Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
Chicago Tribune
Chicago, Illinois
Owner: Tribune Co. (Ill.)
From a report for the Knight Foundation
by Bill Dedman and Stephen K. Doig, June 2005
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Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff
2005	17.7
2004	16.2
2003	15.7
2002	15.0
2001	14.8
2000	14.9
1999	15.7
1998	16.4
1997	14.7
1996	14.5
1995	14.9
1994	15.0
1993	14.9
1992	15.7
1991	12.9
1990	Did not report
The latest year at peak is	2005
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Newsroom Diversity Index
for Chicago Tribune
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff	Non-white % of circulation area	Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005	17.7	28.5	62
2004	16.2	28.5	57
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, Tribune Co. (Ill.),
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 55.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for Chicago Tribune
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 62.				This paper
				Peer group
Compare that with 46, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers
reporting in this circulation category of more than 500,000 daily sales.
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 1 out of 10
newspapers reporting in the category of more than 500,000 daily sales.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 600,988 ranks 8 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 Chicago Tribune
	Circulation area
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	11.7	722,504
Black	9.2	570,368
Asian and Pacific Islander	5.8	358,475
Native-American	0.1	7,807
Other non-white	0.1	8,191
Multi-racial	1.5	92,384
Non-white	28.5	1,759,729
White	71.5	4,412,027
Total		6,171,756
	Home county:  Cook
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	19.9	1,071,740
Black	25.9	1,390,448
Asian and Pacific Islander	4.8	259,386
Native-American	0.1	6,754
Other non-white	0.1	7,291
Multi-racial	1.5	82,413
Non-white	52.4	2,818,032
White	47.6	2,558,709
Total		5,376,741
The home county of this newspaper is Cook.
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
Chicago Tribune
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
60610 / Chicago / IL / 1 mi.	10,796	28,638	37.7	$51,294	36.8	3.9	26.9	0.1	4.4
60614 / Chicago / IL / 2.5 mi.	8,733	36,510	23.9	$68,324	14.9	5.4	4.0	0.1	3.8
60657 / Chicago / IL / 3.7 mi.	8,208	39,846	20.6	$55,647	18.1	7.9	3.3	0.1	5.1
60611 / Chicago / IL / 0 mi.	8,082	17,532	46.1	$69,889	19.9	3.6	5.1	0.1	9.4
60187 / Wheaton / IL / 25.7 mi.	7,793	21,537	36.2	$75,242	11.5	3.3	2.4	0.1	4.7
60062 / Northbrook / IL / 19.6 mi.	7,637	15,028	50.8	$89,164	14.5	2.2	0.7	0.0	10.5
60025 / Glenview / IL / 16.5 mi.	7,509	18,618	40.3	$73,723	18.8	4.7	1.6	0.1	11.2
60606 / Chicago / IL / 1.3 mi.	7,326	1,036	707.1	$100,377	31.1	7.7	5.7	0.0	16.9
60126 / Elmhurst / IL / 16.5 mi.	6,335	16,538	38.3	$69,268	9.8	4.1	0.9	0.0	3.8
60201 / Evanston / IL / 11.9 mi.	5,865	15,924	36.8	$57,393	32.7	4.3	17.9	0.1	7.8
60068 / Park Ridge / IL / 14.1 mi.	5,798	14,181	40.9	$73,172	6.5	2.9	0.2	0.1	2.7
60035 / Highland Park / IL / 22.1 mi.	5,791	11,186	51.8	$104,200	9.1	4.9	1.3	0.0	2.2
60540 / Naperville / IL / 28.6 mi.	5,672	14,797	38.3	$87,514	15.2	3.5	1.9	0.1	8.5
60010 / Barrington / IL / 33.1 mi.	5,500	14,029	39.2	$110,470	8.0	2.0	0.6	0.1	4.6
60148 / Lombard / IL / 20.5 mi.	5,387	19,396	27.8	$60,378	16.5	5.1	3.0	0.1	6.8
60091 / Wilmette / IL / 13.8 mi.	5,305	9,878	53.7	$107,767	12.0	2.1	0.6	0.0	8.1
60067 / Palatine / IL / 26.9 mi.	5,296	19,851	26.7	$74,764	12.3	4.4	1.0	0.1	5.7
60565 / Naperville / IL / 28.1 mi.	5,237	12,762	41.0	$97,807	15.9	2.4	2.3	0.1	10.0
60634 / Chicago / IL / 11.2 mi.	5,162	26,276	19.6	$50,042	26.2	19.6	0.6	0.1	3.8
60453 / Oak Lawn / IL / 14.3 mi.	5,159	21,948	23.5	$47,529	9.9	5.3	1.2	0.1	1.7
60004 / Arlington Heights / IL / 23.8 mi.	5,023	20,330	24.7	$71,512	13.2	5.8	1.1	0.0	5.3
60613 / Chicago / IL / 4.6 mi.	5,021	29,268	17.2	$48,381	29.7	13.0	8.4	0.2	5.7
60605 / Chicago / IL / 1.7 mi.	5,017	6,638	75.6	$56,151	46.8	4.8	31.5	0.2	7.8
60137 / Glen Ellyn / IL / 23 mi.	5,009	13,991	35.8	$74,335	12.2	4.5	2.1	0.1	4.2
60015 / Deerfield / IL / 23.3 mi.	4,985	9,441	52.8	$101,814	7.7	2.3	0.7	0.0