Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
Beaver County Times
Beaver, Pennsylvania
Owner: Calkins Media (Pa.)
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 2.5
2004 8.9
2003 5.9
2002 2.4
2001 4.3
2000 5.5
1999 6.4
1998 Did not report
1997 7.5
1996 7.1
1995 8.1
1994 2.3
1993 2.3
1992 4.5
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 Beaver County Times
Year Non-white % of newsroom staff Non-white % of circulation area Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005 2.5 7.4 34
2004 8.9 7.4 120
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, Calkins Media (Pa.),
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 80.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for Beaver County Times
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 34. This paper
Peer group
Compare that with 44, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers
reporting in this circulation category of 25,001 to 50,000 daily sales.
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 92 out of 140
newspapers reporting in the category of 25,001 to 50,000 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 Herald & Review, Decatur, Illinois, with a 11.1 percent non-white staff in a community that is 11 percent non-white. Its index is 101.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 41,765 ranks 250 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 Beaver County Times
Circulation area
Race/ethnicity % of population Number of residents
Hispanic 0.8 1,799
Black 5.3 12,705
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4 1,059
Native-American 0.1 193
Other non-white 0.1 228
Multi-racial 0.8 1,976
  Non-white 7.4 17,960
White 92.6 223,308
Total 241,268
Home county:  Beaver
Race/ethnicity % of population Number of residents
Hispanic 0.7 1,315
Black 5.9 10,728
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3 469
Native-American 0.1 156
Other non-white 0.1 173
Multi-racial 0.9 1,553
  Non-white 7.9 14,394
White 92.1 167,018
Total 181,412
The home county of this newspaper is Beaver.
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
Beaver County Times
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
15001 / West Aliquippa / PA / 6.4 mi. 7,168 14,030 51.1 $37,130 14.9 0.7 13.1 0.1 0.3
15010 / Racine / PA / 4.3 mi. 6,551 11,469 57.1 $37,235 9.7 0.6 7.1 0.1 0.5
15009 / West Bridgewater / PA / 0 mi. 5,090 6,065 83.9 $43,913 3.4 0.7 2.0 0.1 0.3
15061 / Monaca / PA / 2.6 mi. 3,283 5,536 59.3 $39,637 4.0 0.8 2.3 0.1 0.3
15066 / New Brighton / PA / 3.3 mi. 2,797 5,633 49.7 $30,858 8.4 0.4 6.0 0.2 0.2
15003 / Fairoaks / PA / 8.6 mi. 2,630 5,767 45.6 $29,686 10.3 1.4 7.3 0.0 0.4
15074 / Rochester / PA / 3.2 mi. 2,197 4,014 54.7 $34,032 8.8 0.5 6.8 0.1 0.1
15005 / Baden / PA / 7.3 mi. 1,759 3,859 45.6 $42,956 2.0 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.2
15108 / Moon Township / PA / 14.3 mi. 1,473 14,868 9.9 $50,099 7.8 0.9 4.5 0.1 1.4
15042 / Freedom / PA / 5.5 mi. 1,340 2,905 46.1 $46,901 3.1 0.4 1.7 0.1 0.2
16117 / Ellwood City / PA / 11.1 mi. 1,002 7,215 13.9 $34,263 1.8 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.2
15059 / Midland / PA / 7.1 mi. 946 2,014 47.0 $28,030 18.7 2.6 14.3 0.3 0.0
15052 / Industry / PA / 4.9 mi. 788 1,500 52.5 $38,614 4.2 1.2 2.1 0.0 0.1
16115 / Darlington / PA / 7.9 mi. 620 1,341 46.2 $38,913 1.0 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1
15027 / Conway / PA / 5.3 mi. 559 992 56.4 $34,181 2.2 0.5 1.3 0.0 0.0
15143 / Sewickley / PA / 12.9 mi. 514 6,576 7.8 $58,120 6.2 0.6 3.4 0.2 1.2
15050 / Hookstown / PA / 9.6 mi. 421 911 46.2 $40,982 1.4 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.2
15026 / Clinton / PA / 11.8 mi. 350 1,430 24.5 $45,184 2.1 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.0
15043 / Georgetown / PA / 1.2 mi. 329 923 35.6 $41,774 3.2 0.9 0.7 0.2 0.1
15046 / Glenwillard / PA / 11 mi. 278 862 32.3 $49,250 3.6 0.8 1.3 0.3 1.0
15056 / Leetsdale / PA / 10.4 mi. 241 570 42.3 $28,667 10.4 1.4 6.3 0.0 0.0
16120 / Enon Valley / PA / 11.1 mi. 195 875 22.3 $36,012 1.7 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.1
16136 / Koppel / PA / 9 mi. 189 390 48.5 $31,985 2.0 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.0
16141 / New Galilee / PA / 9.5 mi. 180 734 24.5 $35,357 2.5 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.1
16157 / Wampum / PA / 12.7 mi. 141 1,360 10.4 $34,435 2.5 0.5 1.2 0.1 0.2
15126 / Imperial / PA / 16.7 mi. 119 2,619 4.5 $50,011 4.3 0.7 2.1 0.1 0.8
16063 / Zelienople / PA / 11.6 mi. 101 3,026 3.3 $40,074 2.3 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.5
16123 / Fombell / PA / 10.1 mi. 100 837 11.9 $44,804 1.9 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.1
16046 / Seven Fields / PA / 15.5 mi. 79 3,480 2.3 $65,268 3.6 0.9 0.8 0.0 1.3
15081 / South Heights / PA / 9.2 mi. 78 239 32.6 $31,023 1.5 0.4 0.7 0.0 0.2
16066 / Cranberry Township / PA / 11.1 mi. 59 8,352 0.7 $66,588 3.7 0.7 0.8 0.1 1.4
15071 / Oakdale / PA / 19.4 mi. 42 3,873 1.1 $49,694 7.1 1.0 2.4 0.1 2.9
15225 / Pittsburgh / PA / 16.6 mi. 38 624 6.1 $30,625 3.5 0.9 1.2 0.1 0.0
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