Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
The Joplin Globe | ||||||||||
Joplin, Missouri | ||||||||||
Owner: Community Newspaper Holdings (Ala.) | ||||||||||
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 | Did not report | |||||||||
2001 | Did not report | |||||||||
2000 | 7.7 | |||||||||
1999 | Did not report | |||||||||
1998 | Did not report | |||||||||
1997 | 7.0 | |||||||||
1996 | 7.1 | |||||||||
1995 | 6.5 | |||||||||
1994 | 7.0 | |||||||||
1993 | 4.7 | |||||||||
1992 | 7.0 | |||||||||
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 Joplin Globe | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | N/A | 10.4 | N/A | |||||||
2004 | N/A | 10.4 | 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.) | ||||||||||
Company index | ||||||||||
This newspaper's owner, Community Newspaper Holdings (Ala.), | ||||||||||
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 41. | ||||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Peer group comparison | ||||||||||
for The Joplin Globe | ||||||||||
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 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 29,674 ranks 346 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 Joplin Globe | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 2.8 | 6,542 | ||||||||
Black | 1.0 | 2,279 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6 | 1,324 | ||||||||
Native-American | 3.4 | 7,734 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 117 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 2.6 | 5,959 | ||||||||
Non-white | 10.4 | 23,955 | ||||||||
White | 89.6 | 206,417 | ||||||||
Total | 230,372 | |||||||||
Home county: Jasper | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 3.5 | 3,615 | ||||||||
Black | 1.5 | 1,520 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7 | 760 | ||||||||
Native-American | 1.3 | 1,341 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 66 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 2.0 | 2,048 | ||||||||
Non-white | 8.9 | 9,350 | ||||||||
White | 91.1 | 95,336 | ||||||||
Total | 104,686 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Jasper. | ||||||||||
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 Joplin Globe | ||||||||||
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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64804 / Joplin / MO / 7.2 mi. | 6,243 | 14,320 | 43.6 | $34,451 | 7.8 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.7 | |
64801 / Joplin / MO / 0 mi. | 5,899 | 13,220 | 44.6 | $30,367 | 9.5 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.7 | |
64836 / Carthage / MO / 13.3 mi. | 2,274 | 8,324 | 27.3 | $30,977 | 13.1 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | |
64850 / Neosho / MO / 17.5 mi. | 1,907 | 7,984 | 23.9 | $33,788 | 8.8 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 0.9 | |
64870 / Webb City / MO / 3.7 mi. | 1,426 | 4,311 | 33.1 | $30,417 | 7.1 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.7 | |
74354 / Miami / OK / 29.6 mi. | 999 | 7,191 | 13.9 | $27,816 | 25.8 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 15.7 | 0.6 | |
66713 / Baxter Springs / KS / 14.4 mi. | 762 | 2,349 | 32.4 | $28,539 | 12.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 5.2 | 0.4 | |
64759 / Lamar / MO / 31.3 mi. | 757 | 3,187 | 23.8 | $30,930 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |
66739 / Galena / KS / 9.2 mi. | 598 | 2,294 | 26.1 | $30,609 | 9.8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 4.5 | 0.1 | |
64834 / Carl Junction / MO / 7.3 mi. | 513 | 2,549 | 20.1 | $42,022 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.2 | |
66725 / Columbus / KS / 21.1 mi. | 512 | 2,423 | 21.1 | $29,567 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 0.4 | |
64865 / Seneca / MO / 18.6 mi. | 497 | 2,083 | 23.9 | $32,487 | 11.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 6.1 | 0.4 | |
66762 / Pittsburg / KS / 24.2 mi. | 382 | 9,816 | 3.9 | $27,318 | 10.4 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 1.8 | |
74344 / Grove / OK / 38.3 mi. | 366 | 5,273 | 6.9 | $27,376 | 19.3 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 11.7 | 0.4 | |
64840 / Diamond / MO / 13.2 mi. | 335 | 893 | 37.5 | $34,444 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.1 | |
64855 / Oronogo / MO / 15.4 mi. | 316 | 679 | 46.5 | $33,846 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | |
64862 / Sarcoxie / MO / 23.8 mi. | 297 | 1,206 | 24.6 | $30,439 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | |
64772 / Nevada / MO / 52.2 mi. | 279 | 5,161 | 5.4 | $30,850 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | |
64831 / Anderson / MO / 29.1 mi. | 277 | 2,219 | 12.5 | $29,839 | 10.4 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 0.1 | |
64841 / Duenweg / MO / 6.5 mi. | 271 | 177 | 153.1 | $26,838 | 8.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 0.5 | |
64844 / Granby / MO / 20.2 mi. | 268 | 1,727 | 15.5 | $30,386 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.3 | |
65708 / Monett / MO / 35.2 mi. | 263 | 4,301 | 6.1 | $32,549 | 12.3 | 10.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | |
64755 / Jasper / MO / 20.8 mi. | 238 | 1,040 | 22.9 | $31,214 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | |
64835 / Carterville / MO / 5.6 mi. | 214 | 692 | 30.9 | $29,797 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | |
66770 / Riverton / KS / 7.2 mi. | 187 | 415 | 45.1 | $39,250 | 5.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 0.3 | |
65723 / Pierce City / MO / 29.4 mi. | 179 | 1,401 | 12.8 | $32,125 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | |
64843 / Goodman / MO / 28.5 mi. | 143 | 1,194 | 12.0 | $26,549 | 8.8 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 1.0 | |
64830 / Alba / MO / 10.7 mi. | 138 | 206 | 67.0 | $29,853 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 0.3 | |
74360 / Picher / OK / 22 mi. | 137 | 701 | 19.5 | $19,920 | 23.2 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 13.4 | 0.3 | |
67356 / Oswego / KS / 36.7 mi. | 131 | 1,157 | 11.3 | $30,024 | 7.9 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.1 | |
74339 / Commerce / OK / 23.3 mi. | 131 | 1,013 | 12.9 | $26,625 | 37.3 | 17.6 | 0.7 | 13.2 | 0.3 | |
64854 / Noel / MO / 38.8 mi. | 130 | 1,446 | 9.0 | $28,346 | 35.4 | 31.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 0.1 | |
66743 / Girard / KS / 35.6 mi. | 121 | 1,639 | 7.4 | $37,329 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
74363 / Quapaw / OK / 15.9 mi. | 117 | 1,043 | 11.2 | $28,288 | 29.6 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 20.5 | 0.2 | |
64748 / Golden City / MO / 30.1 mi. | 114 | 669 | 17.0 | $26,056 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | |
74370 / Wyandotte / OK / 25.2 mi. | 112 | 1,223 | 9.2 | $30,587 | 26.5 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 19.8 | 0.2 | |
67357 / Parsons / KS / 43.7 mi. | 107 | 5,704 | 1.9 | $31,077 | 14.7 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | |
64762 / Liberal / MO / 32.6 mi. | 104 | 633 | 16.4 | $28,030 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | |
74343 / Fairland / OK / 30.5 mi. | 102 | 1,149 | 8.9 | $29,283 | 26.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 17.9 | 0.1 | |
65625 / Cassville / MO / 50.2 mi. | 101 | 3,004 | 3.4 | $28,958 | 5.7 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | |
65712 / Mount Vernon / MO / 41 mi. | 99 | 2,765 | 3.6 | $32,886 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | |
67336 / Chetopa / KS / 26.8 mi. | 80 | 772 | 10.4 | $25,391 | 10.2 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 5.7 | 0.0 | |
64832 / Asbury / MO / 14.3 mi. | 78 | 278 | 28.1 | $45,000 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | |
66701 / Fort Scott / KS / 51.7 mi. | 73 | 4,992 | 1.5 | $31,001 | 7.4 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | |
65734 / Purdy / MO / 40.1 mi. | 68 | 1,221 | 5.6 | $28,097 | 12.1 | 10.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
64856 / Pineville / MO / 38.4 mi. | 64 | 1,466 | 4.4 | $27,457 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 | |
65605 / Aurora / MO / 49.6 mi. | 61 | 4,588 | 1.3 | $27,377 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |
65682 / Lockwood / MO / 40.3 mi. | 60 | 804 | 7.5 | $28,051 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | |
64874 / Wheaton / MO / 35.3 mi. | 58 | 347 | 16.7 | $23,482 | 11.0 | 9.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | |
64863 / South West City / MO / 38 mi. | 57 | 604 | 9.4 | $21,829 | 35.2 | 25.5 | 0.2 | 5.3 | 0.1 | |
64866 / Stark City / MO / 25.9 mi. | 56 | 491 | 11.4 | $28,606 | 7.5 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.2 | |
64867 / Stella / MO / 30 mi. | 51 | 515 | 9.9 | $25,568 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | |
74346 / Jay / OK / 48.3 mi. | 45 | 2,759 | 1.6 | $27,465 | 40.1 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 30.2 | 0.0 | |
64859 / Reeds / MO / 20.3 mi. | 44 | 432 | 10.2 | $31,429 | 6.4 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | |
65647 / Exeter / MO / 41.2 mi. | 44 | 882 | 5.0 | $27,121 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | |
64784 / Sheldon / MO / 44.1 mi. | 41 | 540 | 7.6 | $30,720 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |
72714 / Bella Vista / AR / 48.1 mi. | 41 | 4,426 | 0.9 | $43,993 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |
64873 / Wentworth / MO / 22.8 mi. | 36 | 342 | 10.5 | $32,083 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | |
64861 / Rocky Comfort / MO / 35.9 mi. | 34 | 398 | 8.5 | $29,063 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
65707 / Miller / MO / 37.8 mi. | 34 | 851 | 4.0 | $29,315 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 | |
64842 / Fairview / MO / 30.1 mi. | 30 | 319 | 9.4 | $28,125 | 6.0 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0.5 | |
66781 / Weir / KS / 15.5 mi. | 28 | 597 | 4.7 | $33,098 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.2 | |
66773 / Scammon / KS / 21.2 mi. | 26 | 360 | 7.2 | $29,432 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0.3 | |
64848 / La Russell / MO / 28.6 mi. | 21 | 250 | 8.4 | $28,077 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.1 | |
64833 / Avilla / MO / 23.4 mi. | 10 | 41 | 24.4 | $23,125 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
64858 / Racine / MO / 14.6 mi. | 10 | 58 | 17.2 | $35,536 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
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