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	50
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	0.9	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	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	0.1
16407 / Corry / PA / 24.1 mi.	1,268	4,428	28.6	$33,641	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.2	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	0.1	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	0.2
16442 / Wattsburg / PA / 13.9 mi.	371	1,028	36.1