Centre Daily Times, State College... Racial diversity of its news staff and community

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Newsroom diversity report for

Centre Daily Times, State College

State College, Pennsylvania

Owner: Knight Ridder (Calif.)

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

3.1

2004

3.2

2003

3.6

2002

11.1

2001

5.9

2000

2.9

1999

11.1

1998

3.3

1997

12.9

1996

19.4

1995

12.5

1994

Did not report

1993

3.3

1992

0.0

1991

0.0

1990

Did not report

The latest year at peak is

1996

See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.

Newsroom Diversity Index

for Centre Daily Times, State College

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

3.1

8.8

2004

3.2

8.8

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, Knight Ridder (Calif.),

has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 76.

See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.

Peer group comparison

for Centre Daily Times, State College

This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 35.

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 122 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 24,395 ranks 402 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 Centre Daily Times, State College

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

1.6

2,312

Black

2.5

3,605

Asian and Pacific Islander

3.7

5,459

Native-American

0.1

164

Other non-white

0.1

127

Multi-racial

0.9

1,300

Non-white

8.8

12,967

White

91.2

134,099

Total

147,066

Home county: Centre

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

1.7

2,243

Black

2.6

3,469

Asian and Pacific Islander

4.0

5,445

Native-American

0.1

155

Other non-white

0.1

123

Multi-racial

0.9

1,268

Non-white

9.4

12,703

White

90.6

123,055

Total

135,758

The home county of this newspaper is Centre.

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

Centre Daily Times, State College

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

16801 / State College / PA / 0 mi.

5,508

15,890

34.7

$26,948

14.4

2.3

2.8

0.1

8.0

16823 / Bellefonte / PA / 11 mi.

3,733

8,434

44.3

$39,072

7.2

1.2

4.9

0.1

0.4

16803 / State College / PA / 4.7 mi.

3,069

8,238

37.3

$41,449

14.8

2.4

3.4

0.1

7.1

16802 / University Park / PA / 2.9 mi.

2,180

13625.0

16.2

3.8

4.6

0.2

5.9

16870 / Port Matilda / PA / 14 mi.

936

1,822

51.4

$52,535

2.2

0.8

0.1

0.5

16866 / Philipsburg / PA / 17.9 mi.

867

3,575

24.3

$31,051

1.2

0.3

0.1

0.3

16828 / Centre Hall / PA / 9.1 mi.

826

1,513

54.6

$41,506

1.2

0.3

0.4

0.2

16827 / Boalsburg / PA / 4.2 mi.

795

1,534

51.8

$58,024

6.1

1.3

1.4

0.1

2.0

16841 / Howard / PA / 18.3 mi.

524

1,769

29.6

$37,883

0.8

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.0

16875 / Spring Mills / PA / 14.2 mi.

487

1,296

37.6

$42,482

1.3

0.4

0.1

0.4

16853 / Milesburg / PA / 10.8 mi.

341

466

73.2

$35,508

1.3

0.6

0.2

0.5

0.0

16865 / Pennsylvania Furnace / PA / 10.2 mi.

310

744

41.7

$55,750

2.8

0.4

0.5

0.1

0.9

16844 / Julian / PA / 9.3 mi.

286

1,048

27.3

$39,514

2.4

1.0

0.3

0.1

0.3

17745 / Lock Haven / PA / 35.9 mi.

273

7,125

3.8

$28,382

2.9

0.7

0.8

0.1

0.6

16830 / Clearfield / PA / 38.1 mi.

256

6,081

4.2

$28,950

1.7

0.4

0.6

0.1

0.3

16666 / Osceola Mills / PA / 25.3 mi.

253

1,265

20.0

$31,745

1.2

0.6

0.1

0.2

0.1

17044 / Lewistown / PA / 18.8 mi.

244

9,243

2.6

$30,374

2.3

0.7

0.6

0.1

0.4

16652 / Huntingdon / PA / 13.5 mi.

243

5,742

4.2

$35,118

14.5

2.0

11.2

0.1

0.4

16854 / Millheim / PA / 22.1 mi.

224

342

65.5

$36,146

1.2

0.0

0.6

0.0

17751 / Mill Hall / PA / 26.7 mi.

223

2,599

8.6

$34,282

1.1

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.3

16874 / Snow Shoe / PA / 16.1 mi.

212

517

41.0

$35,357

0.4

0.2

0.0

0.2

16851 / Lemont / PA / 1.1 mi.

195

298

65.4

$65,804

6.5

1.4

0.3

2.5

16872 / Rebersburg / PA / 29.3 mi.

158

450

35.1

$32,879

1.6

0.2

0.8

0.2

16877 / Warriors Mark / PA / 15.7 mi.

