Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
Home News Tribune, East Brunswick | ||||||||||
East Brunswick, 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 |
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2005 | 12.7 | |||||||||
2004 | 15.3 | |||||||||
2003 | 15.1 | |||||||||
2002 | 11.5 | |||||||||
2001 | 8.4 | |||||||||
2000 | 9.4 | |||||||||
1999 | 9.0 | |||||||||
1998 | 3.9 | |||||||||
1997 | 6.0 | |||||||||
1996 | 7.4 | |||||||||
1995 | 8.3 | |||||||||
1994 | Did not report | |||||||||
1993 | 9.2 | |||||||||
1992 | 6.2 | |||||||||
1991 | 5.3 | |||||||||
1990 | Did not report | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 2004 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for Home News Tribune, East Brunswick | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 12.7 | 38.7 | 33 | |||||||
2004 | 15.3 | 38.7 | 40 | |||||||
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 Home News Tribune, East Brunswick | ||||||||||
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 33. | 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 64 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 The Times, Shreveport, Louisiana, with a 31.1 percent non-white staff in a community that is 41.3 percent non-white. Its index is 75. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 58,977 ranks 179 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 Home News Tribune, East Brunswick | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 14.4 | 95,654 | ||||||||
Black | 9.2 | 61,118 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 13.1 | 86,961 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.1 | 694 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.3 | 1,788 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.6 | 10,914 | ||||||||
Non-white | 38.7 | 257,129 | ||||||||
White | 61.3 | 407,746 | ||||||||
Total | 664,875 | |||||||||
Home county: Middlesex | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 13.6 | 101,940 | ||||||||
Black | 8.6 | 64,435 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 13.9 | 103,994 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.1 | 805 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.3 | 2,046 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.7 | 12,405 | ||||||||
Non-white | 38.1 | 285,625 | ||||||||
White | 61.9 | 464,537 | ||||||||
Total | 750,162 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Middlesex. | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Home News Tribune, East Brunswick | ||||||||||
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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08816 / East Brunswick / NJ / 0 mi. | 6,825 | 15,979 | 42.7 | $75,891 | 25.5 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 16.5 | |
08817 / Edison / NJ / 6.2 mi. | 5,457 | 16,253 | 33.6 | $63,980 | 44.5 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 0.1 | 26.0 | |
08902 / North Brunswick / NJ / 3.6 mi. | 3,300 | 13,879 | 23.8 | $61,277 | 41.6 | 10.3 | 14.7 | 0.1 | 14.0 | |
08861 / Perth Amboy / NJ / 9.9 mi. | 2,983 | 15,330 | 19.5 | $38,188 | 78.8 | 67.7 | 7.7 | 0.2 | 1.5 | |
08901 / New Brunswick / NJ / 4.2 mi. | 2,861 | 13,082 | 21.9 | $36,048 | 67.1 | 39.0 | 20.7 | 0.2 | 5.3 | |
