Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
Sun Journal, Lewiston | ||||||||||
Lewiston, Maine | ||||||||||
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 | Did not report | |||||||||
2004 | Did not report | |||||||||
2003 | Did not report | |||||||||
2002 | 2.2 | |||||||||
2001 | 2.6 | |||||||||
2000 | 2.5 | |||||||||
1999 | 2.3 | |||||||||
1998 | 2.3 | |||||||||
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 | 2001 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for Sun Journal, Lewiston | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | N/A | 2.9 | N/A | |||||||
2004 | N/A | 2.9 | N/A | |||||||
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 Sun Journal, Lewiston | ||||||||||
This paper | ||||||||||
Peer group | ||||||||||
The median Diversity Index is 44 for all newspapers | ||||||||||
reporting in this circulation 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 La Crosse Tribune, Wisconsin, with a 5.3 percent non-white staff in a community that is 4.9 percent non-white. Its index is 107. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 34,035 ranks 301 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 Sun Journal, Lewiston | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 0.8 | 1,454 | ||||||||
Black | 0.4 | 819 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5 | 959 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.3 | 542 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 88 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 0.9 | 1,810 | ||||||||
Non-white | 2.9 | 5,672 | ||||||||
White | 97.1 | 187,313 | ||||||||
Total | 192,985 | |||||||||
Home county: Androscoggin | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 1.0 | 988 | ||||||||
Black | 0.6 | 647 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6 | 604 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.3 | 281 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 48 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.1 | 1,166 | ||||||||
Non-white | 3.6 | 3,734 | ||||||||
White | 96.4 | 100,059 | ||||||||
Total | 103,793 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Androscoggin. | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Sun Journal, Lewiston | ||||||||||
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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04240 / Lewiston / ME / 0 mi. | 8,414 | 15,290 | 55.0 | $29,191 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.9 | |
04210 / Auburn / ME / 4.6 mi. | 5,334 | 9,772 | 54.6 | $35,634 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |
04276 / Rumford / ME / 39.1 mi. | 1,396 | 2,982 | 46.8 | $27,701 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
04938 / Farmington / ME / 39.4 mi. | 907 | 3,536 | 25.7 | $27,981 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
04281 / South Paris / ME / 17.8 mi. | 836 | 1,976 | 42.3 | $33,625 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.9 | |
04280 / Sabattus / ME / 5.8 mi. | 820 | 2,176 | 37.7 | $42,345 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
04239 / Jay / ME / 30.5 mi. | 816 | 1,957 | 41.7 | $36,806 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |
04282 / Turner / ME / 12.2 mi. | 788 | 1,759 | 44.8 | $46,056 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
04268 / Norway / ME / 23.6 mi. | 787 | 1,972 | 39.9 | $28,497 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
04270 / Oxford / ME / 18.5 mi. | 773 | 2,081 | 37.1 | $38,039 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
04252 / Lisbon Falls / ME / 6.9 mi. | 712 | 1,926 | 37.0 | $39,559 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
04257 / Mexico / ME / 37.6 mi. | 652 | 1,262 | 51.7 | $28,036 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | |
04236 / Greene / ME / 7.1 mi. | 651 | 1,502 | 43.3 | $47,945 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
04250 / Lisbon / ME / 5.1 mi. | 647 | 1,683 | 38.4 | $35,746 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
04274 / Poland / ME / 11.9 mi. | 621 | 1,838 | 33.8 | $47,940 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
04254 / Livermore Falls / ME / 22.1 mi. | 527 | 1,044 | 50.5 | $27,868 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | |
04294 / Wilton / ME / 35.2 mi. | 525 | 1,793 | 29.3 | $34,318 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | |
04224 / Dixfield / ME / 35.8 mi. | 511 | 1,228 | 41.6 | $35,645 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
04256 / Mechanic Falls / ME / 9.8 mi. | 509 | 1,163 | 43.8 | $34,864 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
04217 / Bethel / ME / 38.7 mi. | 468 | 1,333 | 35.1 | $33,521 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
04258 / Minot / ME / 7.6 mi. | 342 | 794 | 43.1 | $47,557 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
04220 / Buckfield / ME / 16.7 mi. | 314 | 774 | 40.6 | $36,483 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |
04263 / Leeds / ME / 14.1 mi. | 297 | 727 | 40.9 | $37,986 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
04290 / Peru / ME / 30 mi. | 295 | 514 | 57.4 | $38,527 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
04259 / Monmouth / ME / 11.1 mi. | 291 | 1,103 | 26.4 | $45,430 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
04253 / Livermore / ME / 20.7 mi. | 289 | 850 | 34.0 | $39,200 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
04260 / New Gloucester / ME / 10.9 mi. | 273 | 1,761 | 15.5 | $49,670 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
04970 / Rangeley / ME / 64.9 mi. | 261 | 586 | 44.5 | $34,609 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
04289 / West Paris / ME / 27.7 mi. | 245 | 654 | 37.5 | $29,919 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
