Press-Republican, Plattsburgh... Racial diversity of its news staff and community

Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists

at America's daily newspapers

with the communities that they serve

Newsroom diversity report for

Press-Republican, Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh, New York

Owner: Dow Jones (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

2005

4.0

2004

4.2

2003

3.6

2002

4.0

2001

3.7

2000

10.7

1999

10.3

1998

12.5

1997

11.1

1996

10.0

1995

6.9

1994

6.7

1993

7.1

1992

3.8

1991

4.0

1990

0.0

The latest year at peak is

1998

See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.

Newsroom Diversity Index

for Press-Republican, Plattsburgh

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

4.0

9.8

2004

4.2

9.8

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, Dow Jones (N.Y.),

has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 53.

See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.

Peer group comparison

for Press-Republican, Plattsburgh

This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 41.

This paper

Peer group

Compare that with 33, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers

reporting in this circulation category of 10,001 to 25,000 daily sales.

In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 107 out of 259

newspapers reporting in the category of 10,001 to 25,000 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 Herald, Sharon, Pennsylvania, with a 8 percent non-white staff in a community that is 7.3 percent non-white. Its index is 110.

FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of

approximately 20,386 ranks 478 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 Press-Republican, Plattsburgh

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

3.4

4,658

Black

4.6

6,437

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.6

849

Native-American

0.3

475

Other non-white

0.1

114

Multi-racial

0.7

1,014

Non-white

9.8

13,547

White

90.3

125,346

Total

138,893

Home county: Clinton

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

2.5

1,964

Black

3.4

2,694

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.7

541

Native-American

0.3

256

Other non-white

0.1

Multi-racial

0.8

636

Non-white

7.7

6,165

White

92.3

73,729

Total

79,894

The home county of this newspaper is Clinton.

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

Press-Republican, Plattsburgh

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

12901 / Plattsburgh / NY / 0 mi.

6,904

12,782

54.0

$33,121

6.3

1.7

1.8

0.4

1.1

12972 / Peru / NY / 13.5 mi.

1,036

2,050

50.5

$40,774

2.9

0.9

0.8

0.1

0.5

12962 / Morrisonville / NY / 8.5 mi.

968

2,212

43.8

$45,032

2.8

1.0

0.7

0.2

0.3

12944 / Keeseville / NY / 20.9 mi.

772

1,736

44.5

$35,857

3.1

1.2

0.5

0.3

12953 / Malone / NY / 39.5 mi.

693

4,603

15.1

$28,191

27.8

10.3

16.0

0.5

0.6

12992 / West Chazy / NY / 5.1 mi.

638

1,683

37.9

$36,979

2.1

0.7

0.4

0.2

0.4

12919 / Champlain / NY / 16 mi.

574

1,201

47.8

$35,964

2.3

0.8

0.3

0.2

0.4

12979 / Rouses Point / NY / 18.2 mi.

563

1,048

53.7

$39,342

3.4

1.3

0.7

0.3

0.2

12883 / Ticonderoga / NY / 61.2 mi.

472

2,025

23.3

$34,160

2.3

0.4

0.5

0.3

12983 / Saranac Lake / NY / 46.9 mi.

444

3,206

13.8

$32,529

3.5

0.9

0.6

0.3

0.6

12946 / Lake Placid / NY / 43.5 mi.

423

2,685

15.8

$35,063

19.0

6.9

10.0

0.4

1.0

12921 / Chazy / NY / 10.6 mi.

414

891

46.5

$44,853

2.1

0.3

12981 / Saranac / NY / 18.2 mi.

371

991

37.4

$42,500

1.5

0.7

0.1

0.2

12918 / Cadyville / NY / 12.7 mi.

361

1,035

34.9

$47,057

2.1

0.7

0.2

0.3

0.2

12996 / Willsboro / NY / 26.3 mi.

359

903

39.8

$36,424

1.6

0.4

0.2

0.4

0.0

12912 / Au Sable Forks / NY / 23.9 mi.

