Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
The Telegraph, Alton | ||||||||||
Alton, Illinois | ||||||||||
Owner: Freedom Communications (Ca.) | ||||||||||
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 | 3.8 | |||||||||
2004 | 3.7 | |||||||||
2003 | 3.7 | |||||||||
2002 | 4.2 | |||||||||
2001 | 4.2 | |||||||||
2000 | 3.4 | |||||||||
1999 | 3.7 | |||||||||
1998 | Did not report | |||||||||
1997 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1996 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1995 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1994 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1993 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1992 | Did not report | |||||||||
1991 | Did not report | |||||||||
1990 | Did not report | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 2002 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for The Telegraph, Alton | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 3.8 | 8.2 | 47 | |||||||
2004 | 3.7 | 8.2 | 45 | |||||||
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, Freedom Communications (Ca.), | ||||||||||
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 59. | ||||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Peer group comparison | ||||||||||
for The Telegraph, Alton | ||||||||||
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 47. | This paper | |||||||||
Peer group | ||||||||||
Compare that with 44, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers | ||||||||||
reporting in this circulation category of 25,001 to 50,000 daily sales. | ||||||||||
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 65 out of 140 | ||||||||||
newspapers reporting in the category of 25,001 to 50,000 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 Herald & Review, Decatur, Illinois, with a 11.1 percent non-white staff in a community that is 11 percent non-white. Its index is 101. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 25,923 ranks 389 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 Telegraph, Alton | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 0.9 | 1,411 | ||||||||
Black | 5.8 | 8,781 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3 | 512 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 318 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 142 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 0.8 | 1,226 | ||||||||
Non-white | 8.2 | 12,390 | ||||||||
White | 91.8 | 139,490 | ||||||||
Total | 151,880 | |||||||||
Home county: Madison | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 1.5 | 3,925 | ||||||||
Black | 7.3 | 18,825 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6 | 1,565 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 626 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 237 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.0 | 2,450 | ||||||||
Non-white | 10.7 | 27,628 | ||||||||
White | 89.3 | 231,313 | ||||||||
Total | 258,941 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Madison. | ||||||||||
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 Telegraph, Alton | ||||||||||
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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62002 / Alton / IL / 0 mi. | 7,205 | 14,093 | 51.1 | $34,253 | 25.5 | 1.4 | 22.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
62035 / Godfrey / IL / 4.7 mi. | 3,480 | 6,076 | 57.3 | $50,069 | 6.5 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |
62024 / Rosewood / IL / 6.4 mi. | 2,006 | 5,206 | 38.5 | $38,292 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
62095 / Wood River / IL / 4.5 mi. | 1,989 | 4,422 | 45.0 | $33,286 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
62052 / Otterville / IL / 15.8 mi. | 1,953 | 4,757 | 41.1 | $41,149 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
62010 / Fort Russell / IL / 5.9 mi. | 1,724 | 4,165 | 41.4 | $45,173 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
62012 / Miles Station / IL / 8.7 mi. | 939 | 2,360 | 39.8 | $43,893 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
62025 / Holiday Shores / IL / 12.2 mi. | 852 | 10,629 | 8.0 | $51,657 | 11.2 | 0.9 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 1.3 | |
62014 / Woodburn / IL / 13.9 mi. | 746 | 1,528 | 48.8 | $44,798 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
62018 / Cottage Hills / IL / 4.2 mi. | 493 | 1,641 | 30.0 | $29,898 | 5.9 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
