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Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
The Times, Trenton | ||||||||||
Trenton, New Jersey | ||||||||||
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 | 5.7 | |||||||||
2004 | 7.3 | |||||||||
2003 | 8.3 | |||||||||
2002 | 11.1 | |||||||||
2001 | 9.9 | |||||||||
2000 | 8.8 | |||||||||
1999 | 10.1 | |||||||||
1998 | 10.4 | |||||||||
1997 | 10.3 | |||||||||
1996 | 9.1 | |||||||||
1995 | 7.7 | |||||||||
1994 | 8.1 | |||||||||
1993 | 5.6 | |||||||||
1992 | 2.4 | |||||||||
1991 | Did not report | |||||||||
1990 | Did not report | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 2002 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for The Times, Trenton | ||||||||||
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Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 5.7 | 32.3 | 18 | |||||||
2004 | 7.3 | 32.2 | 23 | |||||||
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 The Times, Trenton | ||||||||||
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This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 18. | 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 83 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 Beaumont Enterprise, Texas, with a 24 percent non-white staff in a community that is 33.5 percent non-white. Its index is 72. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 67,600 ranks 147 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 Times, Trenton | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents | ![]() |
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Hispanic | 8.2 | 36,967 | ||||||||
Black | 16.5 | 74,912 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 5.8 | 26,343 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.1 | 545 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.2 | 788 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.5 | 6,609 | ||||||||
Non-white | 32.2 | 146,164 | ||||||||
White | 67.8 | 307,561 | ||||||||
Total | 453,725 | |||||||||
Home county: Mercer | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents | ![]() |
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Hispanic | 9.7 | 33,898 | ||||||||
Black | 19.4 | 67,922 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 5.0 | 17,420 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.1 | 425 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.2 | 634 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.5 | 5,178 | ||||||||
Non-white | 35.8 | 125,477 | ||||||||
White | 64.2 | 225,284 | ||||||||
Total | 350,761 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Mercer. | ||||||||||
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 Times, Trenton | ||||||||||
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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08618 / Trenton / NJ / 1.3 mi. | 5,595 | 13,658 | 41.0 | $36,289 | 76.8 | 6.3 | 67.6 | 0.2 | 0.9 | |
08648 / Trenton / NJ / 4.1 mi. | 4,971 | 10,298 | 48.3 | $66,345 | 23.9 | 4.7 | 9.5 | 0.1 | 7.9 | |
08619 / Trenton / NJ / 3.8 mi. | 4,873 | 9,214 | 52.9 | $57,696 | 11.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 3.1 | |
08610 / Trenton / NJ / 2.8 mi. | 4,814 | 11,883 | 40.5 | $49,710 | 20.8 | 7.5 | 10.1 | 0.1 | 1.8 | |
08690 / Trenton / NJ / 5.2 mi. | 4,537 | 6,511 | 69.7 | $72,920 | 8.2 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 3.8 | |
08540 / Princeton Township / NJ / 9.6 mi. | 4,133 | 14,823 | 27.9 | $90,977 | 22.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 11.3 | |
08638 / Trenton / NJ / 1.9 mi. | 3,951 | 8,315 | 47.5 | $41,721 | 53.0 | 9.9 | 39.2 | 0.2 | 1.9 | |
08609 / Trenton / NJ / 1.2 mi. | 3,154 | 4,915 | 64.2 | $30,995 | 86.4 | 25.7 | 56.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | |
08520 / Hightstown / NJ / 11.7 mi. | 2,844 | 9,299 | 30.6 | $67,655 | 29.7 | 12.7 | 8.0 | 0.1 | 7.4 | |
08550 / West Windsor / NJ / 9 mi. | 2,456 | 5,478 | 44.8 | $129,375 | 30.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 23.8 | |
08611 / Trenton / NJ / 1 mi. | 2,417 | 8,673 | 27.9 | $30,960 | 59.0 | 37.0 | 18.9 | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
