Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
Central Maine Newspapers, Augusta | ||||||||||
Augusta, Maine | ||||||||||
Owner: Seattle Times | ||||||||||
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 |
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2005 | 5.8 | |||||||||
2004 | 4.2 | |||||||||
2003 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2002 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2001 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2000 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1999 | 3.2 | |||||||||
1998 | Did not report | |||||||||
1997 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1996 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1995 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1994 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1993 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1992 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1991 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1990 | 0.0 | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 2005 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for Central Maine Newspapers, Augusta | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 202 | |||||||
2004 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 146 | |||||||
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, Seattle Times, | ||||||||||
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 99. | ||||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Peer group comparison | ||||||||||
for Central Maine Newspapers, Augusta | ||||||||||
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 202. | 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 5 out of 140 | ||||||||||
newspapers reporting in the category of 25,001 to 50,000 daily sales. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 35,137 ranks 289 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 Central Maine Newspapers, Augusta | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 0.7 | 592 | ||||||||
Black | 0.3 | 260 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6 | 503 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.4 | 358 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.0 | 37 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 0.9 | 815 | ||||||||
Non-white | 2.9 | 2,565 | ||||||||
White | 97.1 | 86,937 | ||||||||
Total | 89,502 | |||||||||
Home county: Kennebec | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 0.7 | 852 | ||||||||
Black | 0.3 | 384 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6 | 708 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.4 | 450 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 54 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 0.9 | 1,100 | ||||||||
Non-white | 3.0 | 3,548 | ||||||||
White | 97.0 | 113,566 | ||||||||
Total | 117,114 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Kennebec. | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Central Maine Newspapers, Augusta | ||||||||||
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 |
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04330 / Augusta / ME / 0 mi. | 5,527 | 10,791 | 51.2 | $32,619 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 | |
04345 / Gardiner / ME / 8.9 mi. | 1,917 | 4,663 | 41.1 | $38,968 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |
04364 / Winthrop / ME / 13.8 mi. | 988 | 2,495 | 39.6 | $41,733 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
04351 / Manchester / ME / 8.8 mi. | 688 | 954 | 72.1 | $52,574 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
04347 / Hallowell / ME / 7 mi. | 471 | 1,145 | 41.1 | $36,058 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | |
04355 / Readfield / ME / 13 mi. | 430 | 908 | 47.4 | $48,049 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
04344 / Farmingdale / ME / 7.6 mi. | 401 | 1,189 | 33.7 | $37,332 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | |
04346 / Randolph / ME / 6.8 mi. | 401 | 884 | 45.4 | $30,826 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | |
04350 / Litchfield / ME / 16.9 mi. | 362 | 1,191 | 30.4 | $41,096 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
04363 / Windsor / ME / 6.2 mi. | 249 | 840 | 29.6 | $39,896 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
04353 / Whitefield / ME / 9.4 mi. | 222 | 851 | 26.1 | $38,555 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | |
04259 / Monmouth / ME / 17.9 mi. | 220 | 1,103 | 19.9 | $45,430 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
04352 / Mount Vernon / ME / 19.2 mi. | 204 | 607 | 33.6 | $39,853 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |
04357 / Richmond / ME / 15.4 mi. | 203 | 1,290 | 15.7 | $36,654 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
04358 / South China / ME / 7.3 mi. | 202 | 1,442 | 14.0 | $41,027 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | |
04348 / Jefferson / ME / 14.1 mi. | 158 | 1,148 | 13.8 | $41,071 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
04917 / Belgrade / ME / 12.1 mi. | 149 | 1,179 | 12.6 | $38,939 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
04284 / Wayne / ME / 19.8 mi. | 147 | 452 | 32.5 | $45,500 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
04989 / Vassalboro / ME / 7.1 mi. | 132 | 1,032 | 12.8 | $39,539 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
04265 / North Monmouth / ME / 18 mi. | 112 | 344 | 32.6 | $35,341 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |
04349 / Kents Hill / ME / 20.1 mi. | 93 | 379 | 24.5 | $40,197 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
04354 / Palermo / ME / 13.8 mi. | 91 | 495 | 18.4 | $34,792 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
04342 / Dresden / ME / 17.8 mi. | 84 | 642 | 13.1 | $41,719 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
04901 / Waterville / ME / 15.6 mi. | 76 | 10,666 | 0.7 | $31,787 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | |
04574 / Washington / ME / 15.6 mi. | 61 | 509 | 12.0 | $35,682 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
04578 / Wiscasset / ME / 20.3 mi. | 56 | 1,790 | 3.1 | $37,934 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
04011 / Brunswick / ME / 32.4 mi. | 37 | 8,150 | 0.5 | $40,402 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.7 | |
04086 / Topsham / ME / 28.3 mi. | 37 | 3,424 | 1.1 | $47,682 | 5.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.4 | |
04530 / Bath / ME / 31.6 mi. | 30 | 5,005 | 0.6 | $38,679 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
04862 / Union / ME / 22.3 mi. | 29 | 1,348 | 2.2 | $37,271 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
04253 / Livermore / ME / 27.4 mi. | 27 | 850 | 3.2 | $39,200 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
04949 / Liberty / ME / 17.9 mi. | 26 | 413 | 6.3 | $32,788 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
04963 / Oakland / ME / 12 mi. | 26 | 2,740 | 0.9 | $35,801 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
04543 / Damariscotta / ME / 22.8 mi. | 24 | 952 | 2.5 | $36,438 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
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