The Frederick News-Post... 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 Frederick News-Post

Frederick, Maryland

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

6.5

2004

12.1

2003

7.7

2002

2.8

2001

5.3

2000

5.3

1999

Did not report

1998

Did not report

1997

5.9

1996

7.1

1995

11.8

1994

12.0

1993

Did not report

1992

2.9

1991

Did not report

1990

Did not report

The latest year at peak is

2004

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

Newsroom Diversity Index

for The Frederick News-Post

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

6.5

11.6

2004

12.1

11.5

105

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.)

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

Peer group comparison

for The Frederick News-Post

This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 56.

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 45 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 40,209 ranks 261 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 Frederick News-Post

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

2.4

5,538

Black

5.9

13,765

Asian and Pacific Islander

1.7

3,860

Native-American

0.2

460

Other non-white

0.1

298

Multi-racial

1.2

2,874

Non-white

11.5

26,795

White

88.5

205,491

Total

232,286

Home county: Frederick

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

2.4

4,664

Black

6.3

12,253

Asian and Pacific Islander

1.7

3,292

Native-American

0.2

371

Other non-white

0.1

264

Multi-racial

1.3

2,467

Non-white

11.9

23,311

White

88.1

171,966

Total

195,277

The home county of this newspaper is Frederick.

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 Frederick News-Post

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

21701 / Lewistown / MD / 3.6 mi.

7,334

13,062

56.1

$51,790

17.5

2.4

11.5

0.2

1.8

21702 / Frederick / MD / 3.1 mi.

5,890

11,632

50.6

$55,572

21.0

5.1

10.0

0.3

3.6

21703 / Frederick / MD / 4 mi.

4,248

9,649

44.0

$58,027

19.7

3.8

10.3

0.2

3.2

21788 / Thurmont / MD / 12.3 mi.

2,179

4,117

52.9

$51,176

2.1

0.6

0.4

0.2

0.3

21771 / Mount Airy / MD / 13 mi.

2,114

8,267

25.6

$76,147

5.1

1.2

2.1

0.2

0.7

21769 / Middletown / MD / 7.2 mi.

1,922

3,329

57.7

$71,056

3.5

1.1

0.9

0.1

0.6

21793 / Walkersville / MD / 5.7 mi.

1,809

3,193

56.7

$60,838

7.1

1.5

3.3

0.1

1.0

21774 / New Market / MD / 7 mi.

1,313

2,822

46.5

$75,268

7.1

2.5

2.4

0.1

0.9

21704 / Urbana / MD / 3.9 mi.

1,117

1,387

80.5

$67,045

14.7

0.9

12.0

0.1

0.7

21754 / Ijamsville / MD / 7.5 mi.

1,036

1,831

56.6

$87,825

6.4

1.0

2.8

0.2

1.5

21773 / Myersville / MD / 10.4 mi.

988

1,695

58.3

$61,732

2.3

1.1

0.4

0.1

0.3

21755 / Jefferson / MD / 8.2 mi.

964

1,913

50.4

$71,172

4.5

1.1

1.6

0.2

0.8

21716 / Brunswick / MD / 12.3 mi.

780

1,884

41.4

$46,711

8.5

1.0

5.2

0.2

0.5

21770 / Monrovia / MD / 8.8 mi.

696

1,742

40.0

$77,786

5.2

2.0

1.0

0.4

0.8

21727 / Emmitsburg / MD / 18.5 mi.

682

1,489

45.8

$44,392

5.8

1.2

3.0

0.1

0.8

21710 / Doubs / MD / 7.3 mi.

546

1,049

52.0

$73,462

8.4

1.6

4.9

0.2

0.6

21758 / Knoxville / MD / 13.1 mi.

533

1,485

35.9

$57,112

6.3

0.7

4.2

0.3

0.4

20872 / Damascus / MD / 12.8 mi.

440

4,025

10.9

$68,426

12.9

4.3

4.8

0.2

2.1

21798 / Woodsboro / MD / 9.4 mi.

436

634

68.8

$58,580

2.3

0.9

0.3

0.2

0.3

21791 / Union Bridge / MD / 13.7 mi.

434

1,884

23.0

$55,785

5.0

0.5

3.0

0.3

0.5

21757 / Middleburg / MD / 14.4 mi.

338

1,050

32.2

$50,000

4.3

1.3

2.3

0.2

20871 / Hyattstown / MD / 12.1 mi.

262

984

26.6

$91,368

10.1

2.1

4.6

0.0

1.9

20874 / Germantown / MD / 17.1 mi.

198

18,646

1.1

$65,104

38.8

9.0

16.7

0.2

9.6

20882 / Laytonsville / MD / 17.8 mi.

198

3,811

5.2

$97,092

12.3

2.7

4.8

0.2

3.2

21740 / Hagerstown / MD / 21.4 mi.

