Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
The Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, Indiana
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
2005	14.4
2004	9.7
2003	12.4
2002	10.7
2001	10.1
2000	8.5
1999	7.6
1998	11.1
1997	9.1
1996	8.6
1995	9.4
1994	7.8
1993	5.9
1992	6.6
1991	5.4
1990	5.2
The latest year at peak is	2005
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Newsroom Diversity Index
for The Indianapolis Star
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff	Non-white % of circulation area	Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005	14.4	20.0	72
2004	9.7	20.0	49
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 Indianapolis Star
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 72.				This paper
				Peer group
Compare that with 70, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers
reporting in this circulation category of 250,001 to 500,000 daily sales.
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 12 out of 24
newspapers reporting in the category of 250,001 to 500,000 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 Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, with a 18.8 percent non-white staff in a community that is 18.2 percent non-white. Its index is 103.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 252,021 ranks 36 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 Indianapolis Star
	Circulation area
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	2.8	41,021
Black	14.4	212,451
Asian and Pacific Islander	1.3	19,517
Native-American	0.2	2,940
Other non-white	0.1	2,035
Multi-racial	1.1	16,094
Non-white	20.0	294,058
White	80.0	1,178,608
Total		1,472,666
	Home county:  Marion
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	3.9	33,290
Black	24.0	206,716
Asian and Pacific Islander	1.5	12,506
Native-American	0.2	1,824
Other non-white	0.2	1,676
Multi-racial	1.4	11,902
Non-white	31.1	267,914
White	68.9	592,540
Total		860,454
The home county of this newspaper is Marion.
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 Indianapolis Star
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
46227 / Indianapolis / IN / 6.8 mi.	8,307	22,507	36.9	$37,406	8.1	3.3	2.5	0.2	1.1
46220 / Indianapolis / IN / 7.1 mi.	7,221	16,612	43.5	$54,655	13.9	2.1	9.1	0.1	1.3
46219 / Indianapolis / IN / 6 mi.	7,061	15,917	44.4	$38,048	16.1	2.4	11.3	0.3	0.7
46038 / Fishers / IN / 15.5 mi.	6,815	14,768	46.1	$75,982	8.6	1.9	2.8	0.1	2.9
46032 / Carmel / IN / 13.8 mi.	6,688	12,638	52.9	$77,730	8.0	1.5	1.6	0.1	3.8
46033 / Carmel / IN / 14.3 mi.	5,992	9,524	62.9	$100,270	8.3	2.0	1.3	0.1	4.0
46060 / Noblesville / IN / 22.3 mi.	5,870	15,463	38.0	$61,096	4.0	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.8
46226 / Indianapolis / IN / 7.2 mi.	5,564	17,879	31.1	$37,909	58.6	3.8	51.5	0.3	1.1
46260 / Indianapolis / IN / 8.8 mi.	4,978	13,433	37.1	$47,295	38.0	6.8	27.3	0.1	1.9
46224 / Indianapolis / IN / 5.6 mi.	4,752	15,460	30.7	$35,536	36.3	8.8	22.7	0.2	2.5
46203 / Indianapolis / IN / 4.2 mi.	4,517	15,576	29.0	$31,265	17.4	5.4	9.8	0.3	0.4
46241 / Indianapolis / IN / 6.5 mi.	4,490	11,645	38.6	$36,028	8.9	2.8	4.0	0.3	0.6
46142 / Greenwood / IN / 10.7 mi.	4,459	11,665	38.2	$57,351	4.4	2.0	0.3	0.2	1.3
46256 / Indianapolis / IN / 12 mi.	4,450	9,732	45.7	$62,065	16.7	2.8	9.1	0.2	2.8
46237 / Indianapolis / IN / 8.1 mi.	4,398	11,325	38.8	$54,171	5.6	2.1	0.9	0.2	1.7
46143 / Greenwood / IN / 13.4 mi.	4,325	12,326	35.1	$54,738	3.5	1.1	0.3	0.1	1.2
46204 / Indianapolis / IN / 0 mi.	4,325	1,807	239.3	$21,359	55.3	2.1	50.1	0.4	1.3
46112 / Brownsburg / IN / 13.6 mi.	4,207	9,091	46.3	$59,079	3.0	0.9	0.2	0.2	0.8
46217 / Indianapolis / IN / 7.1 mi.	4,143	7,299	56.8	$59,782	3.7	1.3	0.4	0.2	1.1
46140 / Greenfield / IN / 20.9 mi.	4,098	12,496	32.8	$52,748	2.4	1.1	0.1	0.2	0.4
46240 / Indianapolis / IN / 9.5 mi.	4,029	9,076	44.4	$47,430	9.7	2.7	3.7	0.1	1.9
46236 / Indianapolis / IN / 13.2 mi.	3,955	9,252	42.7	$70,795	14.6	2.1	8.9	0.1	2.1
46254 / Indianapolis / IN / 7.7 mi.	3,882	15,300	25.4	$43,756	53.1	7.7	38.7	0.2	3.9
46201 / Indianapolis / IN / 2.5 mi.	3,691	15,094	24.5	$27,723	30.8	9.3	18.7	0.5	0.3
46268 / Indianapolis / IN / 9.7 mi.	3,667	10,351	35.4	$44,342	37.1