo Beach / CA / 1.3 mi.

3,657

17,049

21.4

$68,263

21.9

9.2

1.8

0.3

7.6

90504 / Torrance / CA / 2.5 mi.

3,232

11,638

27.8

$50,587

61.2

17.3

3.4

0.3

35.6

90745 / Long Beach / CA / 5 mi.

3,159

14,705

21.5

$50,610

86.3

40.1

8.0

0.2

34.8

90732 / San Pedro / CA / 5.8 mi.

3,107

8,794

35.3

$63,614

34.4

21.0

3.7

0.3

6.7

90250 / Hollyglen / CA / 4.8 mi.

2,999

31,450

9.5

$33,656

84.5

43.9

29.7

0.3

7.9

90501 / Torrance / CA / 2.4 mi.

2,992

13,873

21.6

$42,117

66.8

39.0

5.9

0.3

18.5

90278 / Redondo Beach / CA / 2.1 mi.

2,598

15,449

16.8

$69,614

33.9

16.0

2.8

0.3

10.9

90274 / Rolling Hills Es / CA / 4.5 mi.

2,559

9,366

27.3

$117,979

26.0

3.8

1.2

0.1

18.0

90744 / Wilmington / CA / 6.4 mi.

2,425

13,966

17.4

$30,259

92.8

84.6

3.4

0.3

3.4

90266 / Manhattan Beach / CA / 3.9 mi.

2,364

14,426

16.4

$100,761

14.6

5.2

0.6

0.1

6.1

90717 / Lomita / CA / 3.8 mi.

1,947

8,402

23.2

$42,182

47.3

26.9

4.1

0.5

12.0

90249 / Gardena / CA / 4.2 mi.

1,869

8,888

21.0

$44,451

83.6

30.3

33.3

0.3

16.4

90260 / Lawndale / CA / 3.1 mi.

1,869

10,018

18.7

$41,404

76.1

50.0

11.1

0.3

11.4

90247 / Gardena / CA / 4.5 mi.

1,819

16,058

11.3

$35,101

90.9

41.9

19.2

0.2

27.0

90710 / Harbor City / CA / 4.1 mi.

1,793

8,284

21.6

$42,299

73.4

43.3

13.6

0.3

14.0

90245 / El Segundo / CA / 5.9 mi.

1,463

7,060

20.7

$61,341

22.9

11.0

1.1

0.3

6.6

90232 / Culver City / CA / 11.4 mi.

1,431

6,340

22.6

$46,121

55.0

28.5

8.6

0.3

13.5

90254 / Hermosa Beach / CA / 2.7 mi.

1,208

9,525

12.7

$81,352

14.8

6.8

0.8

0.3

4.5

90502 / Torrance / CA / 3.4 mi.

1,140

5,571

20.5

$48,601

72.7

33.0

7.7

0.4

28.3

90043 / Windsor Hills / CA / 9.7 mi.

1,094

15,801

6.9

$34,069

97.7

22.6

71.5

0.1

0.8

90746 / Long Beach / CA / 5.6 mi.

943

7,628

12.4

$59,390

92.7

15.9

67.0

0.1

6.9

90045 / Westchester / CA / 7.8 mi.

827

15,558

5.3

$56,566

47.9

17.5

16.5

0.2

9.6

90248 / Gardena / CA / 4.7 mi.

813

3,305

24.6

$43,125

86.0

35.9

16.0

0.2

30.5

90301 / Inglewood / CA / 7.5 mi.

572

11,981

4.8

$31,306

95.2

57.3

34.3

0.2

1.8

90303 / Inglewood / CA / 6.2 mi.

408

7,564

5.4

$34,751

97.7

56.1

38.7

0.2

1.2

90304 / Lennox / CA / 6 mi.

399

6,520

6.1

$29,036

94.9

87.1

4.6

0.1

2.3

90302 / Inglewood / CA / 8.6 mi.

345

11,037

3.1

$32,698

94.6

37.0

53.8

0.2

1.2

90044 / Watts / CA / 8.1 mi.

276

24,549

1.1

$22,091

98.9

52.4

44.7

0.2

0.4

90230 / Culver City / CA / 10.1 mi.

250

12,902

1.9

$51,275

60.6

31.5

12.2

0.3

12.8

90047 / Wagner / CA / 7.7 mi.

248

15,620

1.6

$35,142

99.0

24.1

72.5

0.2

0.6

90066 / Playa Vista / CA / 10.6 mi.

242

23,236

1.0

$45,089

54.1

33.2

3.9

0.4

13.3

90305 / Inglewood / CA / 7.7 mi.

179

5,615

3.2

$45,711

97.1

6.8

87.0

0.1

0.6

90014 / Los Angeles / CA / 14.1 mi.

168

2,431

6.9

$8,633

83.4

25.4

28.0

0.8

26.6

90221 / East Rancho Domi / CA / 8.9 mi.

140

11,169

1.3

$31,310

98.7

67.1

29.7

0.1

1.0

90293 / Venice / CA / 8.7 mi.

6,122

1.5

$66,425

25.9

8.8

5.2

0.2

7.9

90810 / Long Beach / CA / 7.8 mi.

9,144

1.0

$36,966

90.9

45.6

16.2

0.4

25.9

90222 / Rosewood / CA / 8 mi.

7,157

1.0

$29,520

99.3

61.2

37.1

0.1

0.4

90056 / Windsor Hills / CA / 9.7 mi.

3,429

2.0

$72,193

83.2

3.9

71.4

0.2

3.1

90220 / Rancho Dominguez / CA / 6.9 mi.

12,283

0.5

$33,997

96.9

47.7

46.0

0.3

1.8

90292 / Venice / CA / 10 mi.

10,935

0.5

$72,215

20.5

6.0

4.2

0.2

7.5

90291 / Venice / CA / 11.3 mi.

15,483

0.3

$45,769

39.5

25.3

6.5

0.4

3.7

90704 / Santa Catalina / CA / 32.3 mi.

1,281

2.9

$39,840

48.4

44.4

0.4

0.6

1.1

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