Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
Waterbury Republican-American | ||||||||||
Waterbury, Connecticut | ||||||||||
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 | 2.8 | |||||||||
2004 | 2.7 | |||||||||
2003 | 4.2 | |||||||||
2002 | 4.3 | |||||||||
2001 | 5.7 | |||||||||
2000 | 3.1 | |||||||||
1999 | 1.5 | |||||||||
1998 | 2.2 | |||||||||
1997 | Did not report | |||||||||
1996 | Did not report | |||||||||
1995 | 1.1 | |||||||||
1994 | Did not report | |||||||||
1993 | Did not report | |||||||||
1992 | 1.6 | |||||||||
1991 | Did not report | |||||||||
1990 | 1.3 | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 2001 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for Waterbury Republican-American | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 2.8 | 16.2 | 17 | |||||||
2004 | 2.7 | 16.4 | 16 | |||||||
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.) | ||||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Peer group comparison | ||||||||||
for Waterbury Republican-American | ||||||||||
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 17. | This paper | |||||||||
Peer group | ||||||||||
Compare that with 50, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers | ||||||||||
reporting in this circulation category of 50,001 to 100,000 daily sales. | ||||||||||
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 84 out of 90 | ||||||||||
newspapers reporting in the 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 Florida Today, Melbourne, Florida, with a 19.1 percent non-white staff in a community that is 16.3 percent non-white. Its index is 117. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 54,584 ranks 187 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 Waterbury Republican-American | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 7.9 | 30,037 | ||||||||
Black | 5.4 | 20,373 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3 | 5,082 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 736 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.3 | 1,033 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.3 | 5,004 | ||||||||
Non-white | 16.4 | 62,265 | ||||||||
White | 83.6 | 316,707 | ||||||||
Total | 378,972 | |||||||||
Home county: New Haven | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 10.1 | 83,131 | ||||||||
Black | 10.8 | 89,286 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.3 | 19,263 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 1,467 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.2 | 1,875 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.5 | 12,445 | ||||||||
Non-white | 25.2 | 207,467 | ||||||||
White | 74.8 | 616,541 | ||||||||
Total | 824,008 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is New Haven. | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Waterbury Republican-American | ||||||||||
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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06708 / Waterbury / CT / 1.3 mi. | 5,530 | 11,632 | 47.5 | $42,538 | 23.0 | 12.0 | 7.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | |
06705 / Waterbury / CT / 2.3 mi. | 4,786 | 10,338 | 46.3 | $37,333 | 29.1 | 13.5 | 10.4 | 0.2 | 2.0 | |
06770 / Union City / CT / 4.1 mi. | 4,632 | 11,725 | 39.5 | $51,355 | 11.1 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 1.7 | |
06790 / Torrington / CT / 17 mi. | 3,847 | 14,788 | 26.0 | $41,812 | 8.5 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | |
06795 / Watertown / CT / 5.2 mi. | 3,175 | 4,874 | 65.1 | $67,899 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.5 | |
06716 / Wolcott / CT / 3.9 mi. | 3,029 | 5,410 | 56.0 | $61,465 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
06704 / Waterbury / CT / 1.5 mi. | 2,874 | 9,884 | 29.1 | $29,916 | 59.2 | 25.6 | 28.6 | 0.4 | 1.2 | |
06488 / Southbury / CT / 10.2 mi. | 2,625 | 7,225 | 36.3 | $61,919 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.2 | |
06706 / Waterbury / CT / 1.4 mi. | 1,991 | 5,271 | 37.8 | $31,390 | 46.6 | 33.1 | 7.5 | 0.3 | 1.6 | |
06702 / Waterbury / CT / 0.1 mi. | 1,950 | 1,714 | 113.8 | $11,913 | 70.6 | 50.3 | 17.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
06712 / Waterbury / CT / 5.1 mi. | 1,661 | 3,008 | 55.2 | $67,619 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | |
06787 / Thomaston / CT / 7.9 mi. | 1,492 | 3,393 | 44.0 | $55,946 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
06779 / Watertown / CT / 3.3 mi. | 1,435 | 3,175 | 45.2 | $47,736 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.0 | |
06762 / Middlebury / CT / 4.1 mi. | 1,392 | 2,530 | 55.0 | $66,818 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.3 | |
06804 / Brookfield Center / CT / 18.1 mi. | 1,346 | 5,726 | 23.5 | $82,838 | 6.6 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.6 | |
06410 / Cheshire / CT / 7.1 mi. | 1,286 | 9,356 | 13.7 | $80,494 | 12.0 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 2.6 | |
06710 / Waterbury / CT / 0.9 mi. | 892 | 3,772 | 23.6 | $31,118 | 64.4 | 33.4 | 25.5 | 0.4 | 1.1 | |
06759 / Litchfield / CT / 14.4 mi. | 819 | 2,298 | 35.6 | $65,063 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
