Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
The Honolulu Advertiser | ||||||||||
Honolulu, Hawaii | ||||||||||
Owner: Gannett Co. (Va.) | ||||||||||
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 | 50.4 | |||||||||
2004 | 50.8 | |||||||||
2003 | 50.0 | |||||||||
2002 | 44.6 | |||||||||
2001 | 50.4 | |||||||||
2000 | 49.0 | |||||||||
1999 | 46.5 | |||||||||
1998 | 47.0 | |||||||||
1997 | 51.7 | |||||||||
1996 | 44.1 | |||||||||
1995 | 43.8 | |||||||||
1994 | 37.9 | |||||||||
1993 | 40.0 | |||||||||
1992 | 39.7 | |||||||||
1991 | 30.9 | |||||||||
1990 | 33.7 | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 1997 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for The Honolulu Advertiser | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 50.4 | 79.0 | 64 | |||||||
2004 | 50.8 | 78.4 | 65 | |||||||
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, Gannett Co. (Va.), | ||||||||||
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 89. | ||||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Peer group comparison | ||||||||||
for The Honolulu Advertiser | ||||||||||
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 64. | This paper | |||||||||
Peer group | ||||||||||
Compare that with 64, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers | ||||||||||
reporting in this circulation category of 100,001 to 250,000 daily sales. | ||||||||||
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 29 out of 58 | ||||||||||
newspapers reporting in the category of 100,001 to 250,000 daily sales. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 141,341 ranks 77 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 The Honolulu Advertiser | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 6.9 | 73,977 | ||||||||
Black | 1.9 | 20,034 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 51.7 | 551,571 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 2,033 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.2 | 1,818 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 17.5 | 186,771 | ||||||||
Non-white | 78.4 | 836,204 | ||||||||
White | 21.6 | 230,687 | ||||||||
Total | 1,066,891 | |||||||||
Home county: Honolulu | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 6.7 | 58,729 | ||||||||
Black | 2.2 | 19,583 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 53.8 | 470,961 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 1,574 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.2 | 1,533 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 16.9 | 148,143 | ||||||||
Non-white | 80.0 | 700,523 | ||||||||
White | 20.1 | 175,633 | ||||||||
Total | 876,156 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Honolulu. | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
The Honolulu Advertiser | ||||||||||
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 |
|
96815 / Honolulu / HI / 2.7 mi. | 11,916 | 14,669 | 81.2 | $35,462 | 62.4 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 46.5 | |
96816 / Honolulu / HI / 3.5 mi. | 9,918 | 17,536 | 56.6 | $56,951 | 83.5 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 64.7 | |
96817 / Honolulu / HI / 1.9 mi. | 8,348 | 18,502 | 45.1 | $38,792 | 91.5 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 74.1 | |
96822 / Honolulu / HI / 2.2 mi. | 7,715 | 18,455 | 41.8 | $47,207 | 78.6 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 60.1 | |
96819 / Honolulu / HI / 3.1 mi. | 7,254 | 11,432 | 63.5 | $47,814 | 91.9 | 5.3 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 72.1 | |
96744 / Kaneohe / HI / 7.9 mi. | 7,139 | 16,906 | 42.2 | $68,666 | 79.6 | 7.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 46.8 | |
96734 / Kailua / HI / 9.1 mi. | 6,990 | 16,128 | 43.3 | $66,005 | 55.2 | 7.6 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 25.4 | |
96813 / Honolulu / HI / 0.7 mi. | 6,715 | 8,949 | 75.0 | $36,052 | 80.2 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 59.7 | |
96701 / Aiea / HI / 6.9 mi. | 5,995 | 13,647 | 43.9 | $62,055 | 84.9 | 6.1 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 60.2 | |
96789 / Mililani / HI / 13.5 mi. | 5,930 | 14,895 | 39.8 | $69,597 | 82.5 | 7.7 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 51.8 | |
