The Hutchinson News... 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 Hutchinson News

Hutchinson, Kansas

Owner: Harris Enterprises (Kan.)

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

0.0

2004

2.9

2003

3.3

2002

3.3

2001

3.0

2000

6.1

1999

9.1

1998

4.0

1997

0.0

1996

0.0

1995

4.3

1994

4.5

1993

5.6

1992

4.0

1991

Did not report

1990

3.7

The latest year at peak is

1999

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

Newsroom Diversity Index

for The Hutchinson News

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

0.0

10.7

2004

2.9

13.8

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, Harris Enterprises (Kan.),

has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 36.

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

Peer group comparison

for The Hutchinson News

This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 0.

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 123 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 30,685 ranks 332 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 Hutchinson News

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

10.1

27,985

Black

1.5

4,249

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.6

1,526

Native-American

0.5

1,337

Other non-white

0.0

116

Multi-racial

1.0

2,817

Non-white

13.8

38,030

White

86.2

238,229

Total

276,259

Home county: Reno

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

5.7

3,661

Black

2.8

1,812

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.5

304

Native-American

0.5

339

Other non-white

0.1

Multi-racial

1.3

834

Non-white

10.8

6,993

White

89.2

57,797

Total

64,790

The home county of this newspaper is Reno.

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 Hutchinson News

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

67502 / Medora / KS / 4.9 mi.

5,795

9,402

61.6

$45,113

5.8

2.8

1.2

0.3

0.7

67501 / Hutchinson / KS / 2.2 mi.

4,736

10,639

44.5

$29,006

18.1

9.7

5.3

0.7

0.5

67530 / Heizer / KS / 47.9 mi.

1,179

7,780

15.2

$33,422

14.2

11.2

1.4

0.4

0.3

67460 / McPherson / KS / 26.5 mi.

1,066

6,149

17.3

$42,049

5.8

2.7

1.1

0.3

0.5

67124 / Pratt / KS / 47.7 mi.

716

3,323

21.5

$36,078

6.2

3.4

1.1

0.3

0.5

67505 / South Hutchinson / KS / 2.9 mi.

699

1,145

61.0

$29,265

7.9

5.3

0.8

0.4

0.3

67801 / Fort Dodge / KS / 107.4 mi.

676

9,638

7.0

$37,569

46.6

41.3

1.6

0.5

2.4

67550 / Radium / KS / 60.1 mi.

591

2,242

26.4

$34,180

12.9

4.7

5.9

0.7

0.6

67901 / Liberal / KS / 165.6 mi.

527

7,116

7.4

$36,640

51.4

42.8

3.7

0.6

3.0

67554 / Lyons / KS / 24.7 mi.

500

1,803

27.7

$35,833

14.1

10.4

1.8

0.7

0.3

67546 / Inman / KS / 15.4 mi.

499

956

52.2

$41,332

2.1

1.1

0.1

0.2

0.0

67068 / Kingman / KS / 26.3 mi.

464

1,900

24.4

$39,566

4.0

2.0

0.1

0.4

67846 / Garden City / KS / 148.1 mi.

444

12,042

3.7

$38,087

50.6

45.1

1.0

0.4

3.1

67561 / Nickerson / KS / 10.7 mi.

431

637

67.7

$33,164

4.5

2.3

0.4

0.6

0.0

67107 / Moundridge / KS / 24 mi.

417

1,043

40.0

$42,109

2.8

1.3

0.3

0.5

0.2

67543 / Haven / KS / 10.3 mi.

409

770

53.1

$41,548

2.4

0.9

0.1

0.5

0.0

67522 / Buhler / KS / 10.6 mi.

395

716

55.2

$44,018

2.7

1.6

0.2

0.3

0.1

67579 / Sterling / KS / 18.1 mi.

392

1,108

35.4

$35,871

4.8

1.7

1.2

0.7

0.6

67544 / Susank / KS / 53.2 mi.

386

1,530

25.2

$29,299

5.5

3.2

0.9

0.5

0.0

67880 / Ulysses / KS / 176.8 mi.

366

2,741

13.4

$39,708

36.5

34.7

0.1

0.7

0.2

67114 / Zimmerdale / KS / 29.8 mi.

327

8,086

4.0

$39,974

15.5

11.1

1.9

0.4

0.6

67871 / Scott City / KS / 153.2 mi.

303

2,070

14.6

$40,466

7.2

6.2

0.1

0.3

0.1

67054 / Greensburg / KS / 74.5 mi.

