Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
The Republican, Springfield
Springfield, Massachusetts
Owner: Advance (Newhouse) (N.Y.)
From a report for the Knight Foundation
by Bill Dedman and Stephen K. Doig, June 2005
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Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff
2005	6.2
2004	6.1
2003	5.3
2002	Did not report
2001	Did not report
2000	7.0
1999	Did not report
1998	Did not report
1997	Did not report
1996	Did not report
1995	Did not report
1994	Did not report
1993	Did not report
1992	Did not report
1991	Did not report
1990	Did not report
The latest year at peak is	2000
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Newsroom Diversity Index
for The Republican, Springfield
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff	Non-white % of circulation area	Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005	6.2	21.7	29
2004	6.1	21.3	29
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, Advance (Newhouse) (N.Y.),
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 63.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for The Republican, Springfield
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 29.				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 68 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 Florida Today, Melbourne, Florida, with a 19.1 percent non-white staff in a community that is 16.3 percent non-white. Its index is 117.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 85,745 ranks 125 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 Republican, Springfield
	Circulation area
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	12.3	72,532
Black	6.0	35,275
Asian and Pacific Islander	1.4	8,360
Native-American	0.2	973
Other non-white	0.1	646
Multi-racial	1.3	7,540
Non-white	21.3	125,326
White	78.7	463,620
Total		588,946
	Home county:  Hampden
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	15.2	69,197
Black	7.5	34,034
Asian and Pacific Islander	1.3	5,978
Native-American	0.2	769
Other non-white	0.1	505
Multi-racial	1.3	6,120
Non-white	25.6	116,603
White	74.4	339,625
Total		456,228
The home county of this newspaper is Hampden.
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 Republican, Springfield
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
01020 / Chicopee / MA / 4.8 mi.	5,811	12,537	46.4	$37,282	7.6	4.1	1.3	0.1	1.1
01085 / Westfield / MA / 7.9 mi.	5,257	15,051	34.9	$45,482	7.8	4.9	0.8	0.2	0.8
01040 / Holyoke / MA / 6.9 mi.	5,112	14,967	34.2	$30,441	46.0	41.4	2.6	0.1	0.8
01089 / West Springfield / MA / 2.7 mi.	4,924	11,823	41.6	$40,266	11.6	5.8	1.9	0.2	2.0
01104 / Springfield / MA / 2 mi.	3,450	8,937	38.6	$29,138	43.6	31.4	9.2	0.1	1.0
01013 / Willimansett / MA / 4.1 mi.	3,388	9,619	35.2	$32,412	19.1	14.7	1.9	0.1	0.7
01106 / Springfield / MA / 3.3 mi.	3,375	5,887	57.3	$74,146	5.4	1.1	0.7	0.0	3.0
01001 / Agawam / MA / 2.7 mi.	3,296	6,987	47.2	$45,735	4.6	1.7	1.0	0.1	1.2
01109 / Springfield / MA / 2.2 mi.	3,291	9,977	33.0	$27,463	74.3	22.5	47.5	0.3	1.2
01028 / East Longmeadow / MA / 4.5 mi.	3,271	5,257	62.2	$62,835	3.1	0.9	0.7	0.0	0.9
01056 / Ludlow / MA / 7.3 mi.	3,174	7,645	41.5	$47,053	10.3	6.5	2.0	0.1	0.6
01075 / South Hadley Falls / MA / 8.7 mi.	2,832	6,595	42.9	$46,731	7.3	2.4	1.2	0.1	2.6
01108 / Springfield / MA / 2 mi.	2,618	9,905	26.4	$32,011	44.5	23.4	13.2	0.2	5.2
01095 / Wilbraham / MA / 7.1 mi.	2,573	4,957	51.9	$64,691	4.4	1.4	1.1	0.0	1.3
01118 / Springfield / MA / 2.9 mi.	2,431	5,713	42.6	$47,711	19.8	6.8	8.8	0.1	2.1
01030 / Feeding Hills / MA / 4.6 mi.	1,913	4,273	44.8	$55,724	4.4	2.0	0.7	0.2	0.7
01119 / Springfield / MA / 4.1 mi.	1,807	4,694	38.5	$39,728	33.7	11.3	18.4	0.3	1.3
01069 / Palmer / MA / 13.7 mi.	1,471	4,033	36.5	$42,154	4.0	1.3	0.8	0.1	0.7
01129 / Springfield / MA / 5 mi.	1,465	2,756	53.2	$46,076	25.1	8.0	13.8	0.3	1.4
01007 / Belchertown / MA / 14.3 mi.	1,280	4,901	26.1	$52,425	4.7	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.0
01027 / Westhampton / MA / 12.2 mi.	1,255	7,411	16.9	$45,921	5.1	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.6
01082 / Ware / MA / 18.6 mi.	1,214	4,113	29.5	$37,438	4.5	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.6
01077 / Southwick / MA / 9.3 mi.	1,194	3,318	36.0	$52,296	3.8	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.4
01057 / Monson / MA / 12.5 mi.	1,083	3,050	35.5	$52,159