Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
MetroWest Daily News, Framingham
Framingham, Massachusetts
Owner: Herald Media (Mass.)
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	7.4
2004	6.2
2003	4.3
2002	5.8
2001	1.3
2000	Did not report
1999	Did not report
1998	Did not report
1997	Did not report
1996	Did not report
1995	Did not report
1994	2.3
1993	Did not report
1992	Did not report
1991	Did not report
1990	Did not report
The latest year at peak is	2005
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Newsroom Diversity Index
for MetroWest Daily News, Framingham
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff	Non-white % of circulation area	Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005	7.4	12.0	62
2004	6.2	8.0	78
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, Herald Media (Mass.),
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 84.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for MetroWest Daily News, Framingham
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 62.				This paper
				Peer group
Compare that with 50, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers
reporting in this circulation category of 50,001 to 100,000 daily sales.
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 33 out of 90
newspapers reporting in the category of 50,001 to 100,000 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 Lincoln Journal Star, Nebraska, with a 9.9 percent non-white staff in a community that is 8.3 percent non-white. Its index is 119.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 50,608 ranks 203 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 MetroWest Daily News, Framingham
	Circulation area
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	2.3	8,638
Black	1.3	4,819
Asian and Pacific Islander	2.8	10,200
Native-American	0.1	349
Other non-white	0.4	1,327
Multi-racial	1.2	4,271
Non-white	8.0	29,604
White	92.0	341,415
Total		371,019
	Home county:  Middlesex
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	4.6	66,707
Black	3.2	46,598
Asian and Pacific Islander	6.3	91,757
Native-American	0.1	1,692
Other non-white	0.5	6,821
Multi-racial	1.9	27,050
Non-white	16.4	240,625
White	83.6	1,224,771
Total		1,465,396
The home county of this newspaper is Middlesex.
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
MetroWest Daily News, Framingham
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
01701 / Saxonville / MA / 0 mi.	4,657	12,182	38.2	$70,613	13.0	2.8	2.5	0.1	5.6
01757 / Milford / MA / 11.5 mi.	4,569	10,490	43.6	$50,840	9.5	4.4	1.3	0.1	1.8
01702 / Framingham / MA / 2.8 mi.	3,207	14,058	22.8	$42,614	35.1	17.8	6.2	0.2	5.0
01752 / Marlborough / MA / 5.9 mi.	2,972	14,501	20.5	$56,879	15.1	6.1	2.0	0.1	3.8
01760 / South Natick / MA / 4.1 mi.	2,769	12,953	21.4	$69,832	9.1	2.0	1.6	0.1	3.8
02453 / Waltham / MA / 10 mi.	2,322	11,523	20.2	$50,189	25.0	12.3	4.5	0.1	6.5
02062 / Norwood / MA / 13.8 mi.	2,052	11,623	17.7	$58,421	10.4	1.7	2.3	0.1	5.1
01721 / Ashland / MA / 4.1 mi.	1,888	5,720	33.0	$68,392	9.9	2.9	1.7	0.1	2.5
02038 / Franklin / MA / 14.3 mi.	1,797	10,152	17.7	$71,174	4.7	1.1	1.0	0.1	1.7
02451 / Waltham / MA / 9.9 mi.	1,725	7,276	23.7	$57,186	20.7	5.5	4.3	0.1	9.2
01746 / Holliston / MA / 7.5 mi.	1,623	4,795	33.8	$78,092	4.3	1.4	0.9	0.1	1.2
02026 / Dedham / MA / 13.5 mi.	1,460	8,666	16.8	$61,631	6.8	2.4	1.4	0.1	1.9
01749 / Hudson / MA / 7.8 mi.	1,371	6,990	19.6	$58,549	7.7	3.1	0.8	0.1	1.4
01748 / Hopkinton / MA / 7.8 mi.	1,288	4,444	29.0	$89,281	4.7	1.3	0.6	0.1	1.7
02019 / Bellingham / MA / 16 mi.	1,235	5,557	22.2	$64,496	3.9	1.2	0.9	0.1	0.9
02452 / Waltham / MA / 11.5 mi.	1,134	4,408	25.7	$61,096	15.0	3.7	3.3	0.1	6.5
02053 / Medway / MA / 11 mi.	965	4,182	23.1	$75,135	3.2	0.8	0.6	0.1	1.0
01772 / Southborough / MA / 5 mi.	872	2,779	31.4	$105,160	6.6	1.4	0.5	0.1	3.7
01747 / Spindleville / MA / 13 mi.	810	2,170	37.3	$60,651	2.9	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.7
01756 / Mendon / MA / 15 mi.	724	1,815	39.9	$71,164	2.7	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.6
02081 / Walpole / MA / 13.8 mi.	627	6,370	9.8	$72,861	6.1	2.2	1.9	0.1	1.2
02090 / Westwood / MA / 12.5 mi.	612	5,110	12.0	$87,638	4.6	0.9	0.5	0.0	2.5
01568 / West Upton / MA / 12.2 mi.	460	2,040	22.5	$78,410	2.9	0.7	0.5	0.1	1.0
01569 / Uxbridge / MA / 18 mi.	450	3,959	11.4	$62,231	2.7	1.0	0.1