The Quincy Herald-Whig... 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

The Quincy Herald-Whig

Quincy, Illinois

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

Did not report

2000

0.0

1999

0.0

1998

Did not report

1997

Did not report

1996

0.0

1995

0.0

1994

0.0

1993

0.0

1992

0.0

1991

Did not report

1990

Did not report

The latest year at peak is

2000

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

Newsroom Diversity Index

for The Quincy Herald-Whig

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

N/A

5.2

N/A

2004

N/A

5.1

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.)

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

Peer group comparison

for The Quincy Herald-Whig

This paper

Peer group

The median Diversity Index is 33 for all newspapers

reporting in this circulation category of 10,001 to 25,000 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 The Herald, Sharon, Pennsylvania, with a 8 percent non-white staff in a community that is 7.3 percent non-white. Its index is 110.

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

approximately 22,939 ranks 421 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 Quincy Herald-Whig

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

0.9

1,240

Black

3.0

4,281

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.3

433

Native-American

0.2

218

Other non-white

0.1

Multi-racial

0.7

1,010

Non-white

5.1

7,255

White

94.9

133,908

Total

141,163

Home county: Adams

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

0.8

567

Black

3.0

2,077

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.4

277

Native-American

0.2

102

Other non-white

0.1

Multi-racial

0.9

598

Non-white

5.4

3,666

White

94.6

64,611

Total

68,277

The home county of this newspaper is Adams.

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 Quincy Herald-Whig

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

62301 / Quincy / IL / 3.8 mi.

8,305

21,041

39.5

$33,373

6.3

0.9

3.7

0.2

0.5

63401 / Withers Mill / MO / 15.1 mi.

695

8,645

8.0

$31,184

8.5

1.0

5.5

0.3

0.4

62363 / Summer Hill / IL / 32.3 mi.

606

2,481

24.4

$31,310

5.8

0.6

4.0

0.3

0.4

63461 / Woodland / MO / 14 mi.

523

2,131

24.5

$36,558

3.4

0.6

1.9

0.2

63435 / Canton / MO / 16.8 mi.

510

1,465

34.8

$32,910

4.4

1.3

1.6

0.2

0.5

62320 / Columbus / IL / 13.6 mi.

449

824

54.5

$35,167

1.4

0.6

0.0

0.2

0.0

62347 / Liberty / IL / 10.2 mi.

420

811

51.8

$40,482

0.9

0.3

0.1

62321 / Webster / IL / 31.9 mi.

400

1,794

22.3

$36,847

1.8

0.4

0.3

0.4

62360 / Payson / IL / 8 mi.

382

628

60.8

$39,833

2.2

0.3

0.1

62351 / Tioga / IL / 9.9 mi.

378

648

58.3

$40,000

0.7

0.4

0.1

0.0

62353 / Ripley / IL / 26.8 mi.

369

1,543

23.9

$33,958

28.3

4.8

22.7

0.1

0.2

62312 / Barry / IL / 20.9 mi.

323

882

36.6

$30,234

1.7

0.8

0.0

0.3

63448 / La Grange / MO / 11.9 mi.

262

711

36.8

$31,713

10.2

0.4

8.0

0.2

0.0

63456 / Monroe City / MO / 27.9 mi.

252

1,657

15.2

$33,212

7.4

0.5

5.5

0.1

0.2

62338 / Fowler / IL / 4.9 mi.

235

494

47.6

$45,192

2.1

0.4

0.7

0.2

0.0

62376 / Ursa / IL / 10.8 mi.

232

456

50.9

$36,912

1.7

1.1

0.0

0.4

0.3

63440 / Ewing / MO / 20.8 mi.

219

570

38.4

$31,890

0.8

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.1

62341 / Hamilton / IL / 29.7 mi.

214

1,475

14.5

$42,054

2.1

0.7

0.5

0.1

0.4

62339 / Golden / IL / 18 mi.

209

360

58.1

$34,485

0.5

0.3

0.0

0.2

62379 / Warsaw / IL / 27.9 mi.

185

912

20.3

$35,378

2.0

0.8

0.1

62324 / Kellerville / IL / 18.3 mi.

184

532

34.6

$30,147

10.0

1.7

7.5

0.3

0.0

63537 / Edina / MO / 45.4 mi.

170

800

21.3

$27,664

2.5

0.5

0.1

0.2

63468 / Shelbina / MO / 39.6 mi.

165

1,222

13.5

$27,727

2.0

0.3

0.8

0.5

0.0

63452 / Tolona / MO / 26.8 mi.

161

466

34.5

$26,250

1.5

0.3

1.0

0.1

0.0

63445 / Medill / MO / 37.8 mi.

160

1,592

10.1

$28,601

1.9

0.8

0.1

0.3

0.1

62343 / Hull / IL / 14.1 mi.

136

319

42.6

$32,250

1.8

0.4

0.0

0.4

0.3

62340 / Valley City / IL / 31.9 mi.