08857 / Old Bridge / NJ / 5.3 mi. | 2,820 | 12,871 | 21.9 | $65,855 | 23.4 | 7.5 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 10.0 | |
08873 / Somerset / NJ / 7.8 mi. | 2,746 | 15,441 | 17.8 | $68,047 | 49.9 | 8.8 | 27.5 | 0.1 | 11.1 | |
08831 / Monroe Township / NJ / 5.8 mi. | 2,265 | 14,846 | 15.3 | $54,685 | 10.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 2.4 | |
08879 / South Amboy / NJ / 7.6 mi. | 2,160 | 8,156 | 26.5 | $52,976 | 18.0 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 4.9 | |
07095 / Woodbridge / NJ / 11 mi. | 2,038 | 8,112 | 25.1 | $60,600 | 34.1 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 0.1 | 14.8 | |
07008 / Carteret / NJ / 14.6 mi. | 1,907 | 7,039 | 27.1 | $47,148 | 42.8 | 23.4 | 9.0 | 0.2 | 8.3 | |
08872 / Sayreville / NJ / 4.4 mi. | 1,715 | 6,830 | 25.1 | $57,961 | 33.4 | 7.6 | 11.9 | 0.1 | 11.7 | |
08820 / Edison / NJ / 10.6 mi. | 1,673 | 12,786 | 13.1 | $85,927 | 48.3 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 38.3 | |
08882 / South River / NJ / 2.3 mi. | 1,481 | 5,606 | 26.4 | $52,324 | 21.7 | 9.7 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 3.5 | |
07067 / Colonia / NJ / 12.5 mi. | 1,426 | 6,285 | 22.7 | $67,589 | 17.3 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 0.1 | 6.3 | |
08863 / Fords / NJ / 9.6 mi. | 1,413 | 4,455 | 31.7 | $56,903 | 31.6 | 9.4 | 5.7 | 0.1 | 14.5 | |
08854 / Piscataway / NJ / 8.4 mi. | 1,374 | 16,507 | 8.3 | $68,709 | 55.1 | 7.9 | 19.8 | 0.2 | 24.8 | |
08840 / Metuchen / NJ / 8.3 mi. | 1,372 | 5,949 | 23.1 | $73,461 | 21.9 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 9.8 | |
08859 / Parlin / NJ / 6.2 mi. | 1,340 | 7,399 | 18.1 | $60,486 | 31.0 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 0.1 | 13.2 | |
08850 / Milltown / NJ / 1.7 mi. | 1,334 | 3,116 | 42.8 | $71,817 | 9.0 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 3.6 | |
08830 / Iselin / NJ / 11.1 mi. | 1,254 | 5,908 | 21.2 | $65,506 | 39.1 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 0.1 | 25.5 | |
07001 / Avenel / NJ / 13.1 mi. | 1,069 | 4,628 | 23.1 | $55,468 | 44.8 | 8.9 | 13.0 | 0.2 | 19.3 | |
08884 / Spotswood / NJ / 3.8 mi. | 1,056 | 3,104 | 34.0 | $55,833 | 9.4 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.9 | |
08904 / Highland Park / NJ / 4.9 mi. | 1,043 | 5,899 | 17.7 | $53,250 | 32.0 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 0.1 | 13.7 | |
08837 / Edison / NJ / 6.9 mi. | 1,005 | 6,095 | 16.5 | $57,013 | 33.1 | 8.3 | 6.5 | 0.1 | 16.1 | |
07065 / Rahway / NJ / 14.3 mi. | 1,000 | 10,031 | 10.0 | $50,729 | 49.4 | 14.1 | 29.2 | 0.1 | 3.3 | |
07036 / Linden / NJ / 16.5 mi. | 881 | 15,734 | 5.6 | $45,960 | 40.6 | 13.9 | 21.5 | 0.1 | 2.3 | |
08824 / Kendall Park / NJ / 7.1 mi. | 715 | 3,762 | 19.0 | $89,354 | 28.6 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 17.6 | |
08852 / Monmouth Junction / NJ / 7.4 mi. | 628 | 5,314 | 11.8 | $71,712 | 33.7 | 5.7 | 9.2 | 0.1 | 17.0 | |
07080 / South Plainfield / NJ / 10 mi. | 509 | 7,146 | 7.1 | $67,487 | 27.1 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 0.2 | 7.5 | |
08810 / Dayton / NJ / 5.4 mi. | 495 | 2,340 | 21.2 | $80,104 | 40.8 | 5.2 | 8.9 | 0.2 | 24.6 | |
07064 / Port Reading / NJ / 13.1 mi. | 489 | 1,334 | 36.7 | $59,531 | 14.0 | 7.6 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 2.4 | |
