Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
Abilene Reporter-News | ||||||||||
Abilene, Texas | ||||||||||
Owner: Scripps (Ohio) | ||||||||||
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 |
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2005 | 12.5 | |||||||||
2004 | 10.0 | |||||||||
2003 | 12.8 | |||||||||
2002 | 15.4 | |||||||||
2001 | 8.9 | |||||||||
2000 | 2.6 | |||||||||
1999 | 5.0 | |||||||||
1998 | 2.1 | |||||||||
1997 | 2.4 | |||||||||
1996 | Did not report | |||||||||
1995 | 5.1 | |||||||||
1994 | 5.1 | |||||||||
1993 | 5.1 | |||||||||
1992 | Did not report | |||||||||
1991 | Did not report | |||||||||
1990 | Did not report | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 2002 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for Abilene Reporter-News | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 12.5 | 26.2 | 48 | |||||||
2004 | 10.0 | 26.2 | 38 | |||||||
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, Scripps (Ohio), | ||||||||||
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 56. | ||||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Peer group comparison | ||||||||||
for Abilene Reporter-News | ||||||||||
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 48. | This paper | |||||||||
Peer group | ||||||||||
Compare that with 44, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers | ||||||||||
reporting in this circulation category of 25,001 to 50,000 daily sales. | ||||||||||
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 61 out of 140 | ||||||||||
newspapers reporting in the 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 Longview News-Journal, Texas, with a 23.1 percent non-white staff in a community that is 28.4 percent non-white. Its index is 81. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 32,627 ranks 314 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 Abilene Reporter-News | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 18.2 | 45,019 | ||||||||
Black | 5.7 | 14,087 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8 | 1,925 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.4 | 881 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 187 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.1 | 2,705 | ||||||||
Non-white | 26.2 | 64,804 | ||||||||
White | 73.8 | 182,775 | ||||||||
Total | 247,579 | |||||||||
Home county: Taylor | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 17.6 | 22,328 | ||||||||
Black | 6.5 | 8,243 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3 | 1,590 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.4 | 494 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 104 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.4 | 1,797 | ||||||||
Non-white | 27.3 | 34,556 | ||||||||
White | 72.7 | 91,999 | ||||||||
Total | 126,555 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Taylor. | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Abilene Reporter-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 |
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79605 / Abilene / TX / 8.1 mi. | 5,118 | 12,965 | 39.5 | $33,309 | 24.0 | 14.4 | 6.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 | |
79606 / Abilene / TX / 11 mi. | 4,158 | 7,381 | 56.3 | $46,652 | 15.6 | 7.4 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 2.1 | |
79601 / Abilene / TX / 0 mi. | 3,951 | 7,171 | 55.1 | $26,307 | 34.7 | 18.7 | 13.8 | 0.3 | 1.1 | |
79603 / Abilene / TX / 7.2 mi. | 3,143 | 8,681 | 36.2 | $30,175 | 47.5 | 35.5 | 9.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | |
79602 / Abilene / TX / 8.4 mi. | 2,162 | 6,859 | 31.5 | $35,362 | 25.0 | 17.1 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | |
79510 / Clyde / TX / 15.7 mi. | 1,176 | 2,903 | 40.5 | $34,073 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |
79556 / Sweetwater / TX / 36.3 mi. | 1,007 | 5,299 | 19.0 | $26,271 | 34.4 | 28.2 | 5.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
76801 / Brownwood / TX / 72.1 mi. | 917 | 9,667 | 9.5 | $29,143 | 25.6 | 18.6 | 5.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
76424 / Breckenridge / TX / 51.3 mi. | 595 | 3,401 | 17.5 | $29,622 | 19.8 | 15.5 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
76448 / Eastland / TX / 51.8 mi. | 583 | 2,203 | 26.5 | $29,604 | 12.7 | 10.6 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
79536 / Merkel / TX / 20 mi. | 524 | 1,881 | 27.9 | $31,957 | 13.6 | 11.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
79553 / Stamford / TX / 37.7 mi. | 509 | 1,554 | 32.8 | $25,574 | 34.8 | 25.2 | 7.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | |
79521 / Haskell / TX / 47.5 mi. | 497 | 1,617 | 30.7 | $23,576 | 24.1 | 19.7 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
79501 / Anson / TX / 23.3 mi. | 493 | 1,354 | 36.4 | $26,516 | 31.9 | 28.0 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
76834 / Coleman / TX / 44.3 mi. | 448 | 2,703 | 16.6 | $25,816 | 18.8 | 14.8 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |
76437 / Cisco / TX / 39.8 mi. | 422 | 2,197 | 19.2 | $26,229 | 12.2 | 8.0 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
79520 / Hamlin / TX / 37.2 mi. | 410 | 1,053 | 38.9 | $27,478 | 26.9 | 19.8 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
79512 / Colorado City / TX / 68.6 mi. | 395 | 2,370 | 16.7 | $25,509 | 45.2 | 30.1 | 13.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
79525 / Hawley / TX / 13.3 mi. | 383 | 1,059 | 36.2 | $37,143 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
76430 / Albany / TX / 25.9 mi. | 371 | 949 | 39.1 | $29,337 | 9.5 | 8.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
79567 / Winters / TX / 37.3 mi. | 344 | 1,499 | 22.9 | $28,346 | 34.5 | 31.1 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
