Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
The Daily Gazette, Schenectady | ||||||||||
Schenectady, New York | ||||||||||
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 | Did not report | |||||||||
2004 | Did not report | |||||||||
2003 | Did not report | |||||||||
2002 | Did not report | |||||||||
2001 | Did not report | |||||||||
2000 | Did not report | |||||||||
1999 | Did not report | |||||||||
1998 | Did not report | |||||||||
1997 | Did not report | |||||||||
1996 | Did not report | |||||||||
1995 | Did not report | |||||||||
1994 | 1.0 | |||||||||
1993 | 2.2 | |||||||||
1992 | 2.2 | |||||||||
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 The Daily Gazette, Schenectady | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | N/A | 9.4 | N/A | |||||||
2004 | N/A | 9.0 | N/A | |||||||
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.) | ||||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Peer group comparison | ||||||||||
for The Daily Gazette, Schenectady | ||||||||||
This paper | ||||||||||
Peer group | ||||||||||
The median Diversity Index is 44 for all newspapers | ||||||||||
reporting in this circulation 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 Herald & Review, Decatur, Illinois, with a 11.1 percent non-white staff in a community that is 11 percent non-white. Its index is 101. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 49,890 ranks 208 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 Daily Gazette, Schenectady | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 2.7 | 12,179 | ||||||||
Black | 3.3 | 14,953 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.5 | 6,787 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 831 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 538 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.1 | 5,085 | ||||||||
Non-white | 9.0 | 40,373 | ||||||||
White | 91.0 | 409,724 | ||||||||
Total | 450,097 | |||||||||
Home county: Schenectady | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 3.2 | 4,639 | ||||||||
Black | 6.5 | 9,456 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.0 | 2,900 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 309 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.2 | 267 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.7 | 2,446 | ||||||||
Non-white | 13.7 | 20,017 | ||||||||
White | 86.3 | 126,538 | ||||||||
Total | 146,555 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Schenectady. | ||||||||||
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 Daily Gazette, Schenectady | ||||||||||
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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12302 / Stoodley Corners / NY / 2.9 mi. | 5,453 | 10,690 | 51.0 | $51,730 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.9 | |
12306 / Schenectady / NY / 2.7 mi. | 5,088 | 10,141 | 50.2 | $41,712 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
12303 / Schenectady / NY / 2 mi. | 4,251 | 11,397 | 37.3 | $42,665 | 9.7 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 0.9 | |
12309 / Upper Union / NY / 2.8 mi. | 4,178 | 11,290 | 37.0 | $65,417 | 11.0 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 4.7 | |
12010 / West Glenville / NY / 14.4 mi. | 2,772 | 11,908 | 23.3 | $31,766 | 13.7 | 11.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
12308 / Schenectady / NY / 1 mi. | 2,562 | 5,832 | 43.9 | $33,105 | 20.8 | 5.8 | 9.4 | 0.3 | 1.8 | |
12020 / West Milton / NY / 12.9 mi. | 2,420 | 10,611 | 22.8 | $49,751 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
12304 / Schenectady / NY / 2.6 mi. | 2,342 | 8,349 | 28.1 | $34,272 | 23.4 | 4.9 | 12.7 | 0.3 | 2.7 | |
12065 / Jonesville / NY / 7.6 mi. | 1,791 | 15,677 | 11.4 | $58,132 | 6.9 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.6 | |
12305 / Schenectady / NY / 0.2 mi. | 1,473 | 2,451 | 60.1 | $20,781 | 24.6 | 4.5 | 13.1 | 0.4 | 4.1 | |
12866 / Saratoga Springs / NY / 18.6 mi. | 1,322 | 13,991 | 9.4 | $46,463 | 6.5 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.9 | |
