Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
Times Recorder, Zanesville | ||||||||||
Zanesville, Ohio | ||||||||||
Owner: Gannett Co. (Va.) | ||||||||||
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 | 9.5 | |||||||||
2004 | 14.3 | |||||||||
2003 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2002 | 4.5 | |||||||||
2001 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2000 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1999 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1998 | 5.6 | |||||||||
1997 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1996 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1995 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1994 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1993 | 0.0 | |||||||||
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 Times Recorder, Zanesville | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 9.5 | 5.3 | 180 | |||||||
2004 | 14.3 | 5.2 | 277 | |||||||
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, Gannett Co. (Va.), | ||||||||||
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 89. | ||||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Peer group comparison | ||||||||||
for Times Recorder, Zanesville | ||||||||||
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 180. | 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 24 out of 259 | ||||||||||
newspapers reporting in the category of 10,001 to 25,000 daily sales. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 20,428 ranks 477 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 Recorder, Zanesville | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 0.5 | 584 | ||||||||
Black | 2.9 | 3,636 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2 | 287 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 260 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 145 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.2 | 1,487 | ||||||||
Non-white | 5.2 | 6,399 | ||||||||
White | 94.8 | 117,645 | ||||||||
Total | 124,044 | |||||||||
Home county: Muskingum | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 0.5 | 436 | ||||||||
Black | 4.0 | 3,364 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3 | 247 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 171 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.2 | 127 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.3 | 1,118 | ||||||||
Non-white | 6.5 | 5,463 | ||||||||
White | 93.5 | 79,122 | ||||||||
Total | 84,585 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Muskingum. | ||||||||||
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 Recorder, Zanesville | ||||||||||
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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43701 / Zanesville / OH / 0 mi. | 12,839 | 22,157 | 57.9 | $32,494 | 8.5 | 0.6 | 5.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
43764 / New Lexington / OH / 18 mi. | 835 | 2,974 | 28.1 | $33,963 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
43830 / Nashport / OH / 7.9 mi. | 817 | 1,984 | 41.2 | $48,464 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
43731 / Crooksville / OH / 13.6 mi. | 794 | 2,168 | 36.6 | $30,091 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
43821 / Dresden / OH / 10.6 mi. | 710 | 1,519 | 46.7 | $44,219 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
43777 / Roseville / OH / 8.4 mi. | 534 | 1,715 | 31.1 | $29,016 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
43756 / Reinersville / OH / 19.7 mi. | 507 | 2,264 | 22.4 | $30,625 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
43762 / New Concord / OH / 13.5 mi. | 402 | 1,634 | 24.6 | $37,917 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.9 | |
43822 / Frazeysburg / OH / 12.7 mi. | 382 | 1,521 | 25.1 | $41,074 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
43783 / Somerset / OH / 16.7 mi. | 336 | 1,563 | 21.5 | $35,598 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
43734 / Duncan Falls / OH / 6.6 mi. | 331 | 433 | 76.4 | $40,417 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
43758 / Malta / OH / 20.6 mi. | 323 | 1,215 | 26.6 | $27,162 | 5.4 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
43771 / Philo / OH / 7.5 mi. | 313 | 736 | 42.5 | $33,920 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
43730 / Hemlock / OH / 20.9 mi. | 224 | 932 | 24.0 | $30,547 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
43746 / Hopewell / OH / 8.1 mi. | 189 | 484 | 39.0 | $45,469 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | |
43748 / Junction City / OH / 21.2 mi. | 189 | 949 | 19.9 | $39,545 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
43735 / East Fultonham / OH / 8.4 mi. | 169 | 125 | 135.2 | $34,844 | 5.4 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
43720 / Blue Rock / OH / 11.6 mi. | 157 | 446 | 35.2 | $35,200 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
43844 / Warsaw / OH / 23.5 mi. | 141 | 1,483 | 9.5 | $38,425 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
43076 / Thornville / OH / 18.1 mi. | 118 | 3,137 | 3.8 | $47,060 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
43782 / Shawnee / OH / 23.7 mi. | 114 | 277 | 41.2 | $31,912 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
43725 / Claysville / OH / 21.1 mi. | 104 | 8,598 | 1.2 | $29,301 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | |
43802 / Adamsville / OH / 11.5 mi. | 102 | 359 | 28.4 | $37,670 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
43724 / Caldwell / OH / 27.5 mi. | 75 | 2,589 | 2.9 | $32,570 | 11.9 | 0.4 | 10.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
43787 / Stockport / OH / 27.8 mi. | 61 | 1,194 | 5.1 | $25,345 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
43812 / Coshocton / OH / 21.9 mi. | 60 | 8,257 | 0.7 | $32,997 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
43130 / Lancaster / OH / 33.2 mi. | 28 | 21,621 | 0.1 | $37,967 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
43767 / Norwich / OH / 10.7 mi. | 28 | 492 | 5.7 | $50,625 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
43842 / Trinway / OH / 12.4 mi. | 28 | 132 | 21.2 | $42,679 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
43727 / Chandlersville / OH / 10.7 mi. | 27 | 487 | 5.5 | $40,602 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
43055 / Newark / OH / 19.6 mi. | 24 | 23,731 | 0.1 | $36,315 | 5.6 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |
43728 / Chesterhill / OH / 21.4 mi. | 10 | 486 | 2.1 | $30,800 | 29.7 | 0.9 | 19.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | |
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