08628 / West Trenton / NJ / 4.1 mi. | 2,387 | 3,599 | 66.3 | $66,627 | 25.8 | 4.8 | 17.4 | 0.1 | 2.5 | |
08691 / Uppr Free Township / NJ / 7.2 mi. | 2,387 | 4,274 | 55.8 | $74,924 | 10.6 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 4.1 | |
08620 / Yardville / NJ / 5.9 mi. | 2,268 | 4,589 | 49.4 | $65,267 | 25.3 | 6.6 | 15.7 | 0.2 | 1.7 | |
08505 / Fieldsboro / NJ / 5.9 mi. | 2,257 | 5,947 | 38.0 | $58,844 | 14.6 | 2.7 | 7.5 | 0.1 | 2.6 | |
08534 / Pennington / NJ / 7.1 mi. | 2,103 | 4,176 | 50.4 | $92,628 | 10.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 4.5 | |
08629 / Trenton / NJ / 1.7 mi. | 1,690 | 4,027 | 42.0 | $44,418 | 50.1 | 17.9 | 27.8 | 0.2 | 1.4 | |
19067 / Yardley / PA / 1.9 mi. | 1,211 | 20,323 | 6.0 | $69,894 | 13.0 | 2.3 | 6.7 | 0.1 | 3.0 | |
08536 / Plainsboro / NJ / 11.7 mi. | 1,203 | 7,694 | 15.6 | $70,646 | 46.7 | 4.8 | 8.1 | 0.1 | 31.6 | |
08608 / Trenton / NJ / 0.3 mi. | 970 | 434 | 223.5 | $17,083 | 85.5 | 32.9 | 50.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |
08022 / Mansfield / NJ / 9.9 mi. | 967 | 2,265 | 42.7 | $55,309 | 7.0 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 1.8 | |
08501 / Upper Freehold / NJ / 9.6 mi. | 891 | 1,712 | 52.0 | $72,295 | 8.9 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | |
08525 / Hopewell Township / NJ / 10.7 mi. | 819 | 1,877 | 43.6 | $90,445 | 5.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.4 | |
08530 / West Amwell / NJ / 12.5 mi. | 753 | 2,896 | 26.0 | $62,137 | 14.9 | 3.1 | 10.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | |
08512 / East Windsor / NJ / 15 mi. | 742 | 3,713 | 20.0 | $66,436 | 36.2 | 15.2 | 6.6 | 0.1 | 12.5 | |
08016 / Burlington Township / NJ / 10.4 mi. | 630 | 11,264 | 5.6 | $54,114 | 33.1 | 3.8 | 24.1 | 0.2 | 2.9 | |
08560 / Titusville / NJ / 6.6 mi. | 622 | 1,300 | 47.8 | $89,821 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.8 | |
08558 / Skillman / NJ / 13.1 mi. | 495 | 1,748 | 28.3 | $126,027 | 7.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3.6 | |
08046 / Willingboro / NJ / 13.6 mi. | 403 | 10,713 | 3.8 | $60,869 | 77.1 | 6.1 | 65.5 | 0.3 | 1.7 | |
08562 / Wrightstown / NJ / 12.8 mi. | 387 | 1,784 | 21.7 | $54,227 | 17.8 | 4.7 | 8.2 | 0.1 | 2.6 | |
08015 / Browns Mills / NJ / 19.4 mi. | 357 | 7,435 | 4.8 | $48,826 | 34.3 | 8.2 | 18.6 | 0.4 | 3.3 | |
08518 / Florence / NJ / 7.1 mi. | 326 | 1,961 | 16.6 | $50,709 | 20.2 | 2.0 | 13.5 | 0.1 | 2.6 | |
08060 / Westampton Township / NJ / 14.1 mi. | 324 | 13,301 | 2.4 | $58,022 | 27.7 | 6.1 | 16.0 | 0.2 | 3.0 | |
08533 / Plumsted Township / NJ / 15.7 mi. | 316 | 2,274 | 13.9 | $61,966 | 8.5 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
08514 / Upper Freehold Township / NJ / 15.8 mi. | 305 | 1,105 | 27.6 | $71,711 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | |
08831 / Monroe Township / NJ / 17.9 mi. | 291 | 14,846 | 2.0 | $54,685 | 10.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 2.4 | |
08554 / Roebling / NJ / 7 mi. | 234 | 1,394 | 16.8 | $54,848 | 10.6 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 0.1 | 1.5 | |
19007 / West Bristol / PA / 8.6 mi. | 225 | 8,495 | 2.6 | $36,883 | 28.4 | 8.9 | 14.2 | 0.2 | 3.1 | |
18940 / Wrightstown / PA / 8.8 mi. | 211 | 9,780 | 2.2 | $81,571 | 6.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | |
08852 / Monmouth Junction / NJ / 15.6 mi. | 199 | 5,314 | 3.7 | $71,712 | 33.7 | 5.7 | 9.2 | 0.1 | 17.0 | |
08759 / Whiting / NJ / 26.4 mi. | 196 | 10,644 | 1.8 | $23,914 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
08551 / Ringoes / NJ / 14.6 mi. | 167 | 1,717 | 9.7 | $90,149 | 5.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.2 | |
19047 / Upper Holland / PA / 9.4 mi. | 139 | 10,963 | 1.3 | $68,377 | 7.4 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.6 | |
08502 / Belle Mead / NJ / 17.1 mi. | 135 | 5,898 | 2.3 | $114,854 | 15.9 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 10.2 | |
08068 / Pemberton / NJ / 17.2 mi. | 131 | 2,497 | 5.2 | $46,136 | 44.8 | 9.7 | 29.4 | 0.4 | 2.7 | |
08041 / Jobstown / NJ / 13.3 mi. | 122 | 294 | 41.5 | $70,948 | 9.2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 3.5 | |