12078 / West Bush / NY / 24.3 mi. | 1,194 | 9,814 | 12.2 | $30,813 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
12019 / Charlton / NY / 8 mi. | 1,160 | 4,999 | 23.2 | $64,673 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.2 | |
12118 / Mechanicville / NY / 12.8 mi. | 951 | 4,892 | 19.4 | $40,742 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
12027 / Burnt Hills / NY / 6.9 mi. | 848 | 1,350 | 62.8 | $62,569 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
12095 / Rockwood / NY / 23.9 mi. | 799 | 4,865 | 16.4 | $34,530 | 9.5 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
12043 / Seward / NY / 27.2 mi. | 714 | 2,917 | 24.5 | $34,679 | 6.0 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.9 | |
12205 / Roessleville / NY / 8.6 mi. | 711 | 11,045 | 6.4 | $47,473 | 9.6 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 2.6 | |
12053 / Delanson / NY / 12.7 mi. | 549 | 1,622 | 33.8 | $55,000 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
12307 / Schenectady / NY / 0.8 mi. | 539 | 2,695 | 20.0 | $18,071 | 61.8 | 13.2 | 40.9 | 0.7 | 1.3 | |
12025 / Vail Mills / NY / 19.9 mi. | 520 | 2,217 | 23.5 | $40,421 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
12157 / Schoharie / NY / 20 mi. | 460 | 1,528 | 30.1 | $41,535 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
12203 / Westmere / NY / 10 mi. | 374 | 12,259 | 3.1 | $41,727 | 17.4 | 3.7 | 7.2 | 0.1 | 4.9 | |
12148 / Vischer Ferry / NY / 4.2 mi. | 360 | 1,128 | 31.9 | $70,344 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.8 | |
12074 / Mosherville / NY / 14.8 mi. | 306 | 1,200 | 25.5 | $47,857 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | |
12122 / Middleburgh / NY / 23.3 mi. | 298 | 1,766 | 16.9 | $32,917 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
12110 / West Latham / NY / 9.3 mi. | 297 | 7,251 | 4.1 | $56,811 | 10.0 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 4.6 | |
12056 / Princetown / NY / 6.8 mi. | 286 | 861 | 33.2 | $60,735 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
12084 / Guilderland / NY / 7.7 mi. | 282 | 2,099 | 13.4 | $53,480 | 18.9 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 9.8 | |
12137 / Pattersonville / NY / 8.7 mi. | 263 | 583 | 45.1 | $48,750 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
12170 / Stillwater / NY / 16.8 mi. | 251 | 1,841 | 13.6 | $46,536 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
13317 / Van Deusenville / NY / 30.5 mi. | 240 | 1,495 | 16.1 | $31,375 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
12134 / Northville / NY / 28.3 mi. | 196 | 1,124 | 17.4 | $39,075 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
12188 / Waterford / NY / 11.6 mi. | 189 | 4,290 | 4.4 | $48,421 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.1 | |
12068 / Sammonsville / NY / 21.1 mi. | 187 | 1,525 | 12.3 | $37,000 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | |
12150 / Rotterdam Junction / NY / 6.3 mi. | 187 | 336 | 55.7 | $46,250 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |
12207 / Albany / NY / 13.6 mi. | 186 | 1,226 | 15.2 | $9,798 | 74.4 | 9.3 | 59.7 | 0.4 | 1.9 | |
12066 / Esperance / NY / 15.4 mi. | 185 | 666 | 27.8 | $45,240 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
13339 / Stone Arabia / NY / 33.4 mi. | 177 | 2,600 | 6.8 | $30,989 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
12086 / Hagaman / NY / 14.3 mi. | 161 | 634 | 25.4 | $47,625 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 | |
12180 / Troy / NY / 14.6 mi. | 158 | 21,001 | 0.8 | $34,889 | 18.6 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 0.2 | 3.5 | |
13452 / Scotchbush / NY / 36.9 mi. | 155 | 1,717 | 9.0 | $32,083 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
12117 / Mayfield / NY / 24 mi. | 146 | 1,255 | 11.6 | $34,646 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
12208 / Albany / NY / 12.1 mi. | 135 | 9,577 | 1.4 | $39,246 | 20.4 | 3.8 | 11.0 | 0.2 | 3.3 | |
12072 / Fultonville / NY / 22.3 mi. | 121 | 923 | 13.1 | $38,702 | 5.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
12186 / Voorheesville / NY / 10.6 mi. | 118 | 2,516 | 4.7 | $62,524 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
