Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
The Cincinnati Post and The Kentucky Post | ||||||||||
Cincinnati, Ohio | ||||||||||
Owner: Scripps (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 | 4.1 | |||||||||
2004 | 4.4 | |||||||||
2003 | 3.8 | |||||||||
2002 | 2.7 | |||||||||
2001 | Did not report | |||||||||
2000 | Did not report | |||||||||
1999 | Did not report | |||||||||
1998 | Did not report | |||||||||
1997 | Did not report | |||||||||
1996 | Did not report | |||||||||
1995 | 5.6 | |||||||||
1994 | 8.0 | |||||||||
1993 | 5.6 | |||||||||
1992 | 7.1 | |||||||||
1991 | Did not report | |||||||||
1990 | Did not report | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 1994 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for The Cincinnati Post and The Kentucky Post | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 4.1 | 8.0 | 51 | |||||||
2004 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 65 | |||||||
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, Scripps (Ohio), | ||||||||||
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 56. | ||||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Peer group comparison | ||||||||||
for The Cincinnati Post and The Kentucky Post | ||||||||||
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 51. | This paper | |||||||||
Peer group | ||||||||||
Compare that with 50, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers | ||||||||||
reporting in this circulation category of 50,001 to 100,000 daily sales. | ||||||||||
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 43 out of 90 | ||||||||||
newspapers reporting in the 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 Lincoln Journal Star, Nebraska, with a 9.9 percent non-white staff in a community that is 8.3 percent non-white. Its index is 119. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 65,157 ranks 156 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 Cincinnati Post and The Kentucky Post | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 1.3 | 5,100 | ||||||||
Black | 3.6 | 14,401 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8 | 3,048 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 670 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 441 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 0.9 | 3,397 | ||||||||
Non-white | 6.7 | 27,057 | ||||||||
White | 93.3 | 374,373 | ||||||||
Total | 401,430 | |||||||||
Home county: Hamilton | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 1.1 | 9,514 | ||||||||
Black | 23.3 | 197,192 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6 | 13,737 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 1,330 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.2 | 1,616 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.2 | 10,147 | ||||||||
Non-white | 27.6 | 233,536 | ||||||||
White | 72.4 | 611,767 | ||||||||
Total | 845,303 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Hamilton. | ||||||||||
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 Cincinnati Post and The Kentucky Post | ||||||||||
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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41017 / Villa Hills / KY / 5.6 mi. | 3,372 | 14,901 | 22.6 | $58,004 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.1 | |
41042 / Hopeful Heights / KY / 10.5 mi. | 2,292 | 16,153 | 14.2 | $47,441 | 7.7 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 1.6 | |
41018 / Erlanger / KY / 7.8 mi. | 2,234 | 10,287 | 21.7 | $42,522 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
41011 / Park Hills / KY / 2.6 mi. | 2,229 | 12,986 | 17.2 | $32,517 | 17.2 | 1.5 | 13.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
41015 / Taylor Mill / KY / 7.7 mi. | 1,895 | 7,962 | 23.8 | $39,996 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
45214 / Queen City / OH / 2.4 mi. | 1,816 | 4,813 | 37.7 | $16,224 | 69.9 | 1.9 | 65.0 | 0.3 | 0.9 | |
41075 / Newport / KY / 3.1 mi. | 1,716 | 7,067 | 24.3 | $48,413 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