08559 / Stockton / NJ / 16.5 mi. | 121 | 1,943 | 6.2 | $83,819 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
08822 / Flemington / NJ / 19.7 mi. | 110 | 10,368 | 1.1 | $77,639 | 9.3 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 3.1 | |
08528 / Kingston / NJ / 12.4 mi. | 90 | 68 | 132.4 | $50,313 | 23.1 | 13.3 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 3.5 | |
08555 / Roosevelt / NJ / 14.3 mi. | 88 | 342 | 25.7 | $61,979 | 13.5 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
08553 / Rocky Hill / NJ / 13.7 mi. | 84 | 284 | 29.6 | $79,469 | 8.2 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.1 | |
08511 / Cookstown / NJ / 15.4 mi. | 81 | 451 | 18.0 | $39,050 | 14.0 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 1.4 | |
19030 / Fairless Hills / PA / 5 mi. | 81 | 5,084 | 1.6 | $53,761 | 10.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 3.2 | |
18938 / New Hope / PA / 14.2 mi. | 79 | 5,594 | 1.4 | $72,983 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
08641 / Trenton / NJ / 15.7 mi. | 73 | 1,610 | 4.5 | $36,272 | 35.1 | 9.0 | 18.6 | 0.6 | 2.8 | |
08824 / Kendall Park / NJ / 16.8 mi. | 70 | 3,762 | 1.9 | $89,354 | 28.6 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 17.6 | |
18977 / Washington Xing / PA / 7.4 mi. | 69 | 1,362 | 5.1 | $102,191 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.3 | |
08640 / Trenton / NJ / 15.1 mi. | 67 | 841 | 8.0 | $41,456 | 59.8 | 22.8 | 33.7 | 0.4 | 1.4 | |
08010 / Edgewater Park / NJ / 12.8 mi. | 59 | 4,136 | 1.4 | $48,162 | 35.1 | 6.1 | 22.8 | 0.1 | 2.6 | |
08510 / Clarksburg / NJ / 17.3 mi. | 59 | 678 | 8.7 | $88,575 | 9.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 3.2 | |
08823 / Franklin Park / NJ / 17.9 mi. | 59 | 3,013 | 2.0 | $64,051 | 49.8 | 5.7 | 18.9 | 0.1 | 23.3 | |
08753 / Toms River / NJ / 33.1 mi. | 55 | 22,983 | 0.2 | $56,526 | 9.2 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.1 | |
08810 / South Brunswick / NJ / 15.9 mi. | 52 | 2,340 | 2.2 | $80,104 | 40.8 | 5.2 | 8.9 | 0.2 | 24.6 | |
08008 / Surf City Boro / NJ / 47.7 mi. | 48 | 3,787 | 1.3 | $45,974 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
08535 / Perrineville / NJ / 16.1 mi. | 48 | 568 | 8.5 | $118,412 | 10.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 2.8 | |
08088 / Vincentown / NJ / 23.7 mi. | 47 | 9,209 | 0.5 | $60,773 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
19054 / Levittown / PA / 4.4 mi. | 39 | 6,367 | 0.6 | $52,377 | 6.9 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 | |
08527 / Jackson Township / NJ / 24 mi. | 29 | 14,071 | 0.2 | $65,198 | 12.8 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 2.0 | |
08902 / North Brunswick / NJ / 20.5 mi. | 26 | 13,879 | 0.2 | $61,277 | 41.6 | 10.3 | 14.7 | 0.1 | 14.0 | |
08751 / Seaside Heights / NJ / 38.2 mi. | 25 | 2,342 | 1.1 | $30,611 | 11.9 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
08816 / East Brunswick / NJ / 22.3 mi. | 23 | 15,979 | 0.1 | $75,891 | 25.5 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 16.5 | |
08723 / Osbornsville / NJ / 33.6 mi. | 20 | 12,470 | 0.2 | $50,069 | 7.7 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.2 | |
08876 / South Branch / NJ / 22.3 mi. | 18 | 15,872 | 0.1 | $68,213 | 25.1 | 8.9 | 6.5 | 0.1 | 7.9 | |
08050 / Stafford Township / NJ / 42 mi. | 17 | 7,847 | 0.2 | $51,726 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.0 | |
08087 / West Tuckerton / NJ / 45.5 mi. | 17 | 7,862 | 0.2 | $45,075 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
08005 / Warren Grove / NJ / 39.1 mi. | 16 | 6,060 | 0.3 | $49,292 | 7.8 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | |
08733 / Manchester Township / NJ / 27.2 mi. | 15 | 7,891 | 0.2 | $36,147 | 11.3 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 1.1 | |
08873 / Zarepath / NJ / 22.3 mi. | 11 | 15,441 | 0.1 | $68,047 | 49.9 | 8.8 | 27.5 | 0.1 | 11.1 | |
08734 / Lanoka Harbor / NJ / 37.5 mi. | 9 | 2,492 | 0.4 | $66,928 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
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