Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
Poughkeepsie Journal | ||||||||||
Poughkeepsie, New York | ||||||||||
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 | 14.5 | |||||||||
2004 | 15.5 | |||||||||
2003 | 18.2 | |||||||||
2002 | 18.5 | |||||||||
2001 | 14.0 | |||||||||
2000 | 13.8 | |||||||||
1999 | 13.2 | |||||||||
1998 | 13.0 | |||||||||
1997 | Did not report | |||||||||
1996 | Did not report | |||||||||
1995 | Did not report | |||||||||
1994 | Did not report | |||||||||
1993 | Did not report | |||||||||
1992 | Did not report | |||||||||
1991 | Did not report | |||||||||
1990 | 9.3 | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 2002 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for Poughkeepsie Journal | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 14.5 | 19.5 | 74 | |||||||
2004 | 15.5 | 19.5 | 79 | |||||||
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 Poughkeepsie Journal | ||||||||||
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 74. | This paper | |||||||||
Peer group | ||||||||||
Compare that with 44, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers | ||||||||||
reporting in this circulation category of 25,001 to 50,000 daily sales. | ||||||||||
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 34 out of 140 | ||||||||||
newspapers reporting in the 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 The Jackson Sun, Tennessee, with a 37.5 percent non-white staff in a community that is 24.7 percent non-white. Its index is 152. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 39,707 ranks 264 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 Poughkeepsie Journal | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 6.5 | 18,984 | ||||||||
Black | 8.8 | 25,706 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.5 | 7,168 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 488 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.2 | 484 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.5 | 4,323 | ||||||||
Non-white | 19.5 | 57,153 | ||||||||
White | 80.5 | 235,961 | ||||||||
Total | 293,114 | |||||||||
Home county: Dutchess | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 6.5 | 18,060 | ||||||||
Black | 8.9 | 25,059 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.5 | 7,065 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 465 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.2 | 465 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.5 | 4,123 | ||||||||
Non-white | 19.7 | 55,237 | ||||||||
White | 80.3 | 224,913 | ||||||||
Total | 280,150 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Dutchess. | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Poughkeepsie Journal | ||||||||||
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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12603 / Poughkeepsie / NY / 3.4 mi. | 7,136 | 14,976 | 47.6 | $60,390 | 19.0 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 0.1 | 4.6 | |
12601 / Poughkeepsie / NY / 0.7 mi. | 6,551 | 15,394 | 42.6 | $32,594 | 40.4 | 8.6 | 25.9 | 0.2 | 2.8 | |
12590 / Wappingers Falls / NY / 7.4 mi. | 4,324 | 12,290 | 35.2 | $59,371 | 17.4 | 7.4 | 4.7 | 0.2 | 3.7 | |
12533 / Wiccopee / NY / 10.6 mi. | 2,979 | 7,309 | 40.8 | $71,973 | 11.5 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 2.9 | |
12538 / Hyde Park / NY / 5.2 mi. | 2,402 | 4,849 | 49.5 | $48,758 | 9.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 | |
12524 / Fishkill / NY / 10.8 mi. | 2,020 | 5,081 | 39.8 | $56,304 | 20.4 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 0.1 | 2.8 | |
12508 / Beacon / NY / 13 mi. | 1,774 | 6,604 | 26.9 | $47,026 | 41.0 | 16.7 | 20.4 | 0.2 | 1.7 | |
12569 / Pleasant Valley / NY / 6 mi. | 1,409 | 3,380 | 41.7 | $54,336 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
12540 / Lagrangeville / NY / 9.7 mi. | 1,096 | 2,196 | 49.9 | $69,420 | 8.5 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 2.5 | |
12572 / Rhinebeck / NY / 14.4 mi. | 1,057 | 3,830 | 27.6 | $53,853 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | |
12528 / Highland / NY / 3.2 mi. | 1,047 | 4,692 | 22.3 | $49,131 | 14.7 | 7.1 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 1.2 | |
12571 / Red Hook / NY / 19.1 mi. | 817 | 3,264 | 25.0 | $49,617 | 21.1 | 7.5 | 10.9 | 0.2 | 1.6 | |
12570 / Poughquag / NY / 13 mi. | 649 | 1,886 | 34.4 | $74,877 | 9.9 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 1.9 | |
12561 / New Paltz / NY / 8.2 mi. | 590 | 6,145 | 9.6 | $43,110 | 17.2 | 6.8 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 3.1 | |