12211 / Siena / NY / 10.6 mi. | 113 | 3,900 | 2.9 | $70,744 | 7.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 3.4 | |
12149 / West Richmondville / NY / 31.8 mi. | 108 | 804 | 13.4 | $36,447 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | |
12833 / Greenfield Center / NY / 20.6 mi. | 106 | 1,650 | 6.4 | $44,777 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
12151 / Ushers / NY / 10.3 mi. | 90 | 301 | 29.9 | $43,382 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.7 | |
12831 / Wilton / NY / 26.5 mi. | 85 | 4,734 | 1.8 | $54,138 | 7.9 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
12144 / Rensselaer / NY / 15.6 mi. | 84 | 7,647 | 1.1 | $43,035 | 8.8 | 1.6 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 1.5 | |
12047 / Dunsbach Ferry / NY / 10.9 mi. | 83 | 7,931 | 1.0 | $34,614 | 5.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.9 | |
12206 / Albany / NY / 12 mi. | 81 | 6,911 | 1.2 | $23,891 | 59.8 | 6.7 | 46.6 | 0.3 | 2.7 | |
12009 / Thompsons Lake / NY / 8.5 mi. | 79 | 2,870 | 2.8 | $57,227 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.1 | |
12210 / Albany / NY / 13.4 mi. | 77 | 4,930 | 1.6 | $25,761 | 60.2 | 6.6 | 47.0 | 0.4 | 3.0 | |
12863 / Rock City Falls / NY / 16.1 mi. | 76 | 228 | 33.3 | $57,500 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | |
12032 / Wheelerville / NY / 35 mi. | 69 | 364 | 19.0 | $35,263 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
12035 / Central Bridge / NY / 20.8 mi. | 68 | 492 | 13.8 | $35,455 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | |
12801 / West Glens Falls / NY / 35.1 mi. | 68 | 6,273 | 1.1 | $30,295 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
12160 / Sloansville / NY / 20.8 mi. | 67 | 437 | 15.3 | $45,625 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | |
13428 / Palatine Bridge / NY / 30.6 mi. | 64 | 644 | 9.9 | $31,852 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | |
12008 / Schenectady / NY / 3.1 mi. | 63 | 175 | 36.0 | $66,908 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | |
12092 / Howes Cave / NY / 21.1 mi. | 61 | 329 | 18.5 | $39,038 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |
12204 / Menands / NY / 12.8 mi. | 61 | 3,183 | 1.9 | $39,840 | 31.5 | 3.5 | 20.4 | 0.2 | 5.4 | |
12850 / Providence / NY / 17.4 mi. | 56 | 817 | 6.9 | $42,413 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | |
12189 / Watervliet / NY / 12.1 mi. | 55 | 7,734 | 0.7 | $34,348 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 2.8 | |
12054 / Elsmere / NY / 13.7 mi. | 47 | 6,545 | 0.7 | $64,404 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.4 | |
12209 / Albany / NY / 13.3 mi. | 46 | 4,160 | 1.1 | $39,024 | 29.6 | 5.1 | 19.7 | 0.1 | 2.5 | |
12182 / Troy / NY / 13.3 mi. | 45 | 5,853 | 0.8 | $36,240 | 9.4 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
12860 / Pottersville / NY / 57.6 mi. | 45 | 258 | 17.4 | $38,667 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.6 | |
12070 / Fort Johnson / NY / 17.5 mi. | 40 | 496 | 8.1 | $42,031 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
13459 / Sharon Springs / NY / 32 mi. | 34 | 760 | 4.5 | $35,905 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
12023 / West Berne / NY / 16.3 mi. | 33 | 816 | 4.0 | $42,321 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | |
12164 / Speculator / NY / 51.8 mi. | 33 | 221 | 14.9 | $30,568 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
12822 / Palmer / NY / 28.1 mi. | 33 | 2,249 | 1.5 | $35,048 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
12077 / Glenmont / NY / 15.6 mi. | 28 | 1,959 | 1.4 | $66,270 | 11.2 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 1.8 | |
12187 / Warnerville / NY / 28.4 mi. | 27 | 273 | 9.9 | $30,729 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
12803 / South Glens Falls / NY / 33.8 mi. | 25 | 3,048 | 0.8 | $36,543 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
12033 / Castleton on Hudson / NY / 21 mi. | 24 | 3,090 | 0.8 | $57,165 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
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