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
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
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
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
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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