Erie Times-News... Racial diversity of its news staff and community

Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists

at America's daily newspapers

with the communities that they serve

Newsroom diversity report for

Erie Times-News

Erie, Pennsylvania

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

4.8

2004

Did not report

2003

2.8

2002

3.1

2001

1.5

2000

1.9

1999

1.8

1998

Did not report

1997

1.8

1996

Did not report

1995

1.6

1994

2.9

1993

0.0

1992

5.6

1991

0.0

1990

1.6

The latest year at peak is

1992

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

Newsroom Diversity Index

for Erie Times-News

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

4.8

9.7

2004

N/A

9.4

N/A

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 Erie Times-News

This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 50.

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 45 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 59,454 ranks 175 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 Erie Times-News

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

2.0

6,469

Black

5.5

18,083

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.7

2,145

Native-American

0.2

478

Other non-white

0.1

350

Multi-racial

1.0

3,324

Non-white

9.4

30,849

White

90.6

295,926

Total

326,775

Home county: Erie

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

2.2

6,126

Black

6.0

16,876

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.7

1,958

Native-American

0.1

396

Other non-white

0.1

320

Multi-racial

1.0

2,909

Non-white

10.2

28,585

White

89.8

252,258

Total

280,843

The home county of this newspaper is Erie.

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

Erie Times-News

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

16509 / Erie / PA / 3.4 mi.

6,866

10,713

64.1

$42,251

4.1

0.9

1.5

0.1

1.0

16506 / Presque Isle / PA / 4.7 mi.

5,539

9,048

61.2

$46,924

4.2

0.9

0.0

1.7

16510 / Wesleyville / PA / 4.1 mi.

5,344

9,278

57.6

$41,892

13.5

2.6

8.6

0.1

1.0

16505 / Erie / PA / 4.4 mi.

5,040

7,822

64.4

$40,983

4.0

1.5

1.1

0.1

0.7

16508 / South Erie / PA / 1.8 mi.

3,613

6,736

53.6

$35,333

6.2

1.8

2.7

0.2

0.4

16504 / Erie / PA / 1.9 mi.

3,604

6,608

54.5

$37,151

10.1

1.8

6.7

0.1

0.6

16511 / Erie / PA / 4.1 mi.

2,721

4,456

61.1

$38,430

10.0

3.0

5.2

0.1

0.3

16502 / Erie / PA / 1.1 mi.

2,521

7,162

35.2

$26,199

18.4

5.2

9.6

0.2

0.8

16428 / North East / PA / 13.3 mi.

2,401

4,879

49.2

$40,665

2.8

1.1

0.8

0.0

0.3

16501 / Erie / PA / 0.1 mi.

1,913

1,265

151.2

$9,928

14.6

1.6

10.4

0.2

1.0

16412 / Edinboro / PA / 15.5 mi.

1,785

4,208

42.4

$39,181

5.5

0.9

2.6

0.1

1.0

16415 / Fairview / PA / 9.1 mi.

1,768

2,752

64.2

$53,152

2.2

0.6

0.4

0.2

0.5

16503 / Erie / PA / 1 mi.

1,723

6,478

26.6

$21,809

45.5

8.6

32.6

0.3

0.6

16417 / Girard / PA / 14 mi.

1,541

3,199

48.2

$39,543

1.7

0.4

0.3

0.2

16507 / Perry Square / PA / 0.7 mi.

1,484

4,043

36.7

$21,850

29.3

4.5

20.6

0.3

1.1

16441 / Waterford / PA / 12 mi.

1,369

3,218

42.5

$42,710

1.5

0.5

0.3

0.1

16407 / Corry / PA / 24.1 mi.

1,268

4,428

28.6

$33,641

2.0

0.6

0.2

16438 / Union City / PA / 16.9 mi.

1,266

3,093

40.9

$34,534

1.7

0.5

0.3

0.1

0.4

16335 / Meadville / PA / 31.1 mi.

1,103

11,626

9.5

$32,407

5.6

0.8

3.0

0.2

0.5

16426 / McLane / PA / 8.9 mi.

891

1,446

61.6

$40,902

2.2

0.9

0.5

0.4

0.1

16401 / Pont / PA / 20.9 mi.