135

703

19.2

$33,456

0.7

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.1

62366 / Pleasant Hill / IL / 38.3 mi.

132

584

22.6

$28,160

1.3

0.5

0.0

0.2

62311 / Augusta / IL / 26.1 mi.

130

392

33.2

$36,250

1.0

0.7

0.0

63447 / Steffenville / MO / 32 mi.

127

447

28.4

$23,625

5.8

1.2

3.8

0.1

63555 / Memphis / MO / 54.4 mi.

125

1,307

9.6

$30,129

1.6

0.8

0.0

0.1

62349 / Loraine / IL / 14.9 mi.

124

250

49.6

$42,604

0.5

0.2

0.0

63469 / Shelbyville / MO / 38.5 mi.

103

484

21.3

$29,228

3.1

1.4

0.3

0.0

0.4

62316 / Bowen / IL / 22.5 mi.

101

283

35.7

$35,250

0.4

0.1

0.0

63353 / Louisiana / MO / 33.9 mi.

100

2,117

4.7

$31,936

10.0

4.0

4.4

0.3

62365 / Richfield / IL / 8.7 mi.

251

38.6

$33,523

1.0

0.3

0.0

63471 / West Quincy / MO / 10.5 mi.

265

34.0

$35,962

0.5

0.0

0.2

63454 / Maywood / MO / 14.8 mi.

309

28.5

$35,313

2.2

0.6

0.1

0.0

62356 / New Canton / IL / 22.5 mi.

293

27.3

$25,625

0.3

0.0

62314 / Baylis / IL / 24.1 mi.

258

28.7

$31,542

1.4

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.6

62325 / Coatsburg / IL / 9.4 mi.

183

36.6

$34,500

2.7

1.9

0.0

62345 / Kinderhook / IL / 19.4 mi.

168

36.3

$38,958

2.7

1.0

0.2

0.5

0.0

62362 / Perry / IL / 29.3 mi.

210

29.0

$26,875

1.1

0.0

0.2

62380 / West Point / IL / 19.9 mi.

166

31.3

$42,344

0.5

0.0

63437 / Maud / MO / 49.2 mi.

669

7.6

$27,277

2.0

0.4

0.6

0.5

0.1

63446 / Knox City / MO / 36.7 mi.

259

18.9

$26,542

3.2

1.6

0.5

0.0

62375 / Timewell / IL / 22.7 mi.

137

33.6

$42,679

2.1

1.3

0.0

63434 / Bethel / MO / 36.4 mi.

190

23.7

$32,143

1.8

0.4

1.0

0.0

63438 / Durham / MO / 18.4 mi.

184

23.9

$31,324

0.4

0.2

0.0

0.2

63459 / New London / MO / 22.8 mi.

1,455

3.0

$37,500

3.3

0.4

2.0

0.1

62373 / Sutter / IL / 23.5 mi.

143

29.4

$46,250

0.5

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.2

52632 / Summitville / IA / 30.8 mi.

5,665

0.7

$32,692

6.8

1.0

3.4

0.2

0.5

62313 / Basco / IL / 25.9 mi.

160

25.0

$29,732

0.5

0.0

62354 / Nauvoo / IL / 39.8 mi.

611

6.5

$41,103

2.4

1.1

0.2

0.0

0.3

62370 / Rockport / IL / 29.4 mi.

238

16.8

$33,036

0.3

0.0

0.2

0.0

63457 / Monticello / MO / 23.3 mi.

108

34.3

$26,058

2.1

0.0

1.4

0.4

0.0

63474 / Wyaconda / MO / 38.9 mi.

276

13.4

$22,440

0.8

0.0

62346 / La Prairie / IL / 22.3 mi.

37.9

$35,833

0.4

0.0

62378 / Versailles / IL / 32.1 mi.

398

8.8

$38,125

0.6

0.1

0.0

62355 / Nebo / IL / 43.6 mi.

362

8.8

$30,333

1.7

0.9

0.0

0.3

0.1

62359 / Paloma / IL / 8.5 mi.

39.5

$43,295

0.0

62357 / New Salem / IL / 27 mi.

100

29.0

$35,938

3.3

0.0

0.7

0.0

63472 / Wayland / MO / 32.8 mi.

229

12.7

$20,197

1.8

0.8

0.0

0.2

62367 / Plymouth / IL / 29.9 mi.

508

5.5

$33,580

2.5

0.5

0.1

0.5

63463 / Philadelphia / MO / 23.7 mi.

228

11.8

$32,411

0.6

0.0

0.2

0.0

62348 / Lima / IL / 15.7 mi.

25.6

$38,500

2.0

1.6

0.0

62665 / Sweet Water / IL / 37.5 mi.

701

3.1

$33,398

1.1

0.4

0.2

0.1

0.0

63531 / Greensburg / MO / 51.7 mi.

218

10.1

$29,100

2.7

1.1

1.6

0.0

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