08823 / Franklin Park / NJ / 6.7 mi. | 436 | 3,013 | 14.5 | $64,051 | 49.8 | 5.7 | 18.9 | 0.1 | 23.3 | |
07077 / Sewaren / NJ / 12.1 mi. | 345 | 1,022 | 33.8 | $61,488 | 20.5 | 9.6 | 5.0 | 0.1 | 4.7 | |
08512 / Cranbury / NJ / 9.7 mi. | 312 | 3,713 | 8.4 | $66,436 | 36.2 | 15.2 | 6.6 | 0.1 | 12.5 | |
07066 / Clark / NJ / 14.3 mi. | 215 | 5,636 | 3.8 | $65,019 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.8 | |
07201 / Elizabeth / NJ / 20.9 mi. | 205 | 8,300 | 2.5 | $33,088 | 81.7 | 44.5 | 32.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 | |
07735 / Keyport / NJ / 12.4 mi. | 205 | 7,530 | 2.7 | $53,146 | 18.3 | 9.4 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 1.7 | |
07083 / Union / NJ / 19.9 mi. | 201 | 18,124 | 1.1 | $60,487 | 34.5 | 9.3 | 15.2 | 0.1 | 8.1 | |
08846 / Middlesex / NJ / 10.9 mi. | 178 | 5,048 | 3.5 | $60,723 | 17.6 | 9.0 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 4.1 | |
08520 / Hightstown / NJ / 13.3 mi. | 144 | 9,299 | 1.5 | $67,655 | 29.7 | 12.7 | 8.0 | 0.1 | 7.4 | |
08828 / Helmetta / NJ / 3.7 mi. | 144 | 746 | 19.3 | $60,125 | 10.6 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 2.5 | |
07203 / Roselle / NJ / 17.5 mi. | 139 | 7,520 | 1.8 | $51,254 | 73.3 | 17.1 | 50.2 | 0.2 | 2.8 | |
08832 / Keasbey / NJ / 8 mi. | 115 | 1,090 | 10.6 | $51,411 | 77.0 | 42.7 | 19.0 | 0.1 | 11.7 | |
08880 / South Bound Brook / NJ / 10.3 mi. | 105 | 1,632 | 6.4 | $48,984 | 36.6 | 22.9 | 7.7 | 0.1 | 4.1 | |
08536 / Plainsboro / NJ / 11 mi. | 102 | 7,694 | 1.3 | $70,646 | 46.7 | 4.8 | 8.1 | 0.1 | 31.6 | |
08812 / Dunellen / NJ / 12.3 mi. | 102 | 4,374 | 2.3 | $67,377 | 19.8 | 9.9 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 5.5 | |
08876 / Somerville / NJ / 15.4 mi. | 98 | 15,872 | 0.6 | $68,213 | 25.1 | 8.9 | 6.5 | 0.1 | 7.9 | |
07202 / Elizabeth / NJ / 18.7 mi. | 97 | 13,497 | 0.7 | $35,347 | 65.8 | 51.4 | 8.9 | 0.1 | 3.3 | |
07726 / Englishtown / NJ / 10.9 mi. | 94 | 13,141 | 0.7 | $81,806 | 11.5 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 4.8 | |
08807 / Bridgewater / NJ / 15.7 mi. | 78 | 13,212 | 0.6 | $86,517 | 20.0 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 11.5 | |
07747 / Matawan / NJ / 8.9 mi. | 76 | 10,897 | 0.7 | $72,468 | 21.9 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 0.1 | 9.7 | |
07016 / Cranford / NJ / 16.8 mi. | 71 | 8,397 | 0.8 | $76,338 | 9.4 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 2.2 | |
07204 / Roselle Park / NJ / 18.1 mi. | 62 | 5,117 | 1.2 | $53,989 | 29.3 | 16.4 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 9.1 | |
08759 / Manchester Township / NJ / 35 mi. | 58 | 10,644 | 0.5 | $23,914 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
08757 / Toms River / NJ / 33.8 mi. | 57 | 17,215 | 0.3 | $30,177 | 8.6 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | |
08527 / Jackson / NJ / 22.6 mi. | 55 | 14,071 | 0.4 | $65,198 | 12.8 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 2.0 | |
08752 / Seaside Park / NJ / 44 mi. | 55 | 1,468 | 3.7 | $43,478 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
08835 / Manville / NJ / 11.9 mi. | 54 | 4,120 | 1.3 | $51,258 | 7.9 | 5.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.3 | |
07060 / Plainfield / NJ / 13.9 mi. | 50 | 16,161 | 0.3 | $51,406 | 69.0 | 29.9 | 33.1 | 0.2 | 3.5 | |
