Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
The Times Herald Record, Middletown
Middletown, 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	Did not report
2004	10.8
2003	Did not report
2002	9.7
2001	7.3
2000	Did not report
1999	7.3
1998	Did not report
1997	Did not report
1996	Did not report
1995	Did not report
1994	Did not report
1993	8.2
1992	Did not report
1991	Did not report
1990	Did not report
The latest year at peak is	2004
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Newsroom Diversity Index
for The Times Herald Record, Middletown
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff	Non-white % of circulation area	Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005	N/A	21.4	N/A
2004	10.8	21.4	50
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 The Times Herald Record, Middletown
	This paper
					Peer group
The median Diversity Index is 50 for all newspapers
reporting in this circulation category of 50,001 to 100,000 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 Florida Today, Melbourne, Florida, with a 19.1 percent non-white staff in a community that is 16.3 percent non-white. Its index is 117.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 80,385 ranks 129 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 Times Herald Record, Middletown
	Circulation area
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	10.8	57,881
Black	7.5	40,222
Asian and Pacific Islander	1.4	7,501
Native-American	0.2	1,244
Other non-white	0.2	959
Multi-racial	1.4	7,547
Non-white	21.4	115,354
White	78.6	423,003
Total		538,357
	Home county:  Orange
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	11.6	39,738
Black	7.5	25,567
Asian and Pacific Islander	1.5	5,139
Native-American	0.2	798
Other non-white	0.2	507
Multi-racial	1.4	4,858
Non-white	22.4	76,607
White	77.6	264,760
Total		341,367
The home county of this newspaper is Orange.
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 Times Herald Record, Middletown
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
10940 / Middletown / NY / 0 mi.	9,672	15,471	62.5	$44,550	34.6	19.7	10.5	0.3	1.7
12550 / Newburgh / NY / 20.2 mi.	9,380	17,672	53.1	$42,277	48.6	24.2	20.6	0.2	1.4
10950 / Monroe / NY / 15.9 mi.	4,016	10,501	38.2	$54,651	9.5	5.5	1.5	0.3	1.3
12553 / New Windsor / NY / 18.2 mi.	3,790	8,385	45.2	$51,038	21.0	11.0	6.3	0.2	1.8
10990 / Warwick / NY / 14.1 mi.	2,675	6,540	40.9	$67,194	14.4	6.7	5.4	0.2	0.9
12701 / Monticello / NY / 20.1 mi.	2,649	4,447	59.6	$32,273	39.9	16.9	19.1	0.2	1.9
10924 / Goshen / NY / 6.7 mi.	2,578	3,977	64.8	$59,630	15.0	7.1	5.6	0.1	1.7
12771 / Port Jervis / NY / 12.1 mi.	2,442	5,274	46.3	$36,070	11.5	6.0	2.8	0.3	0.8
12549 / Montgomery / NY / 9.1 mi.	2,213	2,940	75.3	$57,766	10.1	5.9	2.4	0.1	0.8
10941 / Middletown / NY / 1.2 mi.	2,021	4,734	42.7	$54,184	26.6	12.6	8.7	0.1	2.9
12566 / Pine Bush / NY / 12.7 mi.	1,811	3,501	51.7	$51,369	9.8	4.7	2.8	0.2	0.7
12586 / Walden / NY / 15.6 mi.	1,740	4,082	42.6	$45,765	11.9	7.5	2.3	0.2	0.5
10918 / Chester / NY / 11.6 mi.	1,731	3,727	46.4	$71,016	19.7	9.7	6.4	0.3	2.4
12589 / Wallkill / NY / 19.2 mi.	1,706	4,162	41.0	$54,333	22.8	13.3	7.8	0.2	0.7
10992 / Washingtonville / NY / 13.8 mi.	1,586	3,061	51.8	$68,329	16.9	9.6	4.3	0.3	1.3
12561 / New Paltz / NY / 27.5 mi.	1,385	6,145	22.5	$43,110	17.2	6.8	4.6	0.2	3.1
12754 / Liberty / NY / 28 mi.	1,353	2,782	48.6	$30,739	23.2	11.0	9.1	0.2	1.5
12401 / Kingston / NY / 37.6 mi.	1,223	14,906	8.2	$35,635	17.7	5.1	8.8	0.2	1.4
12518 / Cornwall / NY / 19.9 mi.	1,061	2,424	43.8	$56,443	9.8	5.6	1.2	0.1	1.5
12428 / Ellenville / NY / 19.7 mi.	932	2,573	36.2	$34,198	44.3	23.4	16.6	0.3	1.3
10977 / Spring Valley / NY / 30.8 mi.	920	13,662	6.7	$53,473	54.5	11.4	32.4	0.2	6.9
12721 / Bloomingburg / NY / 7.3 mi.	911	1,925	47.3	$48,635	8.8	4.9	1.6	0.1	1.0
10930 / Highland Mills / NY / 17.9 mi.	905	2,400	37.7	$82,412	13.4	7.3	3.0	0.2	1.8
18337 / Milford / PA / 26.8 mi.	842	4,162	20.2	$51,525	8.6	4.6	1.9	0.2	0.6
10921 / Florida / NY / 10.1 mi.	830	1,403	59.2	$56,589	10.9	6.4	2.0	0.4	0.9