289

865

33.4

$30,833

2.9

1.4

0.0

0.6

0.1

67547 / Kinsley / KS / 75.2 mi.

286

918

31.2

$29,539

8.6

7.0

0.4

0.3

0.5

67951 / Hugoton / KS / 182.6 mi.

286

1,694

16.9

$42,950

24.3

21.6

0.8

0.7

0.3

67578 / Stafford / KS / 34 mi.

282

707

39.9

$30,482

4.2

2.9

0.1

0.3

0.0

67560 / Ness City / KS / 103.5 mi.

270

816

33.1

$32,171

3.0

2.0

0.1

0.2

0.1

67526 / Ellinwood / KS / 39.1 mi.

251

1,151

21.8

$30,766

4.0

1.8

0.2

0.9

0.0

67576 / Seward / KS / 42 mi.

236

840

28.1

$33,438

4.7

3.2

0.3

0.1

0.2

67570 / Pretty Prairie / KS / 15.4 mi.

223

536

41.6

$34,708

2.5

1.0

0.3

0.1

67583 / Turon / KS / 28.8 mi.

206

490

42.0

$28,147

4.8

3.2

0.2

0.5

0.1

67864 / Meade / KS / 131.6 mi.

206

867

23.8

$35,321

7.5

4.8

0.7

0.4

0.5

67020 / Burrton / KS / 19.2 mi.

204

676

30.2

$37,614

6.7

3.6

0.7

0.5

0.1

67104 / Medicine Lodge / KS / 58.1 mi.

185

1,140

16.2

$34,505

2.6

1.5

0.3

0.1

67839 / Shields / KS / 131.4 mi.

178

762

23.4

$35,074

3.2

1.5

0.0

0.2

67514 / Arlington / KS / 15.6 mi.

176

313

56.2

$33,155

3.0

1.1

0.1

0.0

67056 / Halstead / KS / 21.7 mi.

171

1,053

16.2

$42,770

4.4

2.4

0.2

0.3

67867 / Montezuma / KS / 130.7 mi.

164

538

30.5

$40,052

11.5

10.4

0.0

0.1

67029 / Coldwater / KS / 86 mi.

153

488

31.4

$29,464

3.5

1.9

0.1

0.5

0.3

67877 / Sublette / KS / 152.3 mi.

141

756

18.7

$39,688

22.2

19.5

0.1

0.8

0.7

67835 / Kalvesta / KS / 123.4 mi.

138

963

14.3

$40,160

10.4

8.7

0.3

0.4

0.2

67601 / Hays / KS / 89 mi.

137

9,367

1.5

$32,482

5.4

2.6

0.8

0.2

1.0

67428 / Canton / KS / 34.6 mi.

136

594

22.9

$36,897

2.0

0.7

0.1

0.3

67879 / Tribune / KS / 195.3 mi.

135

578

23.4

$34,250

12.8

11.5

0.1

0.2

67855 / Johnson / KS / 196.9 mi.

134

751

17.8

$39,886

28.3

26.3

0.7

0.6

0.1

67950 / Elkhart / KS / 213.3 mi.

131

986

13.3

$37,331

16.7

13.7

0.1

0.9

1.2

67854 / Jetmore / KS / 99.6 mi.

130

542

24.0

$34,457

5.5

3.3

1.3

0.1

0.0

67861 / Selkirk / KS / 175.8 mi.

124

836

14.8

$33,317

22.7

21.1

0.1

0.7

0.1

67035 / Penalosa / KS / 35.3 mi.

123

420

29.3

$33,056

2.0

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.1

67062 / Hesston / KS / 26.6 mi.

114

1,412

8.1

$44,447

5.9

2.5

1.3

0.4

0.7

67548 / La Crosse / KS / 76.7 mi.

114

648

17.6

$31,523

2.3

1.3

0.2

0.1

67869 / Plains / KS / 144.4 mi.

113

521

21.7

$38,534

23.7

21.6

0.0

0.5

0.0

67456 / Smolan / KS / 37.7 mi.

112

1,691

6.6

$40,868

4.1

1.9

0.9

0.3

0.2

67524 / Chase / KS / 28.9 mi.

110

259

42.5

$33,977

7.6

5.5

0.0

0.6

0.2

67860 / Lakin / KS / 168.9 mi.

106

1,102

9.6

$41,732

22.9

20.4

0.5

0.8

0.4

67525 / Odin / KS / 44.3 mi.

105

481

21.8

$32,031

1.2

0.7

0.0

0.1

67491 / Windom / KS / 23.3 mi.

