The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown... 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

The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Owner: Community Newspaper Holdings (Ala.)

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

0.0

1996

0.0

1995

0.0

1994

0.0

1993

Did not report

1992

0.0

1991

0.0

1990

0.0

The latest year at peak is

1997

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

Newsroom Diversity Index

for The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

N/A

3.8

N/A

2004

N/A

3.8

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.)

Company index

This newspaper's owner, Community Newspaper Holdings (Ala.),

has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 41.

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

Peer group comparison

for The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown

This paper

Peer group

The median Diversity Index is 44 for all newspapers

reporting in this circulation category of 25,001 to 50,000 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 La Crosse Tribune, Wisconsin, with a 5.3 percent non-white staff in a community that is 4.9 percent non-white. Its index is 107.

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

approximately 40,943 ranks 256 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 Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

0.8

1,633

Black

2.1

4,459

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.4

747

Native-American

0.1

180

Other non-white

0.1

102

Multi-racial

0.5

1,104

Non-white

3.8

8,225

White

96.2

205,801

Total

214,026

Home county: Cambria

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

0.9

1,352

Black

2.8

4,224

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.4

605

Native-American

0.1

122

Other non-white

0.1

Multi-racial

0.6

874

Non-white

4.8

7,268

White

95.2

145,330

Total

152,598

The home county of this newspaper is Cambria.

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 Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown

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

15905 / Johnstown / PA / 1.6 mi.

6,118

9,513

64.3

$37,810

2.6

0.7

0.1

0.7

15904 / Johnstown / PA / 3.7 mi.

4,730

6,606

71.6

$35,079

3.0

0.5

0.7

0.1

1.3

15906 / Johnstown / PA / 1.7 mi.

2,985

5,356

55.7

$23,759

7.3

1.1

4.9

0.1

0.2

15902 / Johnstown / PA / 1.7 mi.

2,924

5,898

49.6

$25,484

9.3

1.2

6.2

0.1

0.2

15963 / Windber / PA / 8.5 mi.

2,755

4,960

55.5

$28,498

1.2

0.6

0.1

0.2

15931 / Ebensburg / PA / 13.7 mi.

1,877

3,367

55.7

$36,852

3.4

0.5

2.0

0.1

0.4

15901 / Johnstown / PA / 0.4 mi.

1,651

2,761

59.8

$14,489

27.0

2.0

21.7

0.1

0.2

15946 / Puritan / PA / 12.2 mi.

1,384

2,842

48.7

$30,741

0.9

0.3

0.1

0.0

0.1

15909 / Johnstown / PA / 2.9 mi.

1,341

2,706

49.6

$31,708

2.6

0.5

1.4

0.0

0.1

15714 / Northern Cambria / PA / 22.6 mi.

997

2,406

41.4

$25,301

0.6

0.2

0.1

0.0

15501 / Somerset / PA / 22.7 mi.

848

6,955

12.2

$31,985

2.7

0.5

1.1

0.1

0.6

15943 / Nanty Glo / PA / 10 mi.

844

2,076

40.7

$27,969

0.7

0.3

0.2

0.0

16630 / Cresson / PA / 18.4 mi.

625

1,961

31.9

$31,181

2.1

0.7

0.5

0.1

0.3

15956 / South Fork / PA / 6.8 mi.

581

1,339

43.4

$30,417

0.7

0.4

0.1

0.0

15935 / Hollsopple / PA / 7.9 mi.

545

1,222

44.6

$33,897

0.8

0.4

0.0

0.1

15928 / Davidsville / PA / 6.5 mi.

543

703

77.2

$36,379

1.7

0.9

0.1

0.2

0.4

15926 / Central City / PA / 15.5 mi.

541

1,176

46.0

$29,917

1.2

0.3

0.0

0.1

15955 / Sidman / PA / 9 mi.

451

1,276

35.3

$28,911

1.1

0.3

0.1

0.0

0.1

15722 / Carrolltown / PA / 20.2 mi.