06098 / Winsted / CT / 23.7 mi. | 782 | 5,771 | 13.6 | $52,346 | 5.7 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.8 | |
06403 / Beacon Falls / CT / 7.8 mi. | 659 | 2,024 | 32.6 | $56,712 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.1 | |
06478 / Seymour / CT / 9.5 mi. | 598 | 3,344 | 17.9 | $77,126 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
06791 / Torrington / CT / 13.9 mi. | 596 | 1,968 | 30.3 | $66,056 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
06483 / Seymour / CT / 11.5 mi. | 556 | 6,154 | 9.0 | $52,408 | 7.1 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.8 | |
06786 / Terryville / CT / 7.9 mi. | 511 | 3,685 | 13.9 | $53,994 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
06751 / Bethlehem / CT / 10 mi. | 489 | 1,308 | 37.4 | $67,865 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
06489 / Southington / CT / 8.7 mi. | 464 | 11,288 | 4.1 | $59,715 | 5.1 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.1 | |
06010 / Forestville / CT / 9.6 mi. | 377 | 24,915 | 1.5 | $47,522 | 10.7 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 1.5 | |
06057 / New Hartford / CT / 19.3 mi. | 330 | 1,852 | 17.8 | $64,261 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
06756 / Goshen / CT / 20.9 mi. | 299 | 1,027 | 29.1 | $63,466 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
06750 / Litchfield / CT / 14.4 mi. | 283 | 590 | 48.0 | $39,896 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | |
06763 / Morris / CT / 11.5 mi. | 282 | 836 | 33.7 | $58,300 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
06782 / Plymouth / CT / 7.1 mi. | 282 | 765 | 36.9 | $53,060 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
06018 / North Canaan / CT / 33.2 mi. | 262 | 1,150 | 22.8 | $39,440 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
06776 / Northville / CT / 18 mi. | 223 | 9,609 | 2.3 | $65,075 | 7.7 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.0 | |
06778 / Thomaston / CT / 10.1 mi. | 192 | 14 | 1371.4 | $46,250 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
06479 / Plantsville / CT / 7 mi. | 179 | 3,795 | 4.7 | $63,463 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.8 | |
06757 / Kent / CT / 23 mi. | 176 | 899 | 19.6 | $52,028 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | |
06777 / Washington Depot / CT / 17.1 mi. | 171 | 764 | 22.4 | $57,339 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
06069 / West Woods / CT / 28.3 mi. | 170 | 1,148 | 14.8 | $53,152 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |
06783 / Roxbury / CT / 12.5 mi. | 154 | 817 | 18.8 | $86,960 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
06039 / Lakeville / CT / 31.9 mi. | 138 | 987 | 14.0 | $52,609 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 | |
06794 / Washington Depot / CT / 14.9 mi. | 138 | 417 | 33.1 | $78,881 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | |
06401 / Ansonia / CT / 13.9 mi. | 107 | 7,507 | 1.4 | $43,026 | 18.8 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | |
06031 / South Canaan / CT / 29.5 mi. | 102 | 627 | 16.3 | $55,694 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
06793 / Washington Green / CT / 13.3 mi. | 79 | 522 | 15.1 | $70,156 | 8.0 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 3.5 | |
06754 / Warren / CT / 20.3 mi. | 77 | 538 | 14.3 | $60,227 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
06058 / Norfolk / CT / 29 mi. | 76 | 719 | 10.6 | $58,125 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
06068 / Salisbury / CT / 34.6 mi. | 76 | 584 | 13.0 | $51,167 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | |
06524 / New Haven / CT / 9.5 mi. | 75 | 1,755 | 4.3 | $74,898 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 1.6 | |
06810 / Danbury / CT / 22.8 mi. | 69 | 16,424 | 0.4 | $46,116 | 39.0 | 21.1 | 6.4 | 0.2 | 5.8 | |
06021 / Colebrook / CT / 28.8 mi. | 56 | 106 | 52.8 | $63,750 | 9.0 | 6.1 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
06752 / Bridgewater / CT / 15.6 mi. | 52 | 705 | 7.4 | $80,420 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.7 | |
06470 / Newtown / CT / 16.7 mi. | 49 | 4,930 | 1.0 | $91,126 | 7.5 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 1.3 | |
06450 / Meriden / CT / 11.7 mi. | 42 | 13,728 | 0.3 | $44,593 | 29.6 | 20.4 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 1.5 | |
06796 / West Cornwall / CT / 24.4 mi. | 41 | 391 | 10.5 | $54,706 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | |
06063 / Winsted / CT / 24.9 mi. | 40 | 217 | 18.4 | $57,708 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
06013 / Unionville / CT / 13.8 mi. | 37 | 2,853 | 1.3 | $82,106 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.8 | |
06418 / Derby / CT / 11.4 mi. | 34 | 5,252 | 0.6 | $45,670 | 14.4 | 7.7 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 1.8 | |
06024 / East Canaan / CT / 31.8 mi. | 33 | 193 | 17.1 | $38,466 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
06062 / Plainville / CT / 11.3 mi. | 23 | 7,346 | 0.3 | $48,117 | 8.6 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 1.7 | |
12546 / Millerton / NY / 37.4 mi. | 17 | 1,190 | 1.4 | $41,377 | 6.7 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |
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