194

21,679

0.9

$33,704

14.7

1.5

10.8

0.2

0.8

21778 / Rocky Ridge / MD / 13.5 mi.

176

370

47.6

$49,375

2.7

1.0

0.1

0.0

0.4

21787 / Taneytown / MD / 21.2 mi.

157

3,234

4.9

$48,842

3.8

1.3

1.2

0.1

0.4

20842 / Dickerson / MD / 11.6 mi.

155

701

22.1

$89,120

15.7

3.0

9.8

0.1

0.9

21783 / Smithsburg / MD / 14 mi.

155

2,944

5.3

$48,373

4.1

1.6

1.2

0.3

21777 / Point of Rocks / MD / 10.5 mi.

144

378

38.1

$69,688

6.7

0.6

2.4

0.2

1.2

21780 / Sabillasville / MD / 17.5 mi.

141

537

26.3

$42,500

13.5

1.3

10.7

0.0

0.6

21713 / Boonsboro / MD / 14.8 mi.

139

3,027

4.6

$47,036

24.8

0.5

23.6

0.1

0.2

21797 / Woodbine / MD / 18.3 mi.

131

2,496

5.2

$72,600

6.1

1.6

3.0

0.2

0.8

20837 / Poolesville / MD / 18.2 mi.

126

1,953

6.5

$82,301

10.8

3.0

5.0

0.4

1.0

20878 / North Potomac / MD / 21.5 mi.

122

19,201

0.6

$84,330

39.4

8.9

8.6

0.2

19.0

20180 / Lovettsville / VA / 14.4 mi.

115

1,545

7.4

$76,920

3.5

1.2

0.8

0.1

0.6

20877 / Montgomery Village / MD / 20.6 mi.

115

10,607

1.1

$51,309

61.0

27.4

17.2

0.4

13.3

21776 / New Windsor / MD / 16.5 mi.

105

1,828

5.7

$54,105

5.3

1.0

3.1

0.2

0.5

20879 / Montgomery Village / MD / 19.1 mi.

7,286

1.3

$66,799

49.2

13.1

16.9

0.2

15.3

21762 / Libertytown / MD / 9.2 mi.

124.0

$41,103

5.3

0.0

3.9

0.0

21157 / Westminster / MD / 22.9 mi.

12,551

0.7

$52,407

6.1

1.1

3.2

0.3

0.8

20850 / Rockville / MD / 24 mi.

12,064

0.7

$74,655

38.1

8.4

9.9

0.2

17.3

20841 / Boyds / MD / 14.3 mi.

696

11.8

$87,023

19.5

3.8

6.6

0.3

7.6

25414 / Charles Town / WV / 24.4 mi.

5,265

1.3

$43,363

12.2

2.0

7.6

0.2

0.8

21717 / Buckeystown / MD / 6.6 mi.

252.0

$65,714

5.9

0.0

5.9

0.0

17325 / Hunterstown / PA / 29.3 mi.

9,398

0.6

$39,409

9.1

4.1

2.7

0.3

1.0

21756 / Keedysville / MD / 14.7 mi.

892

6.5

$51,000

2.8

1.1

0.6

0.1

0.2

20876 / Germantown / MD / 16.7 mi.

7,640

0.7

$69,843

44.5

9.4

16.9

0.3

15.3

17268 / Weltys / PA / 23.9 mi.

10,297

0.5

$38,947

3.7

1.0

1.3

0.1

0.6

20855 / Rockville / MD / 22.3 mi.

5,474

0.9

$92,565

36.7

8.8

10.6

0.1

14.2

20176 / Lucketts / VA / 15 mi.

6,695

0.6

$71,393

21.1

6.5

9.3

0.2

3.2

25401 / Martinsburg / WV / 27.8 mi.

17,419

0.2

$36,234

11.4

1.9

7.1

0.3

0.6

21719 / Highfield / MD / 19.7 mi.

570

6.8

$34,911

8.5

2.0

3.3

0.7

17320 / Greenstone / PA / 22.2 mi.

2,592

1.4

$50,071

3.3

0.9

0.4

0.3

0.4

21718 / Burkittsville / MD / 11.1 mi.

41.1

$50,625

5.1

0.0

1.1

0.0

4.0

20838 / Barnesville / MD / 11.9 mi.

37.0

$87,379

3.0

0.5

1.5

0.0

25443 / Shepherdstown / WV / 20.3 mi.

2,067

1.3

$48,370

11.6

1.4

7.0

0.3

1.3

21742 / Northern / MD / 21.8 mi.

10,130

0.2

$48,923

8.3

1.4

3.8

0.2

1.8

25425 / Harpers Ferry / WV / 18.9 mi.

4,259

0.3

$47,929

5.0

1.3

1.7

0.4

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