Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
The Recorder, Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Amsterdam, 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 | 7.1 | |||||||||
2004 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2003 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2002 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2001 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2000 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1999 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1998 | 7.1 | |||||||||
1997 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1996 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1995 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1994 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1993 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1992 | Did not report | |||||||||
1991 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1990 | 0.0 | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 2005 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for The Recorder, Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 90 | |||||||
2004 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 0 | |||||||
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 Recorder, Amsterdam | ||||||||||
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 90. | This paper | |||||||||
Peer group | ||||||||||
Compare that with 0, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers | ||||||||||
reporting in this circulation category of 5,001 to 10,000 daily sales. | ||||||||||
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 31 out of 211 | ||||||||||
newspapers reporting in the category of 5,001 to 10,000 daily sales. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 9,163 ranks 848 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 Recorder, Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 5.7 | 3,533 | ||||||||
Black | 0.8 | 504 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5 | 301 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 110 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 29 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 0.7 | 415 | ||||||||
Non-white | 7.9 | 4,892 | ||||||||
White | 92.1 | 56,912 | ||||||||
Total | 61,804 | |||||||||
Home county: Montgomery | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 6.9 | 3,433 | ||||||||
Black | 0.9 | 457 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5 | 267 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 93 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.0 | 20 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 0.7 | 354 | ||||||||
Non-white | 9.3 | 4,624 | ||||||||
White | 90.7 | 45,084 | ||||||||
Total | 49,708 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Montgomery. | ||||||||||
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 Recorder, Amsterdam | ||||||||||
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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12010 / Amsterdam / NY / 0 mi. | 5,775 | 11,908 | 48.5 | $31,766 | 13.7 | 11.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
13339 / Fort Plain / NY / 29.7 mi. | 430 | 2,600 | 16.5 | $30,989 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
12086 / Hagaman / NY / 1.4 mi. | 400 | 634 | 63.1 | $47,625 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 | |
12072 / Fultonville / NY / 13.5 mi. | 360 | 923 | 39.0 | $38,702 | 5.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
12025 / Broadalbin / NY / 7 mi. | 328 | 2,217 | 14.8 | $40,421 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
13317 / Canajoharie / NY / 25 mi. | 317 | 1,495 | 21.2 | $31,375 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
12068 / Fonda / NY / 15.5 mi. | 292 | 1,525 | 19.1 | $37,000 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | |
12070 / Fort Johnson / NY / 6.4 mi. | 195 | 496 | 39.3 | $42,031 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
13428 / Palatine Bridge / NY / 21.1 mi. | 189 | 644 | 29.3 | $31,852 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | |
13452 / Saint Johnsville / NY / 25.3 mi. | 172 | 1,717 | 10.0 | $32,083 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
12078 / Gloversville / NY / 15.6 mi. | 137 | 9,814 | 1.4 | $30,813 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
12095 / Johnstown / NY / 14 mi. | 113 | 4,865 | 2.3 | $34,530 | 9.5 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
12166 / Sprakers / NY / 19.2 mi. | 105 | 550 | 19.1 | $39,737 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
12074 / Galway / NY / 6.1 mi. | 84 | 1,200 | 7.0 | $47,857 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | |
12134 / Northville / NY / 23.9 mi. | 55 | 1,124 | 4.9 | $39,075 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
12117 / Mayfield / NY / 14.9 mi. | 32 | 1,255 | 2.5 | $34,646 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
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