Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
Times-Herald, Olean | ||||||||||
Olean, 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 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2004 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2003 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2002 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2001 | 0.0 | |||||||||
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 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1993 | Did not report | |||||||||
1992 | Did not report | |||||||||
1991 | Did not report | |||||||||
1990 | Did not report | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 2005 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for Times-Herald, Olean | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0 | |||||||
2004 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 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 Times-Herald, Olean | ||||||||||
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 Clinton Herald, Iowa, with a 10 percent non-white staff in a community that is 4.4 percent non-white. Its index is 226. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 15,899 ranks 587 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 Times-Herald, Olean | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 0.8 | 989 | ||||||||
Black | 0.8 | 983 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5 | 629 | ||||||||
Native-American | 1.2 | 1,476 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 105 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 0.9 | 1,109 | ||||||||
Non-white | 4.3 | 5,291 | ||||||||
White | 95.7 | 117,707 | ||||||||
Total | 122,998 | |||||||||
Home county: Cattaraugus | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 0.9 | 791 | ||||||||
Black | 1.0 | 839 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5 | 397 | ||||||||
Native-American | 2.5 | 2,130 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 66 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.0 | 798 | ||||||||
Non-white | 6.0 | 5,021 | ||||||||
White | 94.0 | 78,934 | ||||||||
Total | 83,955 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Cattaraugus. | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Times-Herald, Olean | ||||||||||
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 |
|
14760 / Olean / NY / 0 mi. | 4,874 | 8,366 | 58.3 | $32,126 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.9 | |
14706 / Allegany / NY / 3.5 mi. | 1,486 | 2,501 | 59.4 | $39,007 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.3 | |
14727 / Cuba / NY / 11.2 mi. | 898 | 2,090 | 43.0 | $34,334 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
14779 / Salamanca / NY / 14.8 mi. | 822 | 2,969 | 27.7 | $26,155 | 18.2 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 14.0 | 0.3 | |
14770 / Portville / NY / 5.3 mi. | 607 | 1,240 | 49.0 | $38,147 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
14895 / Wellsville / NY / 23.2 mi. | 579 | 4,206 | 13.8 | $31,138 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
16701 / Kendall Creek / PA / 13.3 mi. | 544 | 7,480 | 7.3 | $32,333 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | |
14737 / Franklinville / NY / 16.2 mi. | 421 | 1,630 | 25.8 | $32,910 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |
14715 / South Bolivar / NY / 12.9 mi. | 368 | 1,238 | 29.7 | $31,250 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
14743 / Ischua / NY / 7.2 mi. | 354 | 772 | 45.9 | $33,537 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |
16748 / Shinglehse / PA / 13.5 mi. | 351 | 1,241 | 28.3 | $30,800 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
14739 / Friendship / NY / 15.9 mi. | 326 | 1,128 | 28.9 | $27,934 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
16731 / Eldred / PA / 8.6 mi. | 278 | 1,194 | 23.3 | $32,341 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
16915 / Sweden Valley / PA / 27.9 mi. | 256 | 2,320 | 11.0 | $38,938 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.1 | |
16743 / Port Allegany / PA / 18.2 mi. | 242 | 1,749 | 13.8 | $34,488 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
14755 / Little Valley / NY / 20.9 mi. | 224 | 1,118 | 20.0 | $31,944 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.3 | |
14741 / Humphrey / NY / 12.4 mi. | 220 | 798 | 27.6 | $37,153 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | |
14813 / Belmont / NY / 21.8 mi. | 205 | 1,001 | 20.5 | $34,595 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
14735 / Fillmore / NY / 29 mi. | 190 | 1,004 | 18.9 | $30,080 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
14711 / Belfast / NY / 22.3 mi. | 177 | 743 | 23.8 | $31,042 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
14880 / Scio / NY / 21.9 mi. | 160 | 605 | 26.4 | $35,647 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | |
16749 / Smethport / PA / 17.5 mi. | 152 | 1,566 | 9.7 | $35,135 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
14731 / Ellicottville / NY / 17.6 mi. | 148 | 789 | 18.8 | $41,821 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |
14753 / Limestone / NY / 10.5 mi. | 142 | 477 | 29.8 | $30,446 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.2 | |
15834 / Emporium / PA / 37.8 mi. | 137 | 2,193 | 6.2 | $32,514 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
14101 / Machias / NY / 21.4 mi. | 97 | 690 | 14.1 | $36,118 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
14709 / Angelica / NY / 24.3 mi. | 97 | 603 | 16.1 | $31,793 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | |
16923 / West Bingham / PA / 28 mi. | 92 | 521 | 17.7 | $34,712 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | |
14042 / Delevan / NY / 25.6 mi. | 87 | 1,752 | 5.0 | $30,253 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
14748 / Kill Buck / NY / 11.1 mi. | 78 | 262 | 29.8 | $31,364 | 14.9 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 8.5 | 1.1 | |
14744 / Houghton / NY / 24.9 mi. | 73 | 474 | 15.4 | $33,092 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | |
14777 / Rushford / NY / 21.6 mi. | 72 | 243 | 29.6 | $27,417 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
14065 / Sandusky / NY / 26.1 mi. | 71 | 697 | 10.2 | $34,665 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
14754 / Little Genesee / NY / 12.2 mi. | 71 | 206 | 34.5 | $30,417 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
16948 / Ulysses / PA / 33.7 mi. | 64 | 710 | 9.0 | $28,750 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
14897 / Whitesville / NY / 31.2 mi. | 62 | 335 | 18.5 | $33,750 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
16729 / Duke Center / PA / 9.2 mi. | 60 | 396 | 15.2 | $32,153 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
14714 / Black Creek / NY / 15.5 mi. | 58 | 118 | 49.2 | $34,688 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | |
14719 / Cattaraugus / NY / 26.5 mi. | 57 | 1,321 | 4.3 | $33,654 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
16720 / Austin / PA / 34.9 mi. | 54 | 557 | 9.7 | $32,900 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
16746 / Roulette / PA / 24.1 mi. | 51 | 540 | 9.4 | $30,542 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
14009 / Arcade / NY / 31.7 mi. | 47 | 2,251 | 2.1 | $36,430 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
14806 / Andover / NY / 30.1 mi. | 46 | 875 | 5.3 | $34,375 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
14171 / West Valley / NY / 24 mi. | 43 | 839 | 5.1 | $42,727 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | |
14717 / Caneadea / NY / 21.5 mi. | 41 | 308 | 13.3 | $26,726 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | |
16745 / Rixford / PA / 10.6 mi. | 39 | 213 | 18.3 | $35,167 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |
14721 / Ceres / NY / 8.7 mi. | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | $30,750 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
16750 / Turtlepoint / PA / 13.6 mi. | 26 | 190 | 13.7 | $41,071 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
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