Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria | ||||||||||
Elyria, Ohio | ||||||||||
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 | 3.2 | |||||||||
2003 | 6.5 | |||||||||
2002 | 3.3 | |||||||||
2001 | 3.1 | |||||||||
2000 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1999 | 2.7 | |||||||||
1998 | 2.6 | |||||||||
1997 | 2.4 | |||||||||
1996 | 2.3 | |||||||||
1995 | 2.0 | |||||||||
1994 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1993 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1992 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1991 | Did not report | |||||||||
1990 | Did not report | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 2003 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 0 | |||||||
2004 | 3.2 | 11.9 | 27 | |||||||
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 Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria | ||||||||||
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 23,385 ranks 414 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 Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 2.3 | 3,817 | ||||||||
Black | 7.3 | 12,364 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7 | 1,119 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 368 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 156 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.4 | 2,427 | ||||||||
Non-white | 11.9 | 20,251 | ||||||||
White | 88.1 | 149,692 | ||||||||
Total | 169,943 | |||||||||
Home county: Lorain | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 6.9 | 19,676 | ||||||||
Black | 8.2 | 23,365 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6 | 1,712 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.3 | 699 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 267 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.5 | 4,348 | ||||||||
Non-white | 17.6 | 50,067 | ||||||||
White | 82.4 | 234,597 | ||||||||
Total | 284,664 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Lorain. | ||||||||||
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 Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria | ||||||||||
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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44035 / Sheffield Village / OH / 0.9 mi. | 11,309 | 26,165 | 43.2 | $39,811 | 18.0 | 2.7 | 12.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |
44039 / North Ridgeville / OH / 4.1 mi. | 1,761 | 8,248 | 21.4 | $54,167 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.9 | |
44044 / North Eaton / OH / 8.1 mi. | 1,721 | 4,142 | 41.6 | $58,076 | 10.6 | 1.4 | 8.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
44090 / Wellington / OH / 15.1 mi. | 1,523 | 4,000 | 38.1 | $47,515 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
44001 / Vermilion / OH / 7.6 mi. | 1,184 | 7,715 | 15.3 | $53,420 | 5.2 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
44074 / Oberlin / OH / 8.4 mi. | 1,101 | 4,062 | 27.1 | $45,625 | 23.5 | 2.8 | 14.5 | 0.4 | 2.6 | |
44050 / Lagrange / OH / 8 mi. | 880 | 1,989 | 44.2 | $53,997 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
44052 / Lorain / OH / 6.6 mi. | 716 | 12,809 | 5.6 | $32,322 | 38.2 | 16.8 | 18.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
44055 / South Lorain / OH / 4.2 mi. | 566 | 8,066 | 7.0 | $31,177 | 50.7 | 33.9 | 13.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
44053 / Sheffield Township / OH / 6.5 mi. | 447 | 7,289 | 6.1 | $40,009 | 21.0 | 10.0 | 8.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
44011 / Avon / OH / 6.3 mi. | 417 | 4,084 | 10.2 | $66,989 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
44054 / Sheffield Village / OH / 7 mi. | 388 | 4,464 | 8.7 | $52,589 | 7.0 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
44028 / No Eaton / OH / 8.7 mi. | 362 | 2,903 | 12.5 | $57,596 | 13.2 | 1.4 | 10.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
44089 / Vermilion on the Lake / OH / 14.1 mi. | 358 | 6,246 | 5.7 | $51,290 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
44889 / West Clarksfield / OH / 17.5 mi. | 338 | 2,302 | 14.7 | $51,651 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
44012 / Avon Lake / OH / 9 mi. | 288 | 6,762 | 4.3 | $65,625 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
44851 / Ruggles / OH / 23.4 mi. | 151 | 1,934 | 7.8 | $38,719 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
44138 / Olmsted Township / OH / 8.6 mi. | 149 | 7,303 | 2.0 | $51,073 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.1 | |
44070 / North Olmsted / OH / 9.4 mi. | 133 | 13,509 | 1.0 | $52,518 | 7.2 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 2.8 | |
44880 / Sullivan / OH / 22.5 mi. | 121 | 754 | 16.0 | $43,929 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
44145 / Westlake / OH / 9.8 mi. | 116 | 12,909 | 0.9 | $65,106 | 7.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 4.2 | |
44275 / Spencer / OH / 17.3 mi. | 85 | 1,007 | 8.4 | $46,138 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
44253 / Litchfield / OH / 13.4 mi. | 61 | 1,060 | 5.8 | $56,563 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
44859 / Nova / OH / 26.5 mi. | 40 | 631 | 6.3 | $47,667 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
44280 / Valley City / OH / 12.2 mi. | 36 | 1,389 | 2.6 | $59,972 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
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