339

844

40.2

$33,784

1.5

0.6

0.2

0.1

0.0

12932 / Elizabethtown / NY / 36.2 mi.

281

530

53.0

$31,544

2.5

0.4

0.6

0.1

0.6

12974 / Port Henry / NY / 48 mi.

280

662

42.3

$27,500

2.9

1.4

0.3

0.2

0.6

12958 / Mooers / NY / 16.7 mi.

267

658

40.6

$39,851

2.1

1.1

0.2

0.1

12920 / Chateaugay / NY / 30.6 mi.

263

924

28.5

$35,174

10.7

5.0

4.6

0.5

0.1

12910 / Altona / NY / 12.7 mi.

259

598

43.3

$38,631

26.9

10.7

15.2

0.3

0.1

12993 / Westport / NY / 36.5 mi.

244

728

33.5

$39,875

2.4

0.8

0.2

0.6

12935 / Ellenburg Depot / NY / 21.2 mi.

218

911

23.9

$38,311

45.4

15.1

28.5

0.4

0.9

12986 / Tupper Lake / NY / 62.2 mi.

215

2,593

8.3

$35,808

2.9

0.6

1.2

0.3

0.1

12956 / Mineville / NY / 44.5 mi.

183

722

25.3

$33,750

12.4

6.0

5.8

0.2

0.3

12959 / Mooers Forks / NY / 19.4 mi.

180

538

33.5

$38,924

2.2

0.4

0.0

1.0

0.1

12952 / Lyon Mountain / NY / 23.5 mi.

176

273

64.5

$30,313

5.0

1.2

0.3

0.9

0.5

12928 / Crown Point / NY / 54.4 mi.

162

798

20.3

$33,958

2.5

0.1

0.2

0.4

12985 / Schuyler Falls / NY / 19 mi.

150

417

36.0

$39,135

4.9

1.9

2.0

0.0

0.4

12934 / Ellenburg Center / NY / 21.1 mi.

141

425

33.2

$33,603

0.8

0.5

0.0

0.1

0.0

12960 / Moriah / NY / 48.8 mi.

114

402

28.4

$36,818

4.7

1.7

0.4

0.2

0.8

12941 / Jay / NY / 29.1 mi.

110

562

19.6

$37,500

2.2

0.8

0.1

0.6

0.4

12950 / Lewis / NY / 29.6 mi.

101

296

34.1

$36,172

0.8

0.0

0.1

0.3

0.0

12936 / Essex / NY / 31.2 mi.

202

40.1

$40,000

0.4

0.2

0.0

0.2

0.0

12942 / Keene / NY / 37.2 mi.

277

26.4

$35,156

1.8

0.6

0.2

0.3

0.5

12943 / Keene Valley / NY / 45.3 mi.

165

40.6

$32,813

1.5

0.0

0.5

12923 / Churubusco / NY / 27.4 mi.

244

25.8

$28,015

1.5

0.3

0.0

0.2

12926 / Constable / NY / 45 mi.

777

6.7

$31,442

2.8

0.3

0.2

1.0

0.2

12917 / Burke / NY / 37.4 mi.

467

9.4

$34,792

3.4

0.8

0.5

0.8

0.0

13655 / Hogansburg / NY / 58.8 mi.

864

5.1

$32,500

97.3

0.9

0.1

95.8

0.0

12913 / Bloomingdale / NY / 35.1 mi.

484

8.9

$37,847

2.5

1.3

0.0

0.6

0.3

12955 / Lyon Mountain / NY / 25.5 mi.

178

23.6

$31,667

4.7

1.0

0.0

0.3

2.7

12989 / Vermontville / NY / 34.1 mi.

333

10.5

$41,382

3.3

0.2

0.1

1.9

0.0

12916 / Brushton / NY / 52.6 mi.

727

4.4

$24,868

2.7

1.0

0.4

0.1

12870 / Schroon Lake / NY / 63.1 mi.

699

4.4

$29,865

2.2

0.3

0.9

0.4

0.2

12957 / Moira / NY / 55.2 mi.

705

3.1

$30,375

2.7

0.6

1.1

0.2

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