104

158

65.8

$38,333

3.4

1.2

0.0

0.2

0.0

67878 / Syracuse / KS / 193.7 mi.

103

939

11.0

$31,630

22.9

20.4

0.5

0.4

0.6

67063 / Hillsboro / KS / 42.5 mi.

101

1,426

7.1

$35,183

3.6

1.6

0.6

0.3

0.4

67865 / Minneola / KS / 112.5 mi.

100

414

24.2

$32,969

3.5

2.5

0.3

0.4

0.1

67059 / Trousdale / KS / 65.1 mi.

354

28.0

$32,188

5.8

3.3

0.7

0.5

0.4

67566 / Partridge / KS / 8.9 mi.

211

46.4

$31,979

8.5

1.5

2.1

2.9

0.2

67876 / Spearville / KS / 93.3 mi.

446

21.7

$40,313

6.6

5.4

0.2

0.0

67457 / Little River / KS / 24.1 mi.

325

29.2

$33,594

3.1

1.2

0.0

0.1

0.0

67557 / Macksville / KS / 52.9 mi.

278

34.2

$31,641

20.8

18.0

0.0

1.1

0.1

67127 / Protection / KS / 95.4 mi.

321

26.5

$29,526

3.0

2.0

0.0

0.1

67870 / Satanta / KS / 161.1 mi.

663

12.7

$37,037

31.5

29.5

0.3

0.4

0.6

67552 / Lewis / KS / 67.4 mi.

296

28.0

$35,000

23.5

22.5

0.1

0.8

0.0

67665 / Russell / KS / 72.6 mi.

2,318

3.5

$30,155

3.2

0.9

0.6

0.5

0.4

67831 / Ashland / KS / 108.3 mi.

526

15.6

$34,671

8.3

5.4

0.2

1.3

0.1

67581 / Sylvia / KS / 24.4 mi.

212

34.9

$31,484

2.5

1.0

0.0

0.4

0.6

67844 / Fowler / KS / 122.4 mi.

359

20.6

$36,071

8.9

7.1

0.0

0.3

0.0

67439 / Ellsworth / KS / 47.9 mi.

1,216

5.9

$37,434

12.1

3.5

6.2

0.7

0.5

67443 / Galva / KS / 30.3 mi.

571

12.1

$42,639

2.8

1.3

0.1

0.3

67003 / Anthony / KS / 56.4 mi.

1,256

5.4

$26,136

4.5

1.4

0.3

1.0

0.2

67837 / Copeland / KS / 140.7 mi.

317

21.5

$39,808

11.6

9.7

0.0

0.8

0.0

67058 / Harper / KS / 48 mi.

921

7.3

$33,250

2.5

1.0

0.2

0.5

0.1

67834 / Bucklin / KS / 91.8 mi.

378

17.5

$40,380

6.0

3.1

0.3

0.5

0.3

67108 / Mount Hope / KS / 17.5 mi.

672

9.5

$46,464

4.4

2.6

0.3

0.4

67134 / Sawyer / KS / 48.3 mi.

148

39.9

$32,917

6.8

2.5

0.5

0.8

2.0

67523 / Burdett / KS / 81.8 mi.

165

35.8

$38,194

4.9

2.7

0.0

2.0

0.0

67510 / Abbyville / KS / 13.9 mi.

139

41.0

$41,042

1.1

0.0

0.3

0.0

67954 / Rolla / KS / 197.7 mi.

263

21.7

$36,477

24.5

21.0

0.9

0.8

0.3

67427 / Bushton / KS / 39 mi.

196

28.6

$35,568

4.1

2.9

0.0

0.2

0.0

67450 / Holyrood / KS / 43.4 mi.

272

20.2

$31,518

3.5

2.3

0.0

1.0

67444 / Geneseo / KS / 33.4 mi.

256

20.3

$26,471

1.8

0.4

0.2

0.4

67859 / Kismet / KS / 150.9 mi.

268

19.4

$38,594

32.1

28.9

0.8

0.3

0.0

67584 / Utica / KS / 120 mi.

143

35.0

$30,000

1.7

0.3

0.0

0.3

0.0

67009 / Attica / KS / 52.7 mi.

360

13.6

$32,174

2.4

0.6

0.2

1.0

0.1

67109 / Mullinville / KS / 82.6 mi.

168

29.2

$36,250

2.6

1.2

0.0

0.2

1.0

67516 / Bazine / KS / 93.8 mi.

215

22.8

$31,125

2.5

0.9

0.0

0.2

0.0

67849 / Hanston / KS / 90.4 mi.

