Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
The Herald-Times, Bloomington | ||||||||||
Bloomington, Indiana | ||||||||||
Owner: Schurz Communications (Ind.) | ||||||||||
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 | 3.0 | |||||||||
2004 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2003 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2002 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2001 | 2.9 | |||||||||
2000 | 3.1 | |||||||||
1999 | 2.6 | |||||||||
1998 | 5.1 | |||||||||
1997 | Did not report | |||||||||
1996 | 2.6 | |||||||||
1995 | 4.2 | |||||||||
1994 | 4.0 | |||||||||
1993 | 4.0 | |||||||||
1992 | 2.6 | |||||||||
1991 | 2.2 | |||||||||
1990 | Did not report | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 1998 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for The Herald-Times, Bloomington | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 3.0 | 7.8 | 38 | |||||||
2004 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 0 | |||||||
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, Schurz Communications (Ind.), | ||||||||||
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 105. | ||||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Peer group comparison | ||||||||||
for The Herald-Times, Bloomington | ||||||||||
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 38. | 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 85 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 27,526 ranks 372 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 Herald-Times, Bloomington | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 1.5 | 2,568 | ||||||||
Black | 2.2 | 3,642 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.5 | 4,188 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.3 | 446 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.2 | 303 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.2 | 2,050 | ||||||||
Non-white | 7.9 | 13,197 | ||||||||
White | 92.2 | 154,960 | ||||||||
Total | 168,157 | |||||||||
Home county: Monroe | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 1.9 | 2,235 | ||||||||
Black | 3.0 | 3,567 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.4 | 4,094 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.3 | 296 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.2 | 282 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.5 | 1,775 | ||||||||
Non-white | 10.2 | 12,249 | ||||||||
White | 89.8 | 108,314 | ||||||||
Total | 120,563 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Monroe. | ||||||||||
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 Herald-Times, Bloomington | ||||||||||
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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47401 / Bloomington / IN / 0.6 mi. | 8,515 | 14,903 | 57.1 | $37,634 | 10.5 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 4.2 | |
47403 / Bloomington / IN / 5.8 mi. | 4,656 | 10,537 | 44.2 | $35,080 | 7.6 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | |
47408 / Woodbridge / IN / 7.9 mi. | 3,209 | 10,067 | 31.9 | $24,002 | 15.4 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 7.4 | |
47404 / Bloomington / IN / 8.2 mi. | 2,500 | 7,829 | 31.9 | $31,070 | 8.6 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 1.1 | |
47429 / Ellettsville / IN / 12.2 mi. | 1,344 | 2,626 | 51.2 | $43,364 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
47460 / Vilas / IN / 18.9 mi. | 1,181 | 4,433 | 26.6 | $37,447 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
47424 / Tulip / IN / 24 mi. | 1,043 | 3,752 | 27.8 | $36,893 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |
47448 / Trevlac / IN / 12.8 mi. | 609 | 3,051 | 20.0 | $42,283 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
47433 / Hollybrook Lake / IN / 15.3 mi. | 380 | 1,270 | 29.9 | $38,963 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
47459 / Solsberry / IN / 14.3 mi. | 377 | 1,340 | 28.1 | $39,389 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
47421 / White River Bluffs / IN / 15.1 mi. | 338 | 11,452 | 3.0 | $35,916 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
47441 / Wright / IN / 34.9 mi. | 281 | 3,949 | 7.1 | $31,096 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
46151 / Waverly / IN / 22.7 mi. | 245 | 12,001 | 2.0 | $45,841 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
47468 / Unionville / IN / 11.1 mi. | 220 | 512 | 43.0 | $45,441 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
47471 / Worthington / IN / 25.4 mi. | 201 | 1,098 | 18.3 | $36,699 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
47462 / Springville / IN / 8.4 mi. | 171 | 1,766 | 9.7 | $41,930 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
47465 / Switz City / IN / 29 mi. | 132 | 279 | 47.3 | $34,688 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | |
47464 / Stinesville / IN / 15.7 mi. | 112 | 32 | 350.0 | $37,500 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | |
47443 / Marco / IN / 31.4 mi. | 88 | 518 | 17.0 | $30,000 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
47446 / Yockey / IN / 23.4 mi. | 87 | 4,118 | 2.1 | $34,189 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
47562 / Raglesville / IN / 30.7 mi. | 83 | 1,441 | 5.8 | $38,528 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
47522 / Crane Naval Weapons Support / IN / 25 mi. | 71 | 99 | 71.7 | $33,542 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | |
47431 / Freedom / IN / 20.4 mi. | 69 | 498 | 13.9 | $29,743 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
47455 / Patricksburg / IN / 27.5 mi. | 44 | 96 | 45.8 | $29,926 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | |
47201 / Columbus / IN / 27.7 mi. | 37 | 15,126 | 0.2 | $41,411 | 8.1 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 2.1 | |
47553 / Whitfield / IN / 34.9 mi. | 35 | 3,043 | 1.2 | $38,988 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
47452 / Syria / IN / 28 mi. | 33 | 1,938 | 1.7 | $34,063 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
47453 / Owensburg / IN / 17.2 mi. | 33 | 228 | 14.5 | $27,188 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
47454 / Youngs Creek / IN / 34.8 mi. | 33 | 2,916 | 1.1 | $30,061 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
47451 / Oolitic / IN / 13.2 mi. | 30 | 570 | 5.3 | $31,736 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
47868 / Poland / IN / 34 mi. | 28 | 1,210 | 2.3 | $36,321 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
46160 / Morgantown / IN / 18.9 mi. | 27 | 2,229 | 1.2 | $39,088 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
47449 / Newberry / IN / 29.1 mi. | 26 | 179 | 14.5 | $34,531 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
47420 / Avoca / IN / 12.2 mi. | 23 | 49 | 46.9 | $41,688 | 8.9 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 0.9 | |
47882 / Turman / IN / 46.6 mi. | 4 | 3,439 | 0.1 | $33,078 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
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