08753 / Toms River / NJ / 33.8 mi. | 49 | 22,983 | 0.2 | $56,526 | 9.2 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.1 | |
08008 / Beach Haven / NJ / 57 mi. | 48 | 3,787 | 1.3 | $45,974 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
07728 / Freehold / NJ / 15.6 mi. | 46 | 17,798 | 0.3 | $65,399 | 22.0 | 9.9 | 6.6 | 0.1 | 4.4 | |
07731 / Howell / NJ / 22.3 mi. | 46 | 11,865 | 0.4 | $71,153 | 14.2 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 3.6 | |
08755 / Toms River / NJ / 30.9 mi. | 46 | 8,671 | 0.5 | $53,272 | 11.6 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 3.8 | |
07746 / Marlboro / NJ / 11.7 mi. | 45 | 5,390 | 0.8 | $103,255 | 16.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 11.3 | |
07027 / Garwood / NJ / 16.1 mi. | 43 | 1,731 | 2.5 | $52,571 | 7.3 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.3 | |
08638 / Trenton / NJ / 21.2 mi. | 43 | 8,315 | 0.5 | $41,721 | 53.0 | 9.9 | 39.2 | 0.2 | 1.9 | |
07208 / Elizabeth / NJ / 19.8 mi. | 41 | 11,817 | 0.3 | $39,350 | 67.1 | 42.7 | 17.5 | 0.2 | 3.6 | |
08742 / Point Pleasant Beach / NJ / 30.8 mi. | 40 | 10,610 | 0.4 | $55,998 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
07730 / Hazlet / NJ / 12.8 mi. | 36 | 6,334 | 0.6 | $65,734 | 11.5 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 3.8 | |
07751 / Morganville / NJ / 9.4 mi. | 36 | 5,276 | 0.7 | $102,926 | 20.9 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 14.4 | |
08005 / Barnegat / NJ / 44.9 mi. | 36 | 6,060 | 0.6 | $49,292 | 7.8 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | |
08050 / Manahawkin / NJ / 50.4 mi. | 36 | 7,847 | 0.5 | $51,726 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.0 | |
07033 / Kenilworth / NJ / 18.4 mi. | 34 | 2,874 | 1.2 | $59,482 | 14.8 | 8.6 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 2.9 | |
07090 / Westfield / NJ / 15.6 mi. | 34 | 11,756 | 0.3 | $98,684 | 11.9 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 4.0 | |
07206 / Elizabeth / NJ / 19.5 mi. | 32 | 6,890 | 0.5 | $30,637 | 83.3 | 61.7 | 19.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
08751 / Seaside Heights / NJ / 37.8 mi. | 29 | 2,342 | 1.2 | $30,611 | 11.9 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
08724 / Brick / NJ / 28.6 mi. | 28 | 16,447 | 0.2 | $53,827 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | |
08731 / Forked River / NJ / 40.1 mi. | 28 | 6,843 | 0.4 | $52,507 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
08502 / Belle Mead / NJ / 12.1 mi. | 27 | 5,898 | 0.5 | $114,854 | 15.9 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 10.2 | |
07076 / Scotch Plains / NJ / 13.2 mi. | 23 | 7,216 | 0.3 | $78,742 | 26.0 | 4.2 | 12.4 | 0.1 | 7.8 | |
08701 / Lakewood / NJ / 26.9 mi. | 23 | 19,889 | 0.1 | $35,647 | 29.1 | 14.8 | 11.4 | 0.1 | 1.3 | |
08723 / Brick / NJ / 31.1 mi. | 23 | 12,470 | 0.2 | $50,069 | 7.7 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.2 | |
07719 / Belmar / NJ / 25.5 mi. | 22 | 8,915 | 0.2 | $57,113 | 8.1 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 1.3 | |
08733 / Lakehurst / NJ / 29.3 mi. | 22 | 7,891 | 0.3 | $36,147 | 11.3 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 1.1 | |
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