96818 / Honolulu / HI / 5.5 mi. | 5,553 | 16,695 | 33.3 | $47,491 | 68.2 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 0.4 | 42.2 | |
96797 / Waipahu / HI / 10.9 mi. | 5,523 | 17,226 | 32.1 | $60,395 | 92.2 | 6.2 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 69.1 | |
96825 / Honolulu / HI / 9.7 mi. | 5,491 | 9,666 | 56.8 | $81,028 | 70.0 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 50.8 | |
96782 / Pearl City / HI / 9.4 mi. | 5,337 | 11,092 | 48.1 | $61,558 | 84.6 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 58.2 | |
96826 / Honolulu / HI / 1.9 mi. | 4,726 | 14,937 | 31.6 | $33,646 | 86.1 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 66.2 | |
96814 / Honolulu / HI / 0.7 mi. | 4,654 | 7,439 | 62.6 | $33,219 | 83.3 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 67.2 | |
96821 / Honolulu / HI / 6.2 mi. | 3,978 | 6,349 | 62.7 | $86,381 | 76.6 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 59.7 | |
96792 / Waianae / HI / 21.5 mi. | 2,984 | 10,558 | 28.3 | $42,401 | 90.4 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 42.3 | |
96707 / Kapolei / HI / 14.3 mi. | 2,965 | 7,195 | 41.2 | $65,452 | 79.4 | 9.3 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 46.0 | |
96706 / Ewa Beach / HI / 10 mi. | 2,846 | 11,776 | 24.2 | $57,525 | 84.8 | 8.8 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 55.1 | |
96786 / Wahiawa / HI / 16.5 mi. | 2,824 | 11,240 | 25.1 | $36,903 | 69.9 | 13.1 | 10.9 | 0.5 | 31.5 | |
96761 / Lahaina / HI / 75.1 mi. | 2,508 | 6,223 | 40.3 | $54,147 | 61.5 | 8.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 38.9 | |
96720 / Hilo / HI / 196.2 mi. | 2,238 | 15,365 | 14.6 | $39,290 | 83.6 | 8.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 49.8 | |
96753 / Wailea / HI / 92.4 mi. | 1,492 | 8,695 | 17.2 | $48,929 | 47.7 | 6.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 26.7 | |
96732 / Kahului / HI / 87.4 mi. | 929 | 5,774 | 16.1 | $48,467 | 91.5 | 8.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 63.6 | |
96766 / Lihue / HI / 100.5 mi. | 922 | 3,974 | 23.2 | $48,053 | 84.4 | 7.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 57.9 | |
96740 / Kailua Kona / HI / 154.9 mi. | 854 | 9,286 | 9.2 | $48,264 | 54.4 | 7.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 25.6 | |
96795 / Waimanalo / HI / 9 mi. | 853 | 2,354 | 36.2 | $49,242 | 87.7 | 8.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 49.1 | |
96712 / Haleiwa / HI / 23.9 mi. | 850 | 2,612 | 32.5 | $49,583 | 58.4 | 8.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 27.4 | |
96746 / Kapaa / HI / 102.4 mi. | 845 | 5,588 | 15.1 | $43,573 | 70.3 | 9.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 37.6 | |
96743 / Kamuela / HI / 152.7 mi. | 791 | 2,985 | 26.5 | $52,484 | 66.1 | 7.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 32.0 | |
96791 / Waialua / HI / 23.9 mi. | 651 | 2,405 | 27.1 | $50,017 | 77.9 | 6.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 47.0 | |
96793 / Wailuku / HI / 85.5 mi. | 592 | 7,060 | 8.4 | $48,395 | 83.7 | 8.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 52.8 | |
96756 / Koloa / HI / 105.2 mi. | 471 | 1,955 | 24.1 | $47,411 | 64.6 | 9.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 36.8 | |
96731 / Kahuku / HI / 24.8 mi. | 468 | 750 | 62.4 | $40,119 | 79.9 | 7.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 47.1 | |
96717 / Hauula / HI / 20.7 mi. | 355 | 1,341 | 26.5 | $36,832 | 81.2 | 8.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 39.5 | |
96750 / Kealakekua / HI / 163.5 mi. | 326 | 978 | 33.3 | $41,131 | 76.0 | 9.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 44.0 | |
96768 / Makawao / HI / 96.5 mi. | 312 | 5,328 | 5.9 | $55,632 | 63.9 | 9.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 29.7 | |
96738 / Waikoloa CS / HI / 154.8 mi. | 243 | 1,906 | 12.7 | $50,570 | 56.0 | 8.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 25.2 | |
96762 / Laie / HI / 22.4 mi. | 242 | 983 | 24.6 | $50,375 | 73.5 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 46.4 | |
96727 / Paauhau / HI / 161.3 mi. | 239 | 1,533 | 15.6 | $40,274 | 73.8 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 38.9 | |
96763 / Lanai City / HI / 64.1 mi. | 223 | 1,158 | 19.3 | $43,271 | 87.1 | 7.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 62.5 | |