79549 / Snyder / TX / 76.2 mi. | 337 | 5,215 | 6.5 | $31,737 | 33.7 | 28.6 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
79563 / Tye / TX / 11.2 mi. | 313 | 419 | 74.7 | $30,125 | 13.4 | 9.9 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | |
79546 / Rotan / TX / 54.6 mi. | 307 | 896 | 34.3 | $24,167 | 33.9 | 28.5 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
79504 / Baird / TX / 24.3 mi. | 286 | 1,213 | 23.6 | $30,256 | 11.6 | 9.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
79562 / Tuscola / TX / 23.6 mi. | 269 | 932 | 28.9 | $46,696 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | |
76470 / Ranger / TX / 62.8 mi. | 261 | 1,300 | 20.1 | $24,214 | 18.6 | 11.5 | 5.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
76442 / Comanche / TX / 71.9 mi. | 233 | 2,954 | 7.9 | $29,420 | 23.6 | 21.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |
76443 / Cross Plains / TX / 32 mi. | 220 | 677 | 32.5 | $22,969 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | |
79529 / Knox City / TX / 66.6 mi. | 218 | 586 | 37.2 | $25,852 | 32.9 | 22.1 | 8.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
76444 / De Leon / TX / 67.9 mi. | 205 | 1,593 | 12.9 | $25,809 | 21.8 | 20.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
79545 / Roscoe / TX / 50.1 mi. | 197 | 674 | 29.2 | $26,202 | 32.3 | 30.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
79543 / Roby / TX / 49 mi. | 186 | 489 | 38.0 | $31,058 | 21.1 | 17.9 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | |
79502 / Aspermont / TX / 57.9 mi. | 185 | 621 | 29.8 | $27,037 | 16.2 | 11.3 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
76454 / Gorman / TX / 57.8 mi. | 166 | 665 | 25.0 | $27,472 | 23.8 | 22.9 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
76401 / Stephenville / TX / 85.3 mi. | 162 | 8,935 | 1.8 | $30,602 | 14.4 | 11.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | |
79720 / Big Spring / TX / 103.9 mi. | 162 | 10,850 | 1.5 | $30,531 | 44.1 | 38.2 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | |
79607 / Dyess AFB / TX / 8.6 mi. | 150 | 1,123 | 13.4 | $33,846 | 33.3 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 0.5 | 3.0 | |
79547 / Rule / TX / 51 mi. | 149 | 351 | 42.5 | $24,531 | 20.5 | 17.9 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
76371 / Munday / TX / 68.5 mi. | 147 | 752 | 19.5 | $25,417 | 35.7 | 27.6 | 6.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
76471 / Rising Star / TX / 45.9 mi. | 147 | 719 | 20.4 | $27,150 | 7.9 | 6.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
79530 / Lawn / TX / 24.5 mi. | 133 | 200 | 66.5 | $32,841 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
79508 / Buffalo Gap / TX / 16.2 mi. | 128 | 432 | 29.6 | $43,092 | 8.9 | 5.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
76821 / Ballinger / TX / 51.2 mi. | 110 | 2,062 | 5.3 | $26,936 | 32.3 | 28.9 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
76446 / Dublin / TX / 81.3 mi. | 108 | 2,956 | 3.7 | $28,374 | 27.2 | 26.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
76844 / Goldthwaite / TX / 99.1 mi. | 103 | 1,427 | 7.2 | $30,355 | 17.7 | 15.6 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
79561 / Trent / TX / 24.7 mi. | 101 | 260 | 38.8 | $39,375 | 16.5 | 13.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | |
79533 / Lueders / TX / 19.2 mi. | 85 | 183 | 46.4 | $27,981 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | |
76483 / Throckmorton / TX / 54.5 mi. | 76 | 505 | 15.0 | $29,940 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
79544 / Rochester / TX / 57.4 mi. | 71 | 265 | 26.8 | $20,568 | 34.4 | 28.5 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
76475 / Strawn / TX / 70.5 mi. | 69 | 403 | 17.1 | $30,326 | 22.0 | 20.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
76878 / Santa Anna / TX / 62.4 mi. | 66 | 653 | 10.1 | $23,333 | 19.7 | 15.1 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
76823 / Bangs / TX / 57.6 mi. | 53 | 1,149 | 4.6 | $29,654 | 15.6 | 10.6 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
79532 / Loraine / TX / 63.2 mi. | 53 | 377 | 14.1 | $22,596 | 47.9 | 41.8 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 0.0 | |
76388 / Weinert / TX / 58.6 mi. | 44 | 103 | 42.7 | $24,000 | 18.1 | 17.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
76491 / Woodson / TX / 68.7 mi. | 39 | 191 | 20.4 | $27,083 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
76469 / Putnam / TX / 29.7 mi. | 38 | 15 | 253.3 | $11,667 | 12.1 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | |
79526 / Hermleigh / TX / 62.3 mi. | 36 | 431 | 8.4 | $29,896 | 42.4 | 23.4 | 18.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
79506 / Blackwell / TX / 45.7 mi. | 32 | 377 | 8.5 | $29,537 | 8.9 | 7.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | |
79511 / Coahoma / TX / 92.3 mi. | 31 | 546 | 5.7 | $38,854 | 20.7 | 19.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
79566 / Wingate / TX / 42.2 mi. | 29 | 149 | 19.5 | $27,222 | 20.7 | 19.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | |
76464 / Moran / TX / 30.7 mi. | 28 | 183 | 15.3 | $29,167 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
79548 / Rule / TX / 39.8 mi. | 28 | 81 | 34.6 | $22,917 | 22.3 | 18.7 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
76945 / Robert Lee / TX / 70 mi. | 22 | 804 | 2.7 | $28,750 | 18.6 | 16.8 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | |
79538 / Novice / TX / 33.8 mi. | 22 | 89 | 24.7 | $31,667 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
79503 / Avoca / TX / 28.5 mi. | 18 | 112 | 16.1 | $36,458 | 17.6 | 13.4 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
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