441

1,162

38.0

$30,553

0.5

0.0

0.1

0.0

16668 / Patton / PA / 23.7 mi.

432

1,534

28.2

$29,505

0.9

0.3

0.1

15958 / Summerhill / PA / 8.4 mi.

427

852

50.1

$32,287

0.8

0.3

0.1

0.0

15531 / Boswell / PA / 12 mi.

417

1,750

23.8

$31,250

0.8

0.1

15942 / Mineral Point / PA / 5.3 mi.

416

792

52.5

$35,735

1.5

0.1

0.7

0.0

0.1

15954 / Seward / PA / 7.4 mi.

405

1,123

36.1

$28,061

1.7

0.6

0.1

0.0

16646 / Hastings / PA / 23.9 mi.

388

1,008

38.5

$29,028

0.7

0.6

0.0

0.1

15938 / Lilly / PA / 15.6 mi.

380

1,020

37.3

$34,076

17.5

3.4

13.7

0.1

0.2

15944 / New Florence / PA / 7.9 mi.

323

1,367

23.6

$30,567

1.0

0.4

0.1

0.0

15522 / Bedford / PA / 28.6 mi.

322

5,087

6.3

$33,769

2.5

0.6

0.7

0.1

0.6

15952 / Salix / PA / 7.6 mi.

304

641

47.4

$36,071

2.2

1.2

0.0

0.3

0.2

15563 / Stoystown / PA / 6.5 mi.

292

1,349

21.6

$33,723

0.9

0.6

0.0

0.1

0.0

15936 / Hooversville / PA / 11.3 mi.

263

647

40.6

$27,431

1.1

0.2

0.1

15924 / Cairnbrook / PA / 15 mi.

220

494

44.5

$28,705

0.6

0.0

0.2

0.0

15927 / Colver / PA / 15.2 mi.

199

470

42.3

$23,026

0.7

0.3

0.1

0.0

0.3

16641 / Gallitzin / PA / 20.6 mi.

185

1,079

17.1

$31,818

1.6

0.7

0.1

0.2

0.1

15961 / Vintondale / PA / 9.8 mi.

181

238

76.1

$32,019

0.5

0.2

0.0

15940 / Loretto / PA / 17.9 mi.

176

574

30.7

$40,052

21.2

7.8

11.6

0.2

0.9

15937 / Jerome / PA / 8.6 mi.

166

263

63.1

$20,139

0.0

15530 / Berlin / PA / 26.4 mi.

160

2,003

8.0

$33,971

18.6

3.5

14.6

0.1

0.3

15701 / Indiana / PA / 22.1 mi.

147

12,820

1.1

$29,150

6.9

0.9

3.3

0.1

1.7

15920 / Armagh / PA / 8.8 mi.

145

361

40.2

$34,667

0.8

0.1

0.0

0.2

15762 / Nicktown / PA / 17.7 mi.

138

241

57.3

$35,662

0.7

0.4

0.0

15541 / Friedens / PA / 20.7 mi.

121

1,494

8.1

$33,214

0.6

0.3

0.1

15748 / Waterman / PA / 18.3 mi.

112

2,911

3.8

$32,840

1.2

0.5

0.2

0.1

15554 / New Paris / PA / 20.8 mi.

111

1,032

10.8

$35,650

1.7

0.6

0.2

0.0

0.6

15521 / Alum Bank / PA / 16.6 mi.

106

671

15.8

$30,000

2.7

1.2

0.4

0.1

0.2

15948 / Revloc / PA / 13 mi.

106

244

43.4

$31,917

0.7

0.3

0.0

0.3

15658 / Wilpen / PA / 15.4 mi.

3,873

2.5

$36,430

0.9

0.3

0.1

15547 / Jennerstown / PA / 13 mi.

127

76.4

$39,107

0.0

15923 / Bolivar / PA / 12.6 mi.