96722 / Princeville / HI / 113.9 mi. | 219 | 553 | 39.6 | $54,306 | 17.5 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 5.6 | |
96796 / Waimea / HI / 116.6 mi. | 208 | 756 | 27.5 | $42,685 | 88.1 | 6.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 56.7 | |
96749 / Keaau / HI / 207.4 mi. | 204 | 3,865 | 5.3 | $35,018 | 73.6 | 13.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 35.7 | |
96790 / Kula / HI / 98.3 mi. | 201 | 2,534 | 7.9 | $57,697 | 45.6 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 23.9 | |
96730 / Kaaawa / HI / 16.2 mi. | 141 | 553 | 25.5 | $53,917 | 66.4 | 7.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 30.9 | |
96704 / Captain Cook / HI / 170.8 mi. | 130 | 2,357 | 5.5 | $40,917 | 64.9 | 6.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 32.2 | |
96729 / Hoolehua / HI / 47.1 mi. | 123 | 286 | 43.0 | $40,547 | 95.1 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 66.1 | |
96748 / Kaunakakai / HI / 59.9 mi. | 119 | 1,530 | 7.8 | $34,259 | 86.0 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 51.4 | |
96771 / Mountain View / HI / 202.3 mi. | 100 | 1,611 | 6.2 | $28,281 | 67.5 | 13.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 25.8 | |
96757 / Kualapuu / HI / 50.1 mi. | 77 | 276 | 27.9 | $33,438 | 89.0 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 49.5 | |
96779 / Paia / HI / 92.2 mi. | 74 | 872 | 8.5 | $57,978 | 64.4 | 10.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 31.6 | |
96708 / Haiku / HI / 97.2 mi. | 73 | 3,043 | 2.4 | $42,610 | 45.5 | 8.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 15.6 | |
96752 / Kekaha / HI / 118.9 mi. | 69 | 1,001 | 6.9 | $43,636 | 83.9 | 9.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 51.7 | |
96754 / Kilauea / HI / 109.6 mi. | 69 | 725 | 9.5 | $40,845 | 46.4 | 5.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 26.0 | |
96716 / Hanapepe / HI / 111.2 mi. | 67 | 795 | 8.4 | $44,286 | 86.8 | 8.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 56.8 | |
96705 / Eleele / HI / 111.4 mi. | 63 | 614 | 10.3 | $45,000 | 92.0 | 8.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 64.8 | |
96714 / Princeville / HI / 113.7 mi. | 60 | 824 | 7.3 | $43,846 | 40.9 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 21.3 | |
96755 / Kapaau / HI / 144 mi. | 58 | 966 | 6.0 | $46,413 | 81.2 | 19.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 34.1 | |
96770 / Maunaloa / HI / 40.2 mi. | 55 | 212 | 25.9 | $27,000 | 72.7 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 44.0 | |
96778 / Pahoa / HI / 211.8 mi. | 51 | 3,812 | 1.3 | $27,168 | 66.2 | 13.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 27.5 | |
96785 / Volcano / HI / 196.4 mi. | 50 | 1,139 | 4.4 | $32,714 | 56.2 | 10.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 22.2 | |
96725 / Holualoa / HI / 158.2 mi. | 44 | 1,101 | 4.0 | $39,417 | 55.0 | 8.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 25.4 | |
96759 / Kunia / HI / 15.8 mi. | 44 | 157 | 28.0 | $61,250 | 93.3 | 8.1 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 72.4 | |
96741 / Kalaheo / HI / 107.8 mi. | 40 | 2,268 | 1.8 | $54,286 | 60.9 | 10.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 31.7 | |
96713 / Hana / HI / 110.5 mi. | 34 | 511 | 6.7 | $38,802 | 73.7 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 39.6 | |
96760 / Kurtistown / HI / 203.4 mi. | 32 | 769 | 4.2 | $31,053 | 64.7 | 10.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 28.4 | |
96781 / Papaikou / HI / 188 mi. | 30 | 541 | 5.5 | $38,900 | 82.4 | 7.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 50.9 | |
96776 / Paauilo / HI / 171 mi. | 26 | 480 | 5.4 | $35,455 | 70.6 | 10.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 32.7 | |
96783 / Pepeekeo / HI / 190.9 mi. | 26 | 687 | 3.8 | $29,554 | 87.6 | 9.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 56.7 | |
96719 / Hawi / HI / 139.3 mi. | 23 | 599 | 3.8 | $47,132 | 63.4 | 8.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 30.5 | |
96764 / Laupahoehoe / HI / 180.3 mi. | 22 | 287 | 7.7 | $37,011 | 71.6 | 11.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 31.7 | |
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