41001 / Grants Lick / KY / 12.3 mi. | 1,667 | 5,807 | 28.7 | $53,116 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | |
41076 / Wilder / KY / 5.9 mi. | 1,507 | 5,653 | 26.7 | $47,274 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.0 | |
41071 / Woodlawn / KY / 1.6 mi. | 1,452 | 9,221 | 15.7 | $30,728 | 8.5 | 1.5 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
45202 / Cincinnati / OH / 0 mi. | 1,296 | 3,296 | 39.3 | $31,286 | 33.4 | 1.9 | 28.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | |
41051 / White Tower / KY / 10.8 mi. | 1,008 | 5,990 | 16.8 | $54,421 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
45238 / Western Hills / OH / 5.7 mi. | 980 | 19,199 | 5.1 | $42,573 | 8.3 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 0.1 | 1.6 | |
45239 / White Oak / OH / 8.5 mi. | 978 | 12,063 | 8.1 | $41,054 | 16.7 | 1.3 | 13.0 | 0.2 | 0.9 | |
45248 / Westwood / OH / 8.7 mi. | 938 | 8,600 | 10.9 | $54,210 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
45211 / Mack / OH / 6 mi. | 814 | 16,723 | 4.9 | $35,364 | 26.1 | 0.9 | 22.3 | 0.1 | 1.3 | |
41073 / Newport / KY / 1.1 mi. | 678 | 2,665 | 25.4 | $35,988 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
41048 / Taylorsport / KY / 9.5 mi. | 624 | 2,563 | 24.3 | $68,093 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | |
45231 / Wyoming / OH / 9.1 mi. | 609 | 16,172 | 3.8 | $46,044 | 30.0 | 1.0 | 26.4 | 0.2 | 0.9 | |
41094 / Walton / KY / 15.7 mi. | 555 | 2,384 | 23.3 | $54,381 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
41091 / Union / KY / 16 mi. | 542 | 3,668 | 14.8 | $75,237 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.8 | |
41005 / Rabbit Hash / KY / 13.3 mi. | 536 | 5,546 | 9.7 | $57,415 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.9 | |
45230 / Mount Washington / OH / 6.6 mi. | 507 | 11,959 | 4.2 | $51,033 | 5.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | |
45236 / Taft / OH / 8.2 mi. | 480 | 11,541 | 4.2 | $42,194 | 15.0 | 1.2 | 9.9 | 0.2 | 2.7 | |
41035 / Sherman / KY / 26.8 mi. | 446 | 3,368 | 13.2 | $38,953 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
45212 / Norwood / OH / 4.6 mi. | 421 | 10,736 | 3.9 | $32,762 | 12.1 | 1.8 | 7.7 | 0.3 | 0.9 | |
45242 / Sycamore Township / OH / 11.6 mi. | 419 | 8,525 | 4.9 | $66,848 | 10.6 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 5.0 | |
45237 / Roselawn / OH / 6 mi. | 395 | 10,480 | 3.8 | $31,047 | 76.2 | 0.8 | 72.5 | 0.1 | 0.7 | |
45245 / Withamsville / OH / 11.6 mi. | 356 | 6,623 | 5.4 | $50,391 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.2 | |
45150 / Mount Repose / OH / 13.7 mi. | 350 | 11,200 | 3.1 | $49,612 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
41016 / Ludlow / KY / 2.6 mi. | 346 | 2,433 | 14.2 | $34,298 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
45140 / Twightwee / OH / 16.3 mi. | 336 | 15,278 | 2.2 | $67,859 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 | |
45241 / Sharonville / OH / 11.5 mi. | 305 | 9,867 | 3.1 | $62,763 | 9.5 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 3.5 | |
45208 / Mount Lookout / OH / 3.9 mi. | 296 | 8,730 | 3.4 | $58,379 | 10.2 | 1.3 | 6.2 | 0.1 | 1.8 | |
45209 / Oakley / OH / 4.9 mi. | 287 | 6,012 | 4.8 | $37,642 | 13.8 | 2.1 | 8.5 | 0.3 | 1.5 | |
41074 / Newport / KY / 1.7 mi. | 275 | 2,129 | 12.9 | $31,157 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
45255 / Cincinnati / OH / 8.6 mi. | 273 | 9,012 | 3.0 | $58,294 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.9 | |
45219 / Mount Auburn / OH / 1.5 mi. | 262 | 7,128 | 3.7 | $21,351 | 51.1 | 1.5 | 42.1 | 0.2 | 4.7 | |
45246 / Springdale / OH / 11.5 mi. | 253 | 6,169 | 4.1 | $44,563 | 33.5 | 4.4 | 23.4 | 0.1 | 3.6 | |
45244 / Shademore / OH / 9.2 mi. | 251 | 9,396 | 2.7 | $62,149 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.1 | |
45233 / Western Hills / OH / 8.4 mi. | 250 | 5,406 | 4.6 | $60,470 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
45243 / Madeira / OH / 9 mi. | 249 | 5,922 | 4.2 | $78,937 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 3.0 | |