714

13.3

$30,156

2.5

0.5

0.4

1.0

0.1

15559 / Schellsburg / PA / 22 mi.

691

11.9

$34,611

2.1

0.6

0.5

0.1

0.2

15930 / Dunlo / PA / 10 mi.

115.7

$17,361

0.6

0.0

15552 / Myersdale / PA / 33.8 mi.

2,371

3.2

$28,242

1.3

0.5

0.2

0.1

15724 / Cherry Tree / PA / 28.6 mi.

1,019

7.4

$26,706

1.6

0.5

0.1

0.0

15773 / Saint Benedict / PA / 20.3 mi.

181

37.6

$30,625

0.0

15934 / Elton / PA / 6.4 mi.

106

64.2

$34,688

0.0

15949 / Robinson / PA / 12.3 mi.

195

31.8

$25,833

0.8

0.2

0.0

0.6

15957 / Strongstown / PA / 15 mi.

136

44.9

$25,625

1.2

0.6

0.0

15557 / Rockwood / PA / 29 mi.

1,512

4.0

$30,929

0.7

0.3

0.1

15537 / Everett / PA / 33.7 mi.

3,397

1.7

$31,126

1.6

0.3

0.1

0.2

16648 / Hollidaysburg / PA / 26.8 mi.

6,066

0.9

$40,185

2.7

0.5

0.1

1.1

16601 / Altoona / PA / 28.1 mi.

13,585

0.4

$29,828

4.4

0.7

2.5

0.1

0.3

16692 / Westover / PA / 30.2 mi.

314

14.6

$25,739

1.5

0.9

0.0

0.2

16640 / Flinton / PA / 32.9 mi.

312

13.8

$30,588

0.6

0.1

0.2

0.1

15717 / Blairsville / PA / 17.8 mi.

4,613

0.9

$32,153

3.1

0.3

2.0

0.1

0.2

16602 / Altoona / PA / 28.4 mi.

12,848

0.3

$30,539

3.1

0.6

1.4

0.1

0.4

16028 / East Brady / PA / 63 mi.

905

4.1

$28,427

0.8

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.1

15539 / Fishertown / PA / 21 mi.

210

17.1

$28,828

2.1

0.4

1.5

0.0

16667 / Saint Clairsville / PA / 22.9 mi.

533

6.6

$34,563

0.9

0.1

0.2

15925 / Cassandra / PA / 14.5 mi.

63.0

$28,750

0.0

16635 / Duncansville / PA / 24.7 mi.

4,939

0.6

$37,005

1.4

0.3

0.1

0.4

15546 / Jenners / PA / 13.5 mi.

170

17.6

$29,231

0.5

0.0

0.2

15550 / Manns Choice / PA / 26.5 mi.

696

3.9

$33,036

1.3

0.6

0.1

0.0

0.3

15558 / Salisbury / PA / 38.1 mi.

907

2.9

$28,611

0.9

0.4

0.0

15553 / New Baltimore / PA / 23.2 mi.

37.9

$30,000

3.6

0.0

3.6

15728 / Clymer / PA / 22.7 mi.

1,559

1.6

$30,704

1.0

0.2

0.1

15544 / Gray / PA / 15.2 mi.

27.8

$41,000

0.0

15560 / Shanksville / PA / 20 mi.

20.8

$29,792

0.0

16673 / Roaring Spring / PA / 25.7 mi.

2,013

0.7

$38,865

1.2

0.3

0.1

0.0

0.4

15542 / Garrett / PA / 30.5 mi.

510

2.5

$37,109

0.9

0.1

0.3

0.1

15716 / Black Lick / PA / 16.5 mi.

115

8.7

$23,125

1.5

0.9

0.3

0.0

0.3

16830 / Clearfield / PA / 50.5 mi.

6,081

0.1

$28,950

1.7

0.4

0.6

0.1

0.3

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