Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
Courier-Post, Cherry Hill
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Owner: Gannett Co. (Va.)
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	16.8
2004	17.6
2003	15.7
2002	10.9
2001	10.5
2000	12.9
1999	14.3
1998	Did not report
1997	9.6
1996	8.7
1995	10.2
1994	10.7
1993	17.9
1992	10.5
1991	Did not report
1990	Did not report
The latest year at peak is	1993
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Newsroom Diversity Index
for Courier-Post, Cherry Hill
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff	Non-white % of circulation area	Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005	16.8	23.3	72
2004	17.6	23.3	76
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, Gannett Co. (Va.),
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 89.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for Courier-Post, Cherry Hill
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 72.				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 25 out of 90
newspapers reporting in the category of 50,001 to 100,000 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 Florida Today, Melbourne, Florida, with a 19.1 percent non-white staff in a community that is 16.3 percent non-white. Its index is 117.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 75,408 ranks 132 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 Courier-Post, Cherry Hill
	Circulation area
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	6.3	58,885
Black	12.5	116,105
Asian and Pacific Islander	3.1	28,449
Native-American	0.2	1,480
Other non-white	0.1	960
Multi-racial	1.2	10,783
Non-white	23.3	216,662
White	76.7	713,379
Total		930,041
	Home county:  Camden
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	9.7	49,166
Black	17.3	88,017
Asian and Pacific Islander	3.7	18,833
Native-American	0.2	875
Other non-white	0.1	573
Multi-racial	1.3	6,470
Non-white	32.2	163,934
White	67.8	344,998
Total		508,932
The home county of this newspaper is Camden.
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
Courier-Post, Cherry Hill
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
08021 / Clementon / NJ / 8.8 mi.	3,698	18,410	20.1	$41,160	28.6	4.9	19.0	0.3	2.5
08012 / Blackwood / NJ / 10.7 mi.	3,381	14,510	23.3	$53,479	15.0	2.9	8.2	0.1	2.6
08053 / Marlton / NJ / 7.7 mi.	3,366	15,032	22.4	$66,642	10.3	2.0	3.1	0.1	4.2
08054 / Mount Laurel / NJ / 6.4 mi.	3,008	16,570	18.2	$63,750	14.3	2.2	6.8	0.1	3.8
08002 / Cherry Hill / NJ / 0 mi.	2,837	8,190	34.6	$52,121	18.2	3.5	5.3	0.1	7.9
08108 / Collingswood / NJ / 2.3 mi.	2,626	7,850	33.5	$49,530	8.5	3.3	2.5	0.2	1.7
08081 / Sicklerville / NJ / 13.9 mi.	2,506	14,066	17.8	$61,366	33.3	3.5	25.9	0.2	2.1
08109 / Merchantville / NJ / 1.9 mi.	2,486	8,436	29.5	$49,289	25.8	7.5	13.5	0.1	3.3
08003 / Cherry Hill / NJ / 4.3 mi.	2,268	10,733	21.1	$87,248	17.9	1.8	4.1	0.1	11.2
08096 / Woodbury / NJ / 9.1 mi.	2,253	12,443	18.1	$49,702	16.2	2.6	10.8	0.2	1.3
08094 / Williamstown / NJ / 20 mi.	2,232	11,808	18.9	$50,206	16.8	3.4	10.6	0.2	1.2
08080 / Sewell / NJ / 12.9 mi.	2,217	11,751	18.9	$70,418	10.9	1.9	4.6	0.1	3.4
08043 / Voorhees / NJ / 7.1 mi.	2,147	10,489	20.5	$68,402	23.4	2.5	7.9	0.1	11.4
08103 / Camden / NJ / 4.5 mi.	1,958	4,585	42.7	$23,139	95.8	26.4	67.3	0.3	0.3
08034 / Cherry Hill / NJ / 2.2 mi.	1,909	7,283	26.2	$66,284	13.8	2.7	3.8	0.1	6.1
08031 / Bellmawr / NJ / 5.7 mi.	1,803	4,639	38.9	$43,987	10.1	3.9	1.7	0.0	3.0
08030 / Gloucester City / NJ / 5.7 mi.	1,755	4,981	35.2	$38,243	4.3	2.0	0.8	0.1	0.7
08052 / Maple Shade / NJ / 2.1 mi.	1,739	8,462	20.6	$45,426	19.0	4.5	7.0	0.1	6.1
08055 / Medford / NJ / 11.7 mi.	1,739	9,685	18.0	$81,863	3.9	1.2	0.7	0.1	1.3
08009 / Berlin / NJ / 12.8 mi.	1,737	4,282	40.6	$55,369	13.8	3.2	7.5	0.2	1.6
08107 / Oaklyn / NJ / 3.5 mi.	1,466	5,596	26.2	$41,019	23.1	7.7	9.0	0.2	4.9
08104 / Camden / NJ / 4.7 mi.	1,439	8,204	17.5	$23,878	89.1	23.0	62.9	0.2	1.0
08102 / Camden / NJ / 5.2 mi.	1,418	2,557	55.5	$16,573	92.4	53.5	36.6	0.2	1.0
08106 / Audubon / NJ / 3.8 mi.	1,391	4,169	33.4	$47,220	3.4	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.8
08033 / Haddonfield / NJ / 2.7 mi.	1,307	6,687