45215 / Wyoming / OH / 8.2 mi. | 244 | 13,129 | 1.9 | $41,147 | 30.2 | 1.1 | 26.5 | 0.2 | 1.2 | |
45227 / Mariemont / OH / 6.5 mi. | 241 | 8,138 | 3.0 | $36,440 | 41.5 | 1.0 | 37.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
45224 / North College Hill / OH / 6.4 mi. | 240 | 9,662 | 2.5 | $40,343 | 48.7 | 0.7 | 45.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | |
45251 / Groesbeck / OH / 10.5 mi. | 227 | 8,642 | 2.6 | $51,858 | 14.2 | 1.3 | 10.2 | 0.2 | 1.1 | |
45205 / Price Hill / OH / 3.7 mi. | 214 | 9,080 | 2.4 | $28,856 | 22.0 | 1.2 | 17.4 | 0.3 | 1.1 | |
41014 / Rouse / KY / 2.7 mi. | 211 | 3,054 | 6.9 | $28,998 | 9.9 | 0.9 | 6.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
41040 / Pendleton County / KY / 28.8 mi. | 205 | 2,640 | 7.8 | $35,580 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
45220 / Clifton / OH / 2.7 mi. | 199 | 7,273 | 2.7 | $26,509 | 34.4 | 2.0 | 21.6 | 0.2 | 8.8 | |
45206 / Walnut Hills / OH / 1.7 mi. | 188 | 6,386 | 2.9 | $23,198 | 71.1 | 1.1 | 67.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | |
45229 / Cincinnati / OH / 3.1 mi. | 185 | 7,929 | 2.3 | $20,741 | 85.9 | 0.9 | 82.8 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
45216 / Valleydale / OH / 6.1 mi. | 181 | 4,268 | 4.2 | $31,138 | 19.7 | 1.2 | 16.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |
41006 / Pleasant Hill / KY / 22.2 mi. | 172 | 1,709 | 10.1 | $43,316 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
45217 / Saint Bernard / OH / 3.9 mi. | 168 | 2,630 | 6.4 | $36,114 | 31.8 | 0.6 | 29.7 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
45247 / White Oak / OH / 10.2 mi. | 165 | 7,751 | 2.1 | $56,393 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
45040 / Mason / OH / 18 mi. | 155 | 11,824 | 1.3 | $70,677 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 3.1 | |
41097 / Williamstown / KY / 32.1 mi. | 149 | 2,397 | 6.2 | $34,383 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
41046 / Glencoe / KY / 29.3 mi. | 142 | 445 | 31.9 | $32,016 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
45218 / Parkdale / OH / 10.5 mi. | 108 | 1,725 | 6.3 | $45,402 | 6.4 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 | |
45223 / Northside / OH / 4.4 mi. | 106 | 5,553 | 1.9 | $27,563 | 57.6 | 1.3 | 52.9 | 0.2 | 0.9 | |
41003 / Berry / KY / 49.4 mi. | 95 | 965 | 9.8 | $34,734 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | |
45225 / Cincinnati / OH / 3.4 mi. | 91 | 5,321 | 1.7 | $12,219 | 79.2 | 1.0 | 75.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
41007 / Mentor / KY / 17.1 mi. | 89 | 886 | 10.0 | $50,027 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
45213 / Taft / OH / 6.4 mi. | 89 | 6,088 | 1.5 | $37,991 | 58.7 | 1.1 | 55.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
45226 / East End / OH / 3.9 mi. | 86 | 3,249 | 2.6 | $46,694 | 7.5 | 1.1 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | |
45249 / Symmes Township / OH / 13.8 mi. | 86 | 5,189 | 1.7 | $73,596 | 14.7 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 6.4 | |
45240 / Parkdale / OH / 11.6 mi. | 76 | 10,570 | 0.7 | $51,178 | 56.3 | 1.4 | 49.5 | 0.1 | 2.9 | |
41095 / Warsaw / KY / 28.8 mi. | 62 | 1,616 | 3.8 | $31,803 | 5.4 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
41085 / Silver Grove / KY / 7.4 mi. | 40 | 289 | 13.8 | $36,563 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | |
45103 / Stonelick / OH / 16.5 mi. | 27 | 9,501 | 0.3 | $48,141 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
45204 / Queen City / OH / 2.5 mi. | 21 | 2,878 | 0.7 | $29,286 | 16.5 | 2.8 | 10.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | |
45232 / Saint Bernard / OH / 4.7 mi. | 16 | 2,940 | 0.5 | $16,961 | 76.8 | 1.3 | 73.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
41092 / Verona / KY / 20.1 mi. | 8 | 784 | 1.0 | $43,393 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
45102 / Lindale / OH / 14.9 mi. | 8 | 7,086 | 0.1 | $47,719 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
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