04221 / Canton / ME / 23 mi. | 224 | 615 | 36.4 | $35,250 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
04222 / Durham / ME / 8.9 mi. | 215 | 1,226 | 17.5 | $53,846 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
04966 / Phillips / ME / 56.4 mi. | 208 | 599 | 34.7 | $30,025 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
04219 / Bryant Pond / ME / 31.1 mi. | 182 | 592 | 30.7 | $35,625 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
04983 / Strong / ME / 53 mi. | 166 | 688 | 24.1 | $31,089 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |
04350 / Litchfield / ME / 11.8 mi. | 162 | 1,191 | 13.6 | $41,096 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
04011 / Brunswick / ME / 15.9 mi. | 149 | 8,150 | 1.8 | $40,402 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.7 | |
03570 / Berlin / NH / 62.9 mi. | 144 | 4,662 | 3.1 | $30,154 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
04330 / Augusta / ME / 28.3 mi. | 139 | 10,791 | 1.3 | $32,619 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 | |
04088 / Waterford / ME / 28 mi. | 138 | 584 | 23.6 | $31,389 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
04530 / Bath / ME / 21.7 mi. | 122 | 5,005 | 2.4 | $38,679 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
04238 / Hebron / ME / 13.5 mi. | 118 | 390 | 30.3 | $45,417 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
04364 / Winthrop / ME / 18.1 mi. | 117 | 2,495 | 4.7 | $41,733 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
04040 / Harrison / ME / 23.8 mi. | 113 | 920 | 12.3 | $35,478 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
04947 / Kingfield / ME / 67.8 mi. | 110 | 784 | 14.0 | $32,850 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
04216 / Andover / ME / 66.4 mi. | 109 | 311 | 35.0 | $35,000 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
04285 / Weld / ME / 45 mi. | 109 | 181 | 60.2 | $36,500 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
04039 / Gray / ME / 16.6 mi. | 106 | 2,485 | 4.3 | $49,128 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
03581 / Gorham / NH / 50.8 mi. | 102 | 1,449 | 7.0 | $34,135 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | |
04086 / Topsham / ME / 12.7 mi. | 101 | 3,424 | 2.9 | $47,682 | 5.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.4 | |
04037 / Fryeburg / ME / 39.3 mi. | 96 | 1,343 | 7.1 | $34,245 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
04292 / Sumner / ME / 23.6 mi. | 95 | 348 | 27.3 | $39,896 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
04255 / Greenwood / ME / 34.1 mi. | 93 | 303 | 30.7 | $40,000 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
04228 / East Livermore / ME / 21.4 mi. | 87 | 278 | 31.3 | $37,143 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
04275 / Roxbury / ME / 49.6 mi. | 87 | 215 | 40.5 | $41,700 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | |
04982 / Stratton / ME / 71.2 mi. | 80 | 254 | 31.5 | $25,875 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 0.0 | |
04287 / Bowdoin / ME / 7.8 mi. | 71 | 987 | 7.2 | $42,688 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
04955 / New Sharon / ME / 37.3 mi. | 70 | 524 | 13.4 | $32,455 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
04009 / Bridgton / ME / 28.1 mi. | 69 | 1,924 | 3.6 | $36,722 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
04956 / New Vineyard / ME / 49.5 mi. | 64 | 290 | 22.1 | $29,844 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
04237 / Hanover / ME / 39.5 mi. | 61 | 82 | 74.4 | $34,375 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
04349 / Kents Hill / ME / 24.3 mi. | 54 | 379 | 14.2 | $40,197 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
04008 / Bowdoinham / ME / 12.6 mi. | 48 | 1,027 | 4.7 | $44,779 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
04051 / Lovell / ME / 39.6 mi. | 47 | 561 | 8.4 | $32,208 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
04984 / Temple / ME / 42.3 mi. | 43 | 216 | 19.9 | $33,631 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
04265 / North Monmouth / ME / 13.7 mi. | 40 | 344 | 11.6 | $35,341 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |
04964 / Oquossoc / ME / 67.4 mi. | 38 | 90 | 42.2 | $31,250 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
04064 / Old Orchard Beach / ME / 40.5 mi. | 36 | 4,261 | 0.8 | $36,515 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
04261 / Newry / ME / 38.1 mi. | 34 | 174 | 19.5 | $42,321 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | |
04015 / Casco / ME / 19.3 mi. | 33 | 1,353 | 2.4 | $41,799 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
04284 / Wayne / ME / 19.2 mi. | 32 | 452 | 7.1 | $45,500 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
04101 / Portland / ME / 30 mi. | 31 | 8,990 | 0.3 | $26,689 | 14.0 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 3.5 | |
04102 / Portland / ME / 30.6 mi. | 31 | 7,830 | 0.4 | $36,602 | 9.1 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 3.5 | |
04936 / Eustis / ME / 83.3 mi. | 30 | 110 | 27.3 | $31,042 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | |
04055 / Naples / ME / 23.8 mi. | 29 | 1,271 | 2.3 | $37,853 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
04345 / Gardiner / ME / 24 mi. | 29 | 4,663 | 0.6 | $38,968 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |
04352 / Mount Vernon / ME / 30.3 mi. | 26 | 607 | 4.3 | $39,853 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |
04231 / Stoneham / ME / 37.3 mi. | 25 | 112 | 22.3 | $38,611 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | |
04062 / Windham / ME / 23.6 mi. | 24 | 5,530 | 0.4 | $46,526 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
04351 / Manchester / ME / 20.5 mi. | 24 | 954 | 2.5 | $52,574 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
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