The Republican, Springfield... 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 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

Click here to read the national report or to select another newspaper

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

2004

6.1

21.3

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

3.0

1.1

0.5

0.2

0.3

01060 / Northampton / MA / 14.9 mi.

1,063

6,998

15.2

$38,739

14.8

5.7

2.4

0.3

4.4

01033 / Granby / MA / 10.7 mi.

901

2,252

40.0

$54,173

3.7

1.2

0.4

0.1

1.0

01002 / South Amherst / MA / 17.9 mi.

896

9,906

9.0

$42,567

22.5

6.0

4.5

0.2

8.7

01036 / Hampton / MA / 7.9 mi.

876

1,809

48.4

$65,196

2.1

0.6

0.2

0.4

01105 / Springfield / MA / 0.4 mi.

842

5,288

15.9

$15,648

76.7

50.8

22.4

0.3

0.8

01151 / Springfield / MA / 5.2 mi.

771

3,339

23.1

$27,808

34.7

20.7

10.6

0.3

0.8

01103 / Springfield / MA / 0.2 mi.

755

1,519

49.7

$17,899

68.7

43.8

17.2

0.5

4.1

01107 / Springfield / MA / 1.7 mi.

748

3,797

19.7

$17,574

83.6

75.9

5.8

0.2

0.5

06082 / Thompsonville / CT / 7.4 mi.

674

16,418

4.1

$52,810

11.7

3.7

5.3

0.2

1.3

01128 / Springfield / MA / 4.4 mi.

656

1,052

62.4

$57,734

14.6

5.6

7.0

0.2

1.2

01301 / Leyden / MA / 32.4 mi.

655

8,056

8.1

$33,498

8.0

3.5

1.3

0.2

1.1

01062 / Northampton / MA / 15.6 mi.

617

4,289

14.4

$47,115

9.5

4.9

1.4

0.2

1.6

01035 / North Hadley / MA / 16.7 mi.

517

1,895

27.3

$51,851

5.3

1.7

0.8

0.1

1.6

01073 / Southampton / MA / 10.3 mi.

515

1,985

25.9

$61,831

2.3

0.9

0.2

0.1

0.6

01022 / Westover AFB / MA / 6.2 mi.

414

961

43.1

$41,083

22.8

8.3

10.4

0.5

1.3

01080 / Three Rivers / MA / 11.5 mi.

391

1,057

37.0

$39,155

3.3

1.1

0.4

0.3

0.2

01010 / East Brimfield / MA / 18.7 mi.

308

1,254

24.6

$50,181

2.9

1.3

0.5

0.3

0.1

01373 / Whately / MA / 24.2 mi.

280

2,191

12.8

$51,544

3.6

1.5

0.5

0.1

0.8

01376 / Turners Falls / MA / 32.6 mi.

255

2,791

9.1

$30,062

6.0

2.6

0.7

0.4

0.9

01083 / Warren / MA / 20.1 mi.

226

855

26.4

$37,250

3.0

0.7

0.5

0.0

0.5

01038 / West Hatfield / MA / 18.2 mi.

203

1,060

19.2

$50,030

2.4

1.0

0.3

0.2

0.6

01201 / Richmond / MA / 38.9 mi.

197

20,433

1.0

$36,448

8.2

2.0

3.4

0.1

1.2

01050 / South Worthington / MA / 17.2 mi.

187

893

20.9

$49,336

3.7

1.7

0.4

0.2

0.4

06071 / Somers / CT / 9.4 mi.

165

2,940

5.6

$65,523

19.2

8.1

8.8

0.3

0.7

06078 / Suffield / CT / 7.7 mi.

160

3,509

4.6

$65,398

15.5

5.2

8.3

0.2

1.1

01375 / Sunderland / MA / 23.2 mi.

151

1,632

9.3

$37,147

12.5

2.4

2.2

0.2

6.5

01071 / Russell / MA / 13.9 mi.

140

610

23.0

$46,500

3.3

1.5

0.4

0.3

01053 / Leeds / MA / 17.2 mi.

128

578

22.1

$56,094

5.2

2.8

0.4

0.0

0.2

01034 / West Granville / MA / 14.9 mi.

108

720

15.0

$53,333

2.3

0.8

0.4

0.1

0.4

01092 / West Warren / MA / 18.3 mi.

106

451

23.5

$33,750

1.7

0.5

0.2

0.1

01370 / Shelburne Falls / MA / 32.8 mi.

101

1,776

5.7

$45,545

3.3

0.8

0.5

0.4

01008 / Blandford / MA / 16.7 mi.

461

21.3

$52,663

1.3

0.3

0.5

0.2

0.0

01096 / Williamsburg / MA / 20.6 mi.

1,046

9.0

$46,364

1.6

0.6

0.1

0.0

0.3

01220 / Adams / MA / 42 mi.

4,245

2.0

$33,102

2.4

0.8

0.4

0.1

0.2

01566 / Sturbridge / MA / 24.5 mi.

2,163

4.0

$57,989

3.1

0.9

0.2

1.4

01351 / Montague / MA / 28.4 mi.

952

8.8

$56,102

5.2

1.3

0.7

0.2

1.2

01081 / Wales / MA / 17.4 mi.

624

12.8

$48,125

2.6

0.6

0.3

0.2

01011 / Chester / MA / 21.6 mi.

