Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
Times Union, Albany
Albany, New York
Owner: Hearst Newspapers (N.Y.)
From a report for the Knight Foundation
by Bill Dedman and Stephen K. Doig, June 2005
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Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff
2005	9.4
2004	4.3
2003	9.5
2002	4.7
2001	5.3
2000	5.4
1999	2.4
1998	6.5
1997	7.1
1996	4.2
1995	7.1
1994	9.8
1993	10.3
1992	7.1
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 Times Union, Albany
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff	Non-white % of circulation area	Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005	9.4	12.8	73
2004	4.3	12.8	34
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, Hearst Newspapers (N.Y.),
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 45.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for Times Union, Albany
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 73.				This paper
				Peer group
Compare that with 64, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers
reporting in this circulation category of 100,001 to 250,000 daily sales.
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 19 out of 58
newspapers reporting in the category of 100,001 to 250,000 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 Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, with a 20.8 percent non-white staff in a community that is 11.8 percent non-white. Its index is 177.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 100,628 ranks 100 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 Union, Albany
	Circulation area
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	2.6	19,458
Black	6.6	49,744
Asian and Pacific Islander	2.1	15,566
Native-American	0.2	1,318
Other non-white	0.1	994
Multi-racial	1.2	9,234
Non-white	12.8	96,314
White	87.2	654,271
Total		750,585
	Home county:  Albany
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	3.1	9,079
Black	10.7	31,514
Asian and Pacific Islander	2.8	8,094
Native-American	0.2	487
Other non-white	0.2	434
Multi-racial	1.4	4,044
Non-white	18.2	53,652
White	81.8	240,913
Total		294,565
The home county of this newspaper is Albany.
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 Union, Albany
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
12205 / Albany / NY / 3.4 mi.	6,155	11,045	55.7	$47,473	9.6	1.7	4.0	0.1	2.6
12203 / Albany / NY / 4.8 mi.	5,617	12,259	45.8	$41,727	17.4	3.7	7.2	0.1	4.9
12065 / Clifton Park / NY / 10.5 mi.	5,397	15,677	34.4	$58,132	6.9	1.7	1.4	0.1	2.6
12180 / Troy / NY / 8.6 mi.	4,456	21,001	21.2	$34,889	18.6	3.6	9.3	0.2	3.5
12110 / Latham / NY / 3.4 mi.	4,317	7,251	59.5	$56,811	10.0	1.9	2.4	0.1	4.6
12208 / Albany / NY / 4.2 mi.	3,589	9,577	37.5	$39,246	20.4	3.8	11.0	0.2	3.3
12054 / Delmar / NY / 8.8 mi.	3,569	6,545	54.5	$64,404	4.7	1.3	1.2	0.1	1.4
12144 / Rensselaer / NY / 5.9 mi.	3,262	7,647	42.7	$43,035	8.8	1.6	4.4	0.2	1.5
12211 / Albany / NY / 0 mi.	2,962	3,900	75.9	$70,744	7.9	2.0	1.8	0.1	3.4
12309 / Schenectady / NY / 8.2 mi.	2,259	11,290	20.0	$65,417	11.0	1.8	3.4	0.1	4.7
12206 / Albany / NY / 2.2 mi.	2,116	6,911	30.6	$23,891	59.8	6.7	46.6	0.3	2.7
12866 / Saratoga Springs / NY / 26.4 mi.	2,090	13,991	14.9	$46,463	6.5	1.7	2.5	0.2	0.9
12303 / Schenectady / NY / 9 mi.	2,047	11,397	18.0	$42,665	9.7	2.5	4.4	0.2	0.9
12047 / Cohoes / NY / 5.8 mi.	2,024	7,931	25.5	$34,614	5.9	1.9	1.9	0.1	0.9
12189 / Watervliet / NY / 3.1 mi.	1,955	7,734	25.3	$34,348	11.0	3.0	3.6	0.2	2.8
12209 / Albany / NY / 4.6 mi.	1,858	4,160	44.7	$39,024	29.6	5.1	19.7	0.1	2.5
12020 / Ballston Spa / NY / 21.5 mi.	1,691	10,611	15.9	$49,751	4.4	1.7	1.0	0.2	0.6
12159 / Slingerlands / NY / 8.1 mi.	1,621	3,087	52.5	$65,227	9.3	1.8	1.9	0.1	4.6
12061 / East Greenbush / NY / 9.1 mi.	1,476	2,996	49.3	$58,079	6.5	1.5	2.3	0.1	1.9
12033 / Castleton on Hudson / NY / 11.6 mi.	1,407	3,090	45.5	$57,165	3.3	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.5
12204 / Albany / NY / 1.9 mi.	1,380	3,183	43.4	$39,840	31.5	3.5	20.4	0.2	5.4
12210 / Albany / NY / 3.1 mi.	1,351	4,930	27.4	$25,761	60.2	6.6	47.0	0.4	3.0
12188 / Waterford / NY / 9 mi.	1,288	4,290	30.0	$48,421	3.8	1.0	0.7	0.2	1.1
12077 / Glenmont / NY / 7.7 mi.	1,282	1,959	65.4	$66,270	11.2	3.0	5.3	0.1	1.8
12186 / Voorheesville / NY / 11.3 mi.	1,275	2,516	50.7