Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
The Saratogian, Saratoga Springs | ||||||||||
Saratoga Springs, New York | ||||||||||
Owner: Journal Register (N.J.) | ||||||||||
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 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2004 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2003 | Did not report | |||||||||
2002 | 4.0 | |||||||||
2001 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2000 | 4.3 | |||||||||
1999 | 5.9 | |||||||||
1998 | 5.3 | |||||||||
1997 | 11.8 | |||||||||
1996 | 10.5 | |||||||||
1995 | 11.8 | |||||||||
1994 | 5.3 | |||||||||
1993 | 5.6 | |||||||||
1992 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1991 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1990 | 0.0 | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 1997 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for The Saratogian, Saratoga Springs | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 0 | |||||||
2004 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 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.) | ||||||||||
Company index | ||||||||||
This newspaper's owner, Journal Register (N.J.), | ||||||||||
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 24. | ||||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Peer group comparison | ||||||||||
for The Saratogian, Saratoga Springs | ||||||||||
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 0. | 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 159 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 11,478 ranks 722 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 Saratogian, Saratoga Springs | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 1.7 | 1,589 | ||||||||
Black | 1.9 | 1,761 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7 | 622 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 183 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 89 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.0 | 911 | ||||||||
Non-white | 5.4 | 5,155 | ||||||||
White | 94.6 | 90,071 | ||||||||
Total | 95,226 | |||||||||
Home county: Saratoga | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 1.4 | 2,834 | ||||||||
Black | 1.3 | 2,628 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0 | 2,096 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 326 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 165 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 0.9 | 1,746 | ||||||||
Non-white | 4.9 | 9,795 | ||||||||
White | 95.1 | 190,840 | ||||||||
Total | 200,635 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Saratoga. | ||||||||||
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 Saratogian, Saratoga Springs | ||||||||||
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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12866 / Saratoga Springs / NY / 0 mi. | 6,157 | 13,991 | 44.0 | $46,463 | 6.5 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.9 | |
12020 / Ballston Spa / NY / 8.9 mi. | 1,502 | 10,611 | 14.2 | $49,751 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
12831 / Gansevoort / NY / 8.4 mi. | 853 | 4,734 | 18.0 | $54,138 | 7.9 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
12833 / Greenfield Center / NY / 6.9 mi. | 425 | 1,650 | 25.8 | $44,777 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
12871 / Schuylerville / NY / 6.4 mi. | 346 | 1,589 | 21.8 | $40,230 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
12170 / Stillwater / NY / 5.3 mi. | 184 | 1,841 | 10.0 | $46,536 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
12850 / Middle Grove / NY / 14.1 mi. | 163 | 817 | 20.0 | $42,413 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | |
12822 / Corinth / NY / 13.6 mi. | 160 | 2,249 | 7.1 | $35,048 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
12859 / Porter Corners / NY / 10.2 mi. | 126 | 725 | 17.4 | $49,083 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
12118 / Mechanicville / NY / 9.8 mi. | 105 | 4,892 | 2.1 | $40,742 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
12019 / Ballston Lake / NY / 12.2 mi. | 77 | 4,999 | 1.5 | $64,673 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.2 | |
12074 / Galway / NY / 15.5 mi. | 76 | 1,200 | 6.3 | $47,857 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | |
12065 / Clifton Park / NY / 16.1 mi. | 75 | 15,677 | 0.5 | $58,132 | 6.9 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.6 | |
12834 / Greenwich / NY / 12.1 mi. | 68 | 2,597 | 2.6 | $40,248 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | |
12803 / South Glens Falls / NY / 15.2 mi. | 57 | 3,048 | 1.9 | $36,543 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
12801 / Glens Falls / NY / 16.4 mi. | 33 | 6,273 | 0.5 | $30,295 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
12845 / Lake George / NY / 23.4 mi. | 28 | 2,036 | 1.4 | $43,198 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
12846 / Lake Luzerne / NY / 17.1 mi. | 24 | 1,245 | 1.9 | $36,356 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |
12863 / Rock City Falls / NY / 10.1 mi. | 24 | 228 | 10.5 | $57,500 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | |
12027 / Burnt Hills / NY / 13.6 mi. | 15 | 1,350 | 1.1 | $62,569 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
12151 / Round Lake / NY / 11.4 mi. | 14 | 301 | 4.7 | $43,382 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.7 | |
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