799

9.0

$45,511

2.3

1.3

0.2

0.1

0.0

06096 / Windsor Locks / CT / 11.5 mi.

4,936

1.5

$48,837

8.7

2.2

2.6

0.1

2.6

01360 / Northfield / MA / 39.2 mi.

1,158

6.0

$49,141

1.9

0.6

0.1

0.2

01521 / Holland / MA / 21.3 mi.

897

7.6

$52,073

3.7

1.4

0.1

0.5

0.3

01247 / North Adams / MA / 45.8 mi.

7,235

0.9

$29,288

5.3

1.8

1.4

0.2

0.7

01238 / West Becket / MA / 34.3 mi.

2,608

2.4

$42,538

4.8

2.4

0.6

0.1

1.1

06093 / West Suffield / CT / 9.1 mi.

1,139

5.4

$71,310

3.0

1.1

0.6

0.1

0.7

01031 / Old Furnace / MA / 22.9 mi.

492

12.4

$44,333

2.8

1.2

0.2

0.0

01585 / West Brookfield / MA / 22.7 mi.

2,121

2.8

$42,543

2.9

1.1

0.3

0.4

0.1

05301 / West Brattleboro / VT / 48.1 mi.

7,154

0.7

$35,060

5.8

1.4

0.8

0.2

1.4

01342 / West Deerfield / MA / 29.2 mi.

403

11.4

$56,776

3.0

1.1

0.5

0.2

0.5

01364 / Warwick / MA / 35 mi.

3,070

1.5

$36,836

4.7

1.7

1.0

0.2

0.5

01054 / North Leverett / MA / 24.6 mi.

551

7.8

$60,208

5.6

1.7

0.3

0.4

1.5

01330 / South Ashfield / MA / 28.9 mi.

646

6.7

$52,361

3.0

0.5

0.4

0.1

0.4

01039 / West Whately / MA / 18.7 mi.

482

7.9

$53,750

4.1

0.9

0.4

0.1

1.2

01331 / South Royalston / MA / 35.8 mi.

5,070

0.7

$35,479

4.4

1.8

0.6

0.2

0.4

01012 / Chesterfield / MA / 21.9 mi.

192

19.3

$50,938

0.8

0.2

0.0

0.2

01037 / Hardwick / MA / 24.5 mi.

249

14.9

$56,094

2.7

0.9

0.7

0.0

0.4

01088 / West Hatfield / MA / 18.7 mi.

293

12.6

$40,250

3.1

1.3

0.0

0.3

01098 / Worthington / MA / 19.3 mi.

494

7.5

$52,734

2.4

1.1

0.2

0.1

0.2

01337 / Leyden / MA / 36.4 mi.

1,011

3.7

$45,903

1.4

0.5

0.1

01226 / Dalton / MA / 36.3 mi.

3,068

1.1

$49,238

2.5

0.9

0.4

0.1

0.6

01230 / Van Deusenville / MA / 37.5 mi.

3,725

0.9

$45,630

6.0

1.8

2.0

0.1

1.1

01026 / West Cummington / MA / 23 mi.

399

7.8

$42,917

5.7

3.1

0.6

0.4

0.3

06076 / West Stafford / CT / 16.5 mi.

4,604

0.7

$52,967

3.9

1.6

0.5

0.2

0.9

01072 / Shutesbury / MA / 24.9 mi.

540

5.6

$56,563

7.5

1.7

1.0

0.7

1.3

01339 / West Hawley / MA / 37.1 mi.

736

3.9

$46,167

5.3

1.6

0.3

0.4

0.7

01341 / Conway / MA / 27 mi.

666

4.1

$55,938

2.1

1.0

0.1

0.2

0.5

01344 / Stoneville / MA / 33.7 mi.

347

6.6

$41,250

3.4

0.9

0.1

0.3

0.1

01349 / Turners Falls / MA / 31.2 mi.

664

3.3

$35,592

5.4

2.0

0.3

0.7

0.6

01029 / East Otis / MA / 22.1 mi.

251

8.4

$46,528

2.3

0.4

0.2

0.7

0.0

01535 / North Brookfield / MA / 26.7 mi.

1,811

1.2

$44,286

2.9

1.1

0.3

0.2

01253 / Otis / MA / 25.1 mi.

283

5.7

$54,107

3.5

0.3

0.9

0.0

0.9

01223 / Washington / MA / 32.2 mi.

667

2.2

$48,750

2.7

0.9

0.7

0.2

0.3

01032 / Lithia / MA / 24.4 mi.

14.6

$52,500

0.9

0.0

01235 / Peru / MA / 32.7 mi.

982

1.4

$42,467

2.4

0.3

0.4

0.0

0.4

06088 / Warehouse Point / CT / 12.7 mi.

2,032

0.6

$51,013

11.5

2.3

4.8

0.1

2.9

01340 / Shattuckville / MA / 39.9 mi.

712

1.7

$40,455

2.5

1.0

0.3

0.0

0.5

01562 / Spencer / MA / 29.9 mi.

4,583

0.3

$46,598

2.9

1.3

0.6

0.2

0.3

01070 / Plainfield / MA / 32.6 mi.

233

4.7

$36,500

2.7

0.7

0.0

0.4

0.2

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