Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
Kalamazoo Gazette | ||||||||||
Kalamazoo, Michigan | ||||||||||
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 |
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2005 | 13.2 | |||||||||
2004 | 16.0 | |||||||||
2003 | 15.1 | |||||||||
2002 | 15.1 | |||||||||
2001 | 14.5 | |||||||||
2000 | 12.1 | |||||||||
1999 | 16.1 | |||||||||
1998 | 14.3 | |||||||||
1997 | 12.5 | |||||||||
1996 | 12.7 | |||||||||
1995 | 12.5 | |||||||||
1994 | 13.0 | |||||||||
1993 | 13.2 | |||||||||
1992 | 12.7 | |||||||||
1991 | 10.9 | |||||||||
1990 | 13.5 | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 1999 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for Kalamazoo Gazette | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 99 | |||||||
2004 | 16.0 | 13.3 | 120 | |||||||
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 Kalamazoo Gazette | ||||||||||
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 99. | 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 12 out of 90 | ||||||||||
newspapers reporting in the category of 50,001 to 100,000 daily sales. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 56,276 ranks 184 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 Kalamazoo Gazette | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 2.9 | 10,797 | ||||||||
Black | 7.0 | 26,194 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3 | 4,924 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.4 | 1,592 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.2 | 581 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.6 | 6,153 | ||||||||
Non-white | 13.3 | 50,241 | ||||||||
White | 86.7 | 326,877 | ||||||||
Total | 377,118 | |||||||||
Home county: Kalamazoo | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 2.6 | 6,311 | ||||||||
Black | 9.6 | 22,968 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.9 | 4,415 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.4 | 892 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.2 | 476 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.8 | 4,361 | ||||||||
Non-white | 16.5 | 39,423 | ||||||||
White | 83.5 | 199,180 | ||||||||
Total | 238,603 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Kalamazoo. | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Kalamazoo Gazette | ||||||||||
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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49009 / Kalamazoo / MI / 5.9 mi. | 5,981 | 12,265 | 48.8 | $46,558 | 12.1 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 0.2 | 2.3 | |
49024 / Portage / MI / 7.3 mi. | 5,266 | 10,966 | 48.0 | $54,786 | 11.4 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 3.4 | |
49008 / Kalamazoo / MI / 3.3 mi. | 4,053 | 7,266 | 55.8 | $39,462 | 16.5 | 2.2 | 8.2 | 0.3 | 3.9 | |
49002 / Portage / MI / 7.3 mi. | 3,744 | 8,131 | 46.0 | $42,172 | 8.6 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 1.4 | |
49001 / Kalamazoo / MI / 2.8 mi. | 3,041 | 16,804 | 18.1 | $34,551 | 28.0 | 5.5 | 17.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | |
49006 / Kalamazoo / MI / 2.1 mi. | 2,859 | 10,070 | 28.4 | $31,769 | 21.8 | 2.6 | 13.4 | 0.2 | 3.3 | |
49004 / Kalamazoo / MI / 4 mi. | 2,631 | 8,260 | 31.9 | $44,930 | 10.8 | 1.7 | 6.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
49080 / Plainwell / MI / 11.7 mi. | 2,026 | 5,328 | 38.0 | $47,614 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
49097 / Vicksburg / MI / 14.1 mi. | 1,685 | 3,656 | 46.1 | $51,413 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
49079 / Paw Paw / MI / 17 mi. | 1,656 | 4,836 | 34.2 | $46,223 | 7.2 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | |
49093 / Three Rivers / MI / 22.3 mi. | 1,550 | 7,040 | 22.0 | $39,344 | 12.0 | 2.2 | 6.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | |
49071 / Mattawan / MI / 10.9 mi. | 1,504 | 2,861 | 52.6 | $56,897 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
49083 / Richland / MI / 8.1 mi. | 1,353 | 2,437 | 55.5 | $60,795 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
49010 / Allegan / MI / 23.1 mi. | 1,187 | 6,182 | 19.2 | $42,407 | 6.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
49007 / Kalamazoo / MI / 0 mi. | 1,152 | 4,671 | 24.7 | $23,383 | 56.4 | 4.8 | 46.9 | 0.5 | 0.9 | |
49078 / Otsego / MI / 15.1 mi. | 1,060 | 3,381 | 31.4 | $44,920 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