62016 / Carrollton / IL / 28.4 mi. | 478 | 1,573 | 30.4 | $33,371 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
62088 / Williamson / IL / 20.2 mi. | 342 | 2,728 | 12.5 | $36,241 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
62084 / Roxana / IL / 5.6 mi. | 313 | 613 | 51.1 | $39,050 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
62048 / Hartford / IL / 5.7 mi. | 310 | 638 | 48.6 | $33,203 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
62047 / Hardin / IL / 28.1 mi. | 279 | 610 | 45.7 | $31,681 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
62067 / Moro / IL / 8 mi. | 275 | 840 | 32.7 | $38,491 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
62037 / Quarry / IL / 14.7 mi. | 272 | 696 | 39.1 | $41,202 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
62087 / South Roxana / IL / 7.3 mi. | 250 | 707 | 35.4 | $33,295 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |
62033 / Mount Clare / IL / 22.5 mi. | 189 | 2,124 | 8.9 | $33,508 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
62685 / Shipman / IL / 15.8 mi. | 174 | 840 | 20.7 | $37,361 | 9.5 | 0.6 | 7.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | |
62626 / Womac / IL / 28.2 mi. | 167 | 3,234 | 5.2 | $36,890 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
62063 / Summerville / IL / 19.3 mi. | 166 | 456 | 36.4 | $40,242 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
62021 / Dorsey / IL / 10.8 mi. | 147 | 374 | 39.3 | $40,000 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
62044 / Greenfield / IL / 28.2 mi. | 138 | 826 | 16.7 | $33,250 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
62097 / Worden / IL / 15.5 mi. | 137 | 965 | 14.2 | $45,817 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
62022 / Dow / IL / 7.9 mi. | 103 | 362 | 28.5 | $48,750 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
62028 / Elsah / IL / 9.8 mi. | 94 | 282 | 33.3 | $48,750 | 7.0 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |
62040 / Pontoon Beach / IL / 12 mi. | 94 | 18,435 | 0.5 | $37,096 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | |
62079 / Piasa / IL / 14.9 mi. | 80 | 68 | 117.6 | $66,000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
62031 / Rosedale / IL / 23.5 mi. | 76 | 417 | 18.2 | $38,203 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
62013 / Meppen / IL / 21.4 mi. | 70 | 286 | 24.5 | $39,375 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
62034 / Glen Carbon / IL / 13.9 mi. | 67 | 4,595 | 1.5 | $57,053 | 10.9 | 1.5 | 6.2 | 0.2 | 2.0 | |
62054 / Old Kane / IL / 23 mi. | 64 | 335 | 19.1 | $33,158 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
62009 / Benld / IL / 21.7 mi. | 63 | 873 | 7.2 | $31,308 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
62053 / Kampsville / IL / 36.2 mi. | 63 | 333 | 18.9 | $31,333 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
62069 / White City / IL / 24.6 mi. | 63 | 1,418 | 4.4 | $35,896 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
62630 / Hagaman / IL / 24.4 mi. | 60 | 240 | 25.0 | $37,500 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
63386 / West Alton / MO / 3.4 mi. | 60 | 221 | 27.1 | $36,719 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
62036 / Golden Eagle / IL / 20.4 mi. | 55 | 243 | 22.6 | $36,429 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
62006 / Gilead / IL / 27.9 mi. | 49 | 182 | 26.9 | $46,184 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
62027 / Woodville / IL / 31.5 mi. | 49 | 237 | 20.7 | $38,438 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | |
62092 / White Hall / IL / 36.5 mi. | 49 | 1,273 | 3.8 | $27,794 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
62058 / Livingston / IL / 20.6 mi. | 47 | 337 | 13.9 | $36,912 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | |
62081 / Rockbridge / IL / 25.1 mi. | 39 | 149 | 26.2 | $30,833 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | |
62046 / Hamel / IL / 15.9 mi. | 37 | 158 | 23.4 | $43,750 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
62093 / Wilsonville / IL / 18.7 mi. | 37 | 138 | 26.8 | $27,250 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
62082 / Roodhouse / IL / 38.6 mi. | 35 | 1,229 | 2.8 | $31,344 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
62045 / Hamburg / IL / 33.2 mi. | 34 | 238 | 14.3 | $35,156 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |
62074 / New Douglas / IL / 24 mi. | 30 | 453 | 6.6 | $41,683 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
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