12545 / Millbrook / NY / 12.9 mi. | 583 | 1,802 | 32.4 | $53,029 | 9.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | |
12522 / Dover Plains / NY / 15.7 mi. | 559 | 2,164 | 25.8 | $44,924 | 7.5 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | |
12564 / Pawling / NY / 18.6 mi. | 471 | 2,525 | 18.7 | $60,687 | 9.4 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1.3 | |
12580 / Staatsburgh / NY / 9.1 mi. | 453 | 1,433 | 31.6 | $61,250 | 5.8 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | |
12582 / Stormville / NY / 14.4 mi. | 299 | 1,427 | 21.0 | $79,776 | 6.7 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.5 | |
12514 / Clinton Crn / NY / 10.4 mi. | 280 | 1,066 | 26.3 | $62,553 | 5.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.3 | |
12578 / Salt Point / NY / 8.9 mi. | 276 | 765 | 36.1 | $60,650 | 6.4 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
12501 / Amenia / NY / 20.8 mi. | 274 | 926 | 29.6 | $50,482 | 9.5 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | |
12550 / Newburgh / NY / 14 mi. | 267 | 17,672 | 1.5 | $42,277 | 48.6 | 24.2 | 20.6 | 0.2 | 1.4 | |
12594 / Wingdale / NY / 18.1 mi. | 264 | 1,198 | 22.0 | $52,338 | 21.1 | 7.7 | 9.8 | 0.1 | 1.3 | |
12581 / Stanfordville / NY / 17.4 mi. | 239 | 896 | 26.7 | $50,306 | 7.7 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.9 | |
12567 / Shekomeko / NY / 27.3 mi. | 217 | 1,130 | 19.2 | $44,147 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.8 | |
12401 / Saint Remy / NY / 15 mi. | 197 | 14,906 | 1.3 | $35,635 | 17.7 | 5.1 | 8.8 | 0.2 | 1.4 | |
12546 / Millerton / NY / 26.5 mi. | 191 | 1,190 | 16.1 | $41,377 | 6.7 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |
12542 / Marlborough / NY / 6.9 mi. | 166 | 2,133 | 7.8 | $49,250 | 8.3 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
10516 / Philipstown / NY / 16.2 mi. | 156 | 2,140 | 7.3 | $62,981 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.9 | |
12547 / Milton / NY / 3.9 mi. | 146 | 844 | 17.3 | $51,902 | 8.2 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
12585 / Verbank / NY / 11.2 mi. | 116 | 326 | 35.6 | $50,673 | 9.6 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 2.0 | |
12592 / Wassaic / NY / 19.1 mi. | 97 | 469 | 20.7 | $32,426 | 11.2 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
12531 / Whaley Lake / NY / 16.8 mi. | 89 | 1,006 | 8.8 | $65,272 | 6.3 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | |
12563 / Patterson / NY / 21.5 mi. | 65 | 2,124 | 3.1 | $64,699 | 14.4 | 7.6 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 1.4 | |
12583 / Tivoli / NY / 22.8 mi. | 56 | 919 | 6.1 | $44,458 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.0 | |
10512 / Lake Carmel / NY / 20.5 mi. | 49 | 8,523 | 0.6 | $71,250 | 9.9 | 6.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | |
12466 / Port Ewen / NY / 13.1 mi. | 48 | 1,218 | 3.9 | $39,664 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 1.4 | |
12515 / Clintondale / NY / 6.3 mi. | 35 | 395 | 8.9 | $41,190 | 14.0 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 1.6 | |
12526 / Linlithgo / NY / 26.8 mi. | 31 | 1,421 | 2.2 | $43,025 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
12525 / Gardiner / NY / 11 mi. | 29 | 1,096 | 2.6 | $52,841 | 9.8 | 6.4 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | |
12548 / Modena / NY / 9.4 mi. | 25 | 583 | 4.3 | $43,409 | 14.0 | 7.1 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
12553 / Newburgh / NY / 16 mi. | 23 | 8,385 | 0.3 | $51,038 | 21.0 | 11.0 | 6.3 | 0.2 | 1.8 | |
12477 / West Saugerties / NY / 23.8 mi. | 19 | 7,637 | 0.2 | $42,640 | 10.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.8 | |
12523 / Elizaville / NY / 24.6 mi. | 19 | 798 | 2.4 | $40,385 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
12534 / Hudson / NY / 35.8 mi. | 19 | 7,422 | 0.3 | $32,741 | 20.2 | 4.9 | 11.6 | 0.2 | 1.4 | |
12472 / Rosendale / NY / 11.5 mi. | 17 | 730 | 2.3 | $36,250 | 8.8 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |
12516 / Copake / NY / 32.1 mi. | 12 | 673 | 1.8 | $43,500 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
12429 / Esopus / NY / 9.1 mi. | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | $200,001 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 3.9 | |
12484 / The Vly / NY / 15.8 mi. | 11 | 1,008 | 1.1 | $46,726 | 5.8 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 | |
12549 / Montgomery / NY / 18.8 mi. | 11 | 2,940 | 0.4 | $57,766 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
12502 / Ancram / NY / 27.8 mi. | 5 | 475 | 1.1 | $46,083 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
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