49087 / Schoolcraft / MI / 13.4 mi. | 981 | 1,939 | 50.6 | $57,587 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
49053 / Galesburg / MI / 8 mi. | 935 | 2,374 | 39.4 | $46,554 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
49065 / Lawton / MI / 17.4 mi. | 850 | 2,223 | 38.2 | $45,088 | 9.3 | 6.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
49055 / Gobles / MI / 14.3 mi. | 695 | 2,294 | 30.3 | $41,214 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | |
49046 / Delton / MI / 17.4 mi. | 584 | 2,737 | 21.3 | $43,348 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
49088 / Scotts / MI / 11.2 mi. | 573 | 1,072 | 53.5 | $60,385 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
49090 / South Haven / MI / 32.9 mi. | 495 | 5,918 | 8.4 | $37,008 | 19.5 | 5.6 | 10.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | |
49091 / Sturgis / MI / 34.1 mi. | 495 | 7,656 | 6.5 | $39,839 | 11.4 | 8.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.8 | |
49067 / Marcellus / MI / 22.2 mi. | 440 | 1,680 | 26.2 | $41,092 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |
49012 / Augusta / MI / 13.2 mi. | 423 | 1,395 | 30.3 | $56,480 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 | |
49045 / Decatur / MI / 25.5 mi. | 332 | 2,089 | 15.9 | $37,089 | 18.0 | 11.9 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | |
49013 / Bangor / MI / 26.7 mi. | 324 | 1,968 | 16.5 | $31,624 | 20.6 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | |
49064 / Lawrence / MI / 24.5 mi. | 303 | 1,327 | 22.8 | $38,110 | 19.1 | 13.0 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | |
49034 / Climax / MI / 13.1 mi. | 293 | 822 | 35.6 | $47,212 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | |
49060 / Hickory Corners / MI / 13.2 mi. | 272 | 790 | 34.4 | $61,201 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.1 | |
49072 / Mendon / MI / 19.9 mi. | 246 | 1,202 | 20.5 | $41,779 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
49026 / Bloomingdale / MI / 20.1 mi. | 241 | 954 | 25.3 | $40,299 | 9.1 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | |
49042 / Constantine / MI / 31.5 mi. | 233 | 1,841 | 12.7 | $43,103 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
49032 / Centreville / MI / 26.8 mi. | 232 | 1,056 | 22.0 | $44,512 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
49070 / Martin / MI / 17 mi. | 176 | 771 | 22.8 | $42,688 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |
49099 / White Pigeon / MI / 35.6 mi. | 155 | 2,139 | 7.2 | $42,740 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | |
49040 / Colon / MI / 26.6 mi. | 154 | 1,379 | 11.2 | $34,500 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
49015 / Battle Creek / MI / 17.9 mi. | 134 | 13,908 | 1.0 | $39,661 | 16.9 | 4.1 | 7.3 | 0.6 | 2.9 | |
49056 / Grand Junction / MI / 25.3 mi. | 131 | 1,462 | 9.0 | $32,276 | 15.7 | 9.3 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
49017 / Battle Creek / MI / 20.5 mi. | 126 | 14,888 | 0.8 | $36,465 | 25.6 | 2.5 | 19.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | |
49057 / Hartford / MI / 30.7 mi. | 121 | 2,306 | 5.2 | $35,551 | 23.4 | 18.6 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.2 | |
49344 / Shelbyville / MI / 20 mi. | 114 | 1,286 | 8.9 | $41,591 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | |
49030 / Burr Oak / MI / 33.2 mi. | 88 | 901 | 9.8 | $42,350 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
49052 / Fulton / MI / 18.6 mi. | 72 | 297 | 24.2 | $44,479 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.2 | |
49348 / Wayland / MI / 26.3 mi. | 59 | 4,053 | 1.5 | $47,684 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | |
49328 / Hopkins / MI / 24.3 mi. | 53 | 1,267 | 4.2 | $47,727 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.3 | |
49066 / Leonidas / MI / 22 mi. | 41 | 253 | 16.2 | $40,481 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
49014 / Battle Creek / MI / 25.3 mi. | 33 | 8,601 | 0.4 | $38,569 | 15.8 | 4.0 | 8.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | |
49450 / Pullman / MI / 28.3 mi. | 29 | 1,052 | 2.8 | $33,261 | 35.3 | 23.9 | 8.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | |
49061 / Jones / MI / 30.3 mi. | 25 | 598 | 4.2 | $51,719 | 6.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | |
File | mi_kalamazoo_gazette | |||||||||
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