645

1,702

37.9

$34,200

20.8

3.7

16.0

0.4

0.3

16423 / Lake City / PA / 13.9 mi.

559

1,568

35.7

$31,852

1.2

0.6

0.1

0.2

16403 / Cambridge Springs / PA / 20.8 mi.

518

2,218

23.4

$39,926

7.1

1.2

4.7

0.2

0.3

16421 / Harborcreek / PA / 7.4 mi.

458

958

47.8

$45,862

1.6

0.7

0.2

0.0

0.1

16354 / Titusville / PA / 37.4 mi.

421

4,871

8.6

$30,291

2.1

0.6

0.7

0.2

16442 / Wattsburg / PA / 13.9 mi.

371

1,028

36.1

$45,772

1.1

0.4

0.1

0.0

0.3

14736 / Findley Lake / NY / 16.9 mi.

316

105

301.0

$41,500

1.7

0.7

1.0

0.0

16435 / Springboro / PA / 25 mi.

233

768

30.3

$33,681

2.4

0.2

1.0

0.2

16410 / Cranesville / PA / 17.3 mi.

222

604

36.8

$44,457

1.4

0.4

0.1

0.2

16365 / Warren / PA / 47.7 mi.

220

8,315

2.6

$36,263

1.8

0.4

0.2

0.4

16434 / Spartansburg / PA / 27.1 mi.

208

832

25.0

$29,491

0.9

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.0

44030 / Monroe Township / OH / 26.9 mi.

198

6,398

3.1

$33,373

3.9

1.0

0.2

0.5

16316 / Geneva / PA / 34.7 mi.

188

2,428

7.7

$36,335

1.4

0.4

0.1

0.4

14775 / Ripley / NY / 20.1 mi.

170

1,035

16.4

$33,093

2.8

1.5

0.2

16443 / West Springfield / PA / 21.9 mi.

168

544

30.9

$39,866

2.0

0.4

0.5

0.1

0.2

16433 / Saegertown / PA / 26.2 mi.

157

1,970

8.0

$38,802

2.3

0.4

0.7

0.2

0.1

16411 / East Springfield / PA / 19 mi.

152

542

28.0

$38,542

3.3

0.8

0.7

0.2

0.4

16404 / Centerville / PA / 27.4 mi.

123

1,176

10.5

$31,953

1.4

0.5

0.2

0.1

14787 / Westfield / NY / 27.8 mi.

106

2,188

4.8

$33,074

4.0

2.5

0.2

0.5

16301 / Oil Creek / PA / 48.2 mi.

7,222

1.3

$30,869

2.2

0.6

0.7

0.2

0.3

16427 / Mill Village / PA / 17.1 mi.

71.1

$32,679

0.0

14781 / Sherman / NY / 23.5 mi.

782

8.3

$35,032

2.2

0.7

0.1

0.4

16323 / Rocky Grove / PA / 48.6 mi.

6,873

0.9

$32,896

3.9

0.6

2.0

0.2

16440 / Venango / PA / 12.6 mi.

331

17.5

$38,889

2.9

0.6

1.0

0.0

0.8

16327 / Guys Mills / PA / 32.2 mi.

1,114

4.7

$36,616

1.2

0.5

0.2

0.1

0.2

16405 / Columbus / PA / 26.9 mi.

273

15.8

$35,781

1.9

0.0

0.3

0.1

0.0

16424 / Linesville / PA / 34.7 mi.

2,083

1.7

$31,701

2.2

0.6

0.4

0.1

14757 / Mayville / NY / 29.2 mi.

1,562

2.1

$36,698

4.7

1.1

1.8

0.2

0.4

16406 / Conneautville / PA / 27 mi.

1,340

2.2

$32,193

1.6

0.3

0.5

0.1

44004 / Plymouth Township / OH / 37.8 mi.

14,444

0.2

$32,068

12.5

3.7

6.4

0.2

0.5

14701 / Jamestown / NY / 39.9 mi.

17,951

0.0

$29,324

8.8

3.9

2.4

0.5

16137 / Mercer / PA / 57.1 mi.

4,674

0.1

$36,744

5.5

1.3

3.3

0.1

0.2

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