Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
The Times News, Lehighton | ||||||||||
Lehighton, 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 | Did not report | |||||||||
1997 | Did not report | |||||||||
1996 | Did not report | |||||||||
1995 | Did not report | |||||||||
1994 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1993 | Did not report | |||||||||
1992 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1991 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1990 | 0.0 | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 1994 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for The Times News, Lehighton | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | N/A | 3.2 | N/A | |||||||
2004 | N/A | 3.2 | 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 The Times News, Lehighton | ||||||||||
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 14,569 ranks 622 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 The Times News, Lehighton | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 1.5 | 1,315 | ||||||||
Black | 0.6 | 523 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4 | 329 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.1 | 97 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.0 | 22 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 0.6 | 499 | ||||||||
Non-white | 3.2 | 2,785 | ||||||||
White | 96.8 | 84,072 | ||||||||
Total | 86,857 | |||||||||
Home county: Carbon | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 1.5 | 858 | ||||||||
Black | 0.6 | 333 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3 | 200 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.1 | 83 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.0 | 17 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 0.6 | 359 | ||||||||
Non-white | 3.2 | 1,850 | ||||||||
White | 96.9 | 56,952 | ||||||||
Total | 58,802 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Carbon. | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
The Times News, Lehighton | ||||||||||
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 |
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18235 / Lehighton / PA / 0 mi. | 3,507 | 7,313 | 48.0 | $34,972 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
18252 / Tamaqua / PA / 12.4 mi. | 2,178 | 4,847 | 44.9 | $30,943 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
18229 / Jim Thorpe / PA / 6.1 mi. | 1,272 | 2,801 | 45.4 | $36,187 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
18071 / Palmerton / PA / 9.8 mi. | 1,213 | 4,013 | 30.2 | $36,029 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
18232 / Lansford / PA / 7.4 mi. | 937 | 1,878 | 49.9 | $27,478 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
18240 / Nesquehoning / PA / 6.2 mi. | 834 | 1,600 | 52.1 | $38,115 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
18250 / Summit Hill / PA / 5.7 mi. | 575 | 1,291 | 44.5 | $37,287 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
18080 / Slatington / PA / 7.4 mi. | 505 | 4,444 | 11.4 | $46,446 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
18218 / Coaldale / PA / 8.7 mi. | 467 | 1,046 | 44.6 | $23,362 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | |
17925 / Brockton / PA / 15.3 mi. | 341 | 159 | 214.5 | $32,788 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | |
18333 / Kresgeville / PA / 14.2 mi. | 292 | 229 | 127.5 | $45,694 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
18058 / Kunkletown / PA / 15.8 mi. | 235 | 2,725 | 8.6 | $44,580 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
18088 / Walnutport / PA / 10.3 mi. | 221 | 2,854 | 7.7 | $42,026 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
18210 / Albrightsville / PA / 13.2 mi. | 213 | 1,611 | 13.2 | $35,481 | 16.0 | 8.1 | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
17960 / New Ringgold / PA / 11.5 mi. | 161 | 1,208 | 13.3 | $36,422 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
18211 / Andreas / PA / 5.7 mi. | 129 | 485 | 26.6 | $47,036 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | |
17982 / Tuscarora / PA / 15.1 mi. | 119 | 190 | 62.6 | $31,458 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
18255 / Weatherly / PA / 9.6 mi. | 118 | 1,625 | 7.3 | $37,987 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
18322 / Brodheadsville / PA / 20.1 mi. | 90 | 869 | 10.4 | $44,301 | 6.8 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 1.2 | |
18030 / Bowmanstown / PA / 4.6 mi. | 85 | 389 | 21.9 | $34,688 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
18066 / New Tripoli / PA / 9.8 mi. | 68 | 1,809 | 3.8 | $58,681 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
18214 / Barnesville / PA / 17.3 mi. | 64 | 803 | 8.0 | $41,594 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
17961 / Orwigsburg / PA / 20.2 mi. | 50 | 2,529 | 2.0 | $47,444 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.8 | |
18244 / Parryville / PA / 4.6 mi. | 48 | 189 | 25.4 | $33,958 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
18331 / Gilbert / PA / 18.2 mi. | 35 | 189 | 18.5 | $33,466 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.6 | |
18624 / Lake Harmony / PA / 18.4 mi. | 30 | 208 | 14.4 | $39,583 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
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