Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owner: Tribune-Review (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	6.8
2004	5.9
2003	5.8
2002	Did not report
2001	Did not report
2000	Did not report
1999	4.4
1998	Did not report
1997	Did not report
1996	Did not report
1995	Did not report
1994	Did not report
1993	Did not report
1992	Did not report
1991	Did not report
1990	Did not report
The latest year at peak is	2005
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Newsroom Diversity Index
for Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff	Non-white % of circulation area	Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005	6.8	6.7	102
2004	5.9	6.6	90
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, Tribune-Review (Pa.),
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 72.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 102.				This paper
				Peer group
Compare that with 64, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers
reporting in this circulation category of 100,001 to 250,000 daily sales.
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 9 out of 58
newspapers reporting in the category of 100,001 to 250,000 daily sales.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 108,109 ranks 94 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 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
	Circulation area
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	0.6	5,004
Black	4.0	33,118
Asian and Pacific Islander	1.2	9,634
Native-American	0.1	656
Other non-white	0.1	690
Multi-racial	0.6	5,098
Non-white	6.6	54,200
White	93.4	770,030
Total		824,230
	Home county:  Allegheny
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	0.9	11,166
Black	12.3	158,049
Asian and Pacific Islander	1.7	21,931
Native-American	0.1	1,427
Other non-white	0.2	2,339
Multi-racial	1.0	12,625
Non-white	16.2	207,537
White	83.8	1,074,129
Total		1,281,666
The home county of this newspaper is Allegheny.
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
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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
15601 / Greensburg / PA / 25.2 mi.	14,181	23,471	60.4	$39,939	4.3	0.6	1.9	0.1	0.9
15642 / North Irwin / PA / 16.5 mi.	5,938	17,312	34.3	$44,765	1.9	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.5
15650 / Latrobe / PA / 32 mi.	4,773	11,256	42.4	$35,093	1.7	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.4
15644 / Jeannette / PA / 20.9 mi.	3,616	8,293	43.6	$33,266	4.7	0.5	3.0	0.1	0.2
15222 / Pittsburgh / PA / 1 mi.	2,854	811	351.9	$18,598	29.1	1.1	24.6	0.3	2.1
15666 / Mount Pleasant / PA / 30.4 mi.	2,635	6,754	39.0	$32,482	1.8	0.4	0.7	0.1	0.1
15237 / Pittsburgh / PA / 5.9 mi.	2,295	17,254	13.3	$55,016	4.8	0.7	1.0	0.1	2.5
15219 / Pittsburgh / PA / 1.6 mi.	1,974	6,761	29.2	$14,399	68.5	1.4	64.0	0.3	1.4
15146 / Monroeville / PA / 12 mi.	1,852	12,382	15.0	$44,827	14.9	0.8	8.3	0.1	4.4
15044 / Gibsonia / PA / 10.9 mi.	1,495	8,192	18.2	$60,898	2.4	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.9
16066 / Cranberry Township / PA / 16.6 mi.	1,400	8,352	16.8	$66,588	3.7	0.7	0.8	0.1	1.4
15658 / Wilpen / PA / 41.3 mi.	1,322	3,873	34.1	$36,430	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1
15102 / Bethel Park / PA / 8.9 mi.	1,321	12,143	10.9	$54,472	3.3	0.5	1.1	0.0	1.1
15235 / Universal / PA / 8.5 mi.	1,231	16,550	7.4	$41,367	26.4	0.7	23.3	0.1	0.9
15101 / Allison Park / PA / 7.2 mi.	1,228	8,830	13.9	$61,392	3.8	0.5	1.0	0.0	1.7
15236 / West Mifflin / PA / 7.4 mi.	1,221	12,561	9.7	$46,913	3.7	0.5	1.9	0.0	0.7
15090 / Wexford / PA / 10.5 mi.	1,182	6,285	18.8	$82,869	6.3	0.8	1.4	0.0	3.3
15683 / Scottdale / PA / 30.8 mi.	1,162	3,429	33.9	$31,744	2.0	0.3	1.1	0.1	0.2
15216 / South Hills / PA / 4.1 mi.	1,116	10,993	10.2	$39,526	6.4	1.2	2.6	0.2	1.4
15212 / Pittsburgh / PA / 0 mi.	1,038	13,983	7.4	$26,712	24.0	0.9	21.0	0.1	0.5
16001 / Point / PA / 28.5 mi.	1,032	17,740	5.8	$35,252	3.0	0.8	1.1	0.1	0.5
15217 / Squirrel Hill / PA / 4.5 mi.	1,013	12,030	8.4	$45,173	12.5	1.9	3.1	0.1	5.8
15239 / Plum / PA / 12.7 mi.	978	7,954	12.3	$48,415	5.0	0.7	2.8	0.1	0.9
15213 / Pittsburgh / PA / 2.8 mi.	956	10,501	9.1	$18,473	35.3	2.3	16.8