Standard-Speaker, Hazleton... 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

Standard-Speaker, Hazleton

Hazleton, 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

Did not report

2004

Did not report

2003

Did not report

2002

Did not report

2001

Did not report

2000

Did not report

1999

Did not report

1998

3.2

1997

3.1

1996

0.0

1995

0.0

1994

0.0

1993

0.0

1992

Did not report

1991

Did not report

1990

Did not report

The latest year at peak is

1998

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

Newsroom Diversity Index

for Standard-Speaker, Hazleton

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

N/A

3.7

N/A

2004

N/A

3.7

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 Standard-Speaker, Hazleton

This paper

Peer group

The median Diversity Index is 33 for all newspapers

reporting in this circulation 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 Clinton Herald, Iowa, with a 10 percent non-white staff in a community that is 4.4 percent non-white. Its index is 226.

FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of

approximately 20,821 ranks 469 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 Standard-Speaker, Hazleton

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

2.0

2,066

Black

0.8

793

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.5

466

Native-American

0.1

Other non-white

0.0

Multi-racial

0.4

388

Non-white

3.7

3,832

White

96.3

99,031

Total

102,863

Home county: Luzerne

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

1.2

3,713

Black

1.6

5,202

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.6

1,898

Native-American

0.1

248

Other non-white

0.0

140

Multi-racial

0.5

1,521

Non-white

4.0

12,722

White

96.0

306,528

Total

319,250

The home county of this newspaper is Luzerne.

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

Standard-Speaker, Hazleton

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

18201 / Hazleton / PA / 0 mi.

9,134

15,416

59.3

$29,994

5.4

3.7

0.5

0.1

0.6

18224 / Freeland / PA / 7.5 mi.

1,529

2,593

59.0

$31,274

1.8

0.8

0.2

0.0

0.5

18222 / Drums / PA / 5 mi.

1,322

2,489

53.1

$46,362

8.0

1.8

5.3

0.1

0.5

18237 / McAdoo / PA / 6 mi.

783

1,424

55.0

$26,708

1.0

0.5

0.1

0.0

0.1

18249 / Sugarloaf / PA / 5.7 mi.

783

1,396

56.1

$50,764

2.3

0.6

0.1

1.3

18252 / Tamaqua / PA / 13.3 mi.

680

4,847

14.0

$30,943

2.0

1.1

0.2

0.1

0.3

18255 / Weatherly / PA / 7.9 mi.

668

1,625

41.1

$37,987

1.7

0.5

0.2

0.1

18661 / White Haven / PA / 16.3 mi.

596

2,138

27.9

$38,784

3.6

1.4

1.2

0.2

0.4

17976 / Shenandoah / PA / 14 mi.

551

3,553

15.5

$23,486

3.1

2.1

0.3

0.1

0.3

18219 / Conyngham / PA / 4.8 mi.

547

646

84.7

$49,821

2.5

0.7

0.1

0.0

1.5

17948 / Mahanoy City / PA / 13.4 mi.

347

2,539

13.7

$25,174

1.9

1.1

0.2

0.1

0.2

18216 / Beaver Meadows / PA / 3.8 mi.

288

568

50.7

$32,143

1.6

1.1

0.0

0.1

0.3

17931 / Frackville / PA / 19.1 mi.

215

2,455

8.8

$31,165

24.3

3.9

19.3

0.1

0.8

18254 / Tresckow / PA / 3.2 mi.

211

340

62.1

$35,114

1.4

0.9

0.5

0.0

17967 / Ringtown / PA / 16.3 mi.

162

1,018

15.9

$35,518

1.1

0.7

0.2

0.0

0.2

18248 / Sheppton / PA / 9.3 mi.

148

283

52.3

$31,923

1.6

1.1

0.0

17921 / Ashland / PA / 24.3 mi.

145

2,716

5.3

$32,696

1.0

0.1

0.4

0.0

0.2

18241 / Nuremberg / PA / 10.2 mi.

141

312

45.2

$30,200

1.0

0.3

0.0

0.7

18234 / Lattimer Mines / PA / 3.2 mi.

133

182

73.1

$35,455

0.2

0.0

0.2

0.0

18240 / Nesquehoning / PA / 9.9 mi.

133

1,600

8.3

$38,115

3.0

1.3

0.5

0.1

0.4

17985 / Zion Grove / PA / 14.5 mi.

126

414

30.4

$39,107

1.5

0.9

0.0

0.2

18701 / Wilkes Barre / PA / 20.1 mi.

122

1,349

9.0

$15,656

10.7

2.3

5.1

0.1

1.7

18231 / Kelayres / PA / 4.6 mi.

116

222

52.3

$24,583

0.0

18232 / Lansford / PA / 10 mi.

116

1,878

6.2

$27,478

2.7

1.4

0.3

0.1

0.4

18221 / Drifton / PA / 3.7 mi.

107

141

75.9

$35,909

1.3

0.7

0.0

0.7

18225 / Harleigh / PA / 1.4 mi.

106

246.5

$26,250

1.1

0.0

18707 / Mountain Top / PA / 11.4 mi.

5,186

1.8

$52,176

3.9

1.1

0.5

0.0

1.8

18245 / Quakake / PA / 7.8 mi.

156

59.0

$43,000

15.6

3.2

10.9

0.0

1.0

17901 / Pottsville / PA / 24.2 mi.

10,196

0.8

$33,962

7.1

2.0

3.9

0.1

0.5

18239 / Milnesville / PA / 2.1 mi.

162.2

$20,250

0.0

18256 / Weston / PA / 8.9 mi.

176

40.3

$34,333

2.3

0.5

1.6

0.0

18229 / Jim Thorpe / PA / 14.1 mi.

2,801

2.3

$36,187

3.1

1.2

0.7

0.1

0.4

18218 / Coaldale / PA / 10.2 mi.

1,046

4.7

$23,362

2.1

1.1

0.2

0.0

0.3

17815 / Bloomsburg / PA / 25.6 mi.

10,359

0.5

$35,291

4.0

1.1

1.2

0.1

0.8

18250 / Summit Hill / PA / 11.3 mi.

1,291

3.1

$37,287

1.3

0.4

0.1

0.2

17935 / Girardville / PA / 20.3 mi.

890

4.3

$24,717

0.6

0.2

0.0

0.1

0.0

18220 / Delano / PA / 9 mi.

162

23.5

$32,344

1.1

0.0

1.1

18242 / Oneida / PA / 8.6 mi.

40.0

$23,472

0.0

18610 / Blakeslee / PA / 24.6 mi.

1,204

2.3

$45,335

19.1

9.2

6.6

0.1

1.5

18246 / Rock Glen / PA / 10 mi.

29.5

$35,208

0.8

0.4

0.0

0.4

18230 / Junedale / PA / 3.1 mi.

88.0

$15,833

0.0

18214 / Barnesville / PA / 12.6 mi.

803

1.6

$41,594

0.9

0.6

0.1

0.0

17954 / Minersville / PA / 24 mi.

2,096

0.4

$28,864

1.9

0.6

0.4

0.0

0.2

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