141

569

24.8

$45,179

1.2

0.1

0.6

0.1

0.3

16820 / Aaronsburg / PA / 23.5 mi.

132

391

33.8

$40,809

0.7

0.5

0.0

0.1

16686 / Tyrone / PA / 22.7 mi.

117

5,302

2.2

$34,293

1.3

0.4

0.2

0.1

0.2

16829 / Clarence / PA / 19.9 mi.

102

273

37.4

$34,167

1.4

0.9

0.0

0.1

0.0

16669 / Petersburg / PA / 14.6 mi.

872

11.1

$37,384

1.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

16822 / Beech Creek / PA / 25.5 mi.

817

10.6

$33,413

1.5

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.3

16859 / Moshannon / PA / 18.1 mi.

206

37.4

$29,659

1.0

0.6

0.0

16601 / Altoona / PA / 35.9 mi.

13,585

0.5

$29,828

4.4

0.7

2.5

0.1

0.3

17084 / Reedsville / PA / 13.3 mi.

1,489

4.8

$37,821

1.3

0.2

0.3

0.1

0.4

16848 / Lamar / PA / 21.6 mi.

183

32.8

$30,139

1.4

0.5

0.0

0.2

16858 / Morrisdale / PA / 25.2 mi.

1,497

3.9

$34,929

1.2

0.5

0.1

0.2

0.1

16832 / Coburn / PA / 18.1 mi.

160

35.0

$39,583

2.4

0.7

0.0

1.2

16845 / Karthaus / PA / 23.8 mi.

296

18.2

$28,906

16.6

3.1

12.7

0.0

0.1

17004 / Belleville / PA / 15 mi.

1,573

3.4

$32,007

1.3

0.3

0.6

0.0

0.1

17747 / Loganton / PA / 31.1 mi.

932

5.6

$34,410

1.9

0.8

0.2

0.1

0.2

16826 / Blanchard / PA / 21.9 mi.

333

13.5

$33,375

2.0

0.5

0.0

0.5

0.1

16852 / Madisonburg / PA / 20 mi.

55.0

$35,625

0.0

17009 / Burnham / PA / 18.1 mi.

852

5.0

$34,329

1.0

0.3

0.0

0.2

16651 / Houtzdale / PA / 28.6 mi.

1,459

2.6

$29,004

21.7

3.2

17.9

0.1

0.2

17063 / Milroy / PA / 18.3 mi.

1,357

2.8

$34,044

1.8

0.8

0.1

0.0

0.5

17066 / Mount Union / PA / 25.8 mi.

2,384

1.6

$26,324

7.8

1.0

5.4

0.0

0.2

16847 / Kylertown / PA / 21.9 mi.

170

21.2

$40,577

0.5

0.0

0.2

0.0

16856 / Mingoville / PA / 13.2 mi.

129.6

$44,167

0.0

16833 / Curwensville / PA / 38.4 mi.

2,144

1.5

$31,020

1.1

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.2

16882 / Woodward / PA / 28.7 mi.

131

25.2

$28,393

4.4

1.4

0.3

0.0

2.8

16677 / Sandy Ridge / PA / 21.1 mi.

124

24.2

$23,542

0.6

0.3

0.0

16611 / Alexandria / PA / 22.8 mi.

1,031

2.6

$38,523

1.9

1.1

0.4

0.0

0.3

16881 / Woodland / PA / 29.8 mi.

813

3.0

$33,780

1.4

0.2

0.1

0.4

0.1

16683 / Spruce Creek / PA / 20.4 mi.

237

9.7

$38,409

0.9

0.0

16878 / West Decatur / PA / 29.3 mi.

951

2.4

$31,735

1.3

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.3

16840 / Hawk Run / PA / 22.2 mi.

192

9.4

$27,656

1.4

1.2

0.0

0.2

16648 / Hollidaysburg / PA / 35.7 mi.

6,066

0.3

$40,185

2.7

0.5

0.1

1.1

17764 / Renovo / PA / 40.8 mi.

1,178

1.0

$24,325

0.9

0.2

0.1

17099 / Yeagertown / PA / 18 mi.

463

2.2

$32,109

1.8

0.7

0.4

0.0

0.3

17051 / Mc Veytown / PA / 20.5 mi.

1,734

0.3

$33,958

0.7

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.1

17721 / Avis / PA / 37.7 mi.

618

0.6

$33,516

1.5

0.1

0.3

0.0

0.7

17740 / Jersey Shore / PA / 40 mi.

5,000

0.0

$35,859

1.3

0.2

0.3

0.1

0.2

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