167

28.7

$39,688

4.4

3.0

0.2

0.5

0.0

67529 / Garfield / KS / 18.4 mi.

167

26.9

$38,977

3.0

2.1

0.2

67565 / Otis / KS / 65.4 mi.

219

18.7

$26,250

4.4

2.0

0.0

2.0

0.2

67545 / Hudson / KS / 34.2 mi.

110

35.5

$27,679

3.3

2.4

0.0

67572 / Ransom / KS / 108.5 mi.

222

17.6

$34,861

1.1

0.9

0.0

0.2

67853 / Ingalls / KS / 131.7 mi.

294

13.3

$38,988

10.0

8.4

0.2

0.1

0.0

67112 / Nashville / KS / 45.6 mi.

130

29.2

$34,063

1.9

1.3

0.3

0.0

67159 / Zenda / KS / 42.9 mi.

58.5

$30,417

1.8

0.0

67573 / Raymond / KS / 28.9 mi.

44.6

$30,000

6.7

2.6

0.0

1.0

67575 / Timken / KS / 75.2 mi.

244

15.2

$31,905

2.4

1.3

0.0

0.4

0.2

67563 / Offerle / KS / 81.1 mi.

166

21.1

$40,278

1.4

1.2

0.0

67568 / Plevna / KS / 18.9 mi.

125

28.0

$32,813

1.8

0.4

0.0

0.4

0.0

67574 / Rozel / KS / 75.4 mi.

117

29.9

$35,625

2.7

0.7

0.0

67952 / Moscow / KS / 177.5 mi.

246

14.2

$37,125

27.3

23.6

0.6

2.4

0.0

67066 / Iuka / KS / 44.5 mi.

129

26.4

$30,000

4.1

2.5

0.0

0.3

0.0

67138 / Sharon / KS / 55.7 mi.

175

19.4

$31,696

3.8

0.2

1.0

1.2

0.2

67512 / Alden / KS / 23.7 mi.

103

33.0

$36,333

4.0

3.6

0.0

67520 / Bison / KS / 71.4 mi.

155

21.9

$37,000

3.6

0.5

2.1

0.8

0.0

67025 / Cheney / KS / 26.9 mi.

1,227

2.7

$50,082

3.0

1.2

0.1

0.7

0.1

67464 / Marquette / KS / 34.5 mi.

416

7.9

$36,027

1.3

0.5

0.0

0.2

0.0

67851 / Holcomb / KS / 154.8 mi.

806

4.1

$46,385

25.0

22.0

0.7

0.8

0.3

67490 / Wilson / KS / 58.2 mi.

452

6.6

$37,708

1.6

1.0

0.0

67567 / Pawnee Rock / KS / 55.7 mi.

275

10.9

$38,393

2.9

1.4

0.1

0.5

0.0

67111 / Murdock / KS / 27.3 mi.

149

18.8

$28,929

4.2

0.8

0.0

2.2

0.3

67863 / Modoc / KS / 160.6 mi.

126

22.2

$38,068

5.5

3.6

0.0

1.1

0.3

67556 / McCracken / KS / 90.3 mi.

170

15.9

$37,361

1.4

0.3

0.0

0.3

0.0

67212 / Wichita / KS / 33.1 mi.

17,633

0.1

$52,022

12.3

4.9

2.4

0.9

2.4

67511 / Albert / KS / 61 mi.

160

16.3

$37,083

1.9

1.3

0.0

67564 / Olmitz / KS / 60.6 mi.

158

16.5

$31,389

2.7

0.5

1.2

0.0

67052 / Goddard / KS / 29.9 mi.

1,860

1.3

$53,438

5.6

1.7

1.0

0.8

0.4

67842 / Kingsdown / KS / 96 mi.

196

12.8

$35,221

8.1

7.2

0.0

0.2

0.0

67065 / Isabel / KS / 48.9 mi.

25.5

$50,179

4.4

1.2

0.8

0.4

0.0

67142 / Spivey / KS / 40.8 mi.

162

14.8

$32,841

3.8

3.1

0.5

0.3

0.0

67053 / Goessel / KS / 32.8 mi.

212

10.8

$35,156

2.5

0.7

0.0

67862 / Manter / KS / 203.8 mi.

128

15.6

$43,750

9.2

4.7

0.0

3.9

0.0

67001 / Andale / KS / 21.8 mi.

338

5.3

$49,063

2.1

1.9

0.0

0.2

0.0

67838 / Deerfield / KS / 162.4 mi.

396

4.5

$33,229

45.8

44.2

0.2

0.4

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