Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
Amarillo Globe-News | ||||||||||
Amarillo, Texas | ||||||||||
Owner: Morris Communications (Ga.) | ||||||||||
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 | 7.4 | |||||||||
2004 | 4.0 | |||||||||
2003 | 5.1 | |||||||||
2002 | 3.5 | |||||||||
2001 | 6.1 | |||||||||
2000 | 7.6 | |||||||||
1999 | 7.2 | |||||||||
1998 | 5.1 | |||||||||
1997 | 6.1 | |||||||||
1996 | 3.0 | |||||||||
1995 | 5.3 | |||||||||
1994 | 3.1 | |||||||||
1993 | 5.8 | |||||||||
1992 | 7.7 | |||||||||
1991 | 8.5 | |||||||||
1990 | Did not report | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 1991 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for Amarillo Globe-News | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 7.4 | 30.5 | 24 | |||||||
2004 | 4.0 | 30.5 | 13 | |||||||
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, Morris Communications (Ga.), | ||||||||||
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 21. | ||||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Peer group comparison | ||||||||||
for Amarillo Globe-News | ||||||||||
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 24. | 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 111 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 49,190 ranks 212 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 Amarillo Globe-News | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 23.2 | 92,638 | ||||||||
Black | 4.5 | 17,986 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1 | 4,460 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.6 | 2,308 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 217 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.1 | 4,237 | ||||||||
Non-white | 30.5 | 121,846 | ||||||||
White | 69.5 | 277,351 | ||||||||
Total | 399,197 | |||||||||
Home county: Potter | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 28.1 | 31,921 | ||||||||
Black | 9.7 | 11,047 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.5 | 2,795 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.6 | 682 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 86 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.4 | 1,545 | ||||||||
Non-white | 42.3 | 48,076 | ||||||||
White | 57.7 | 65,470 | ||||||||
Total | 113,546 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Potter. | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Amarillo Globe-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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79109 / Amarillo / TX / 3.9 mi. | 9,247 | 20,168 | 45.8 | $41,290 | 13.7 | 9.3 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.9 | |
79106 / Amarillo / TX / 3.7 mi. | 4,199 | 11,738 | 35.8 | $30,529 | 22.8 | 15.3 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | |
79107 / Amarillo / TX / 2 mi. | 3,363 | 10,513 | 32.0 | $24,644 | 68.0 | 36.8 | 23.0 | 0.5 | 6.1 | |
79110 / Amarillo / TX / 4 mi. | 2,482 | 6,791 | 36.5 | $39,408 | 18.5 | 14.2 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | |
79015 / Canyon / TX / 15.1 mi. | 1,899 | 6,121 | 31.0 | $35,676 | 14.3 | 9.9 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1.6 | |
79101 / Amarillo / TX / 0.4 mi. | 1,776 | 1,244 | 142.8 | $20,813 | 34.4 | 23.9 | 7.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | |
79121 / Amarillo / TX / 5.4 mi. | 1,682 | 2,487 | 67.6 | $69,485 | 11.1 | 5.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 3.0 | |
79103 / Amarillo / TX / 1.9 mi. | 1,521 | 3,450 | 44.1 | $33,978 | 45.7 | 42.4 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
79102 / Amarillo / TX / 0.6 mi. | 1,453 | 4,035 | 36.0 | $29,171 | 37.1 | 31.2 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | |
79007 / Phillips / TX / 37.3 mi. | 1,396 | 6,101 | 22.9 | $36,012 | 25.6 | 19.3 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | |
79108 / Amarillo / TX / 4.9 mi. | 1,311 | 4,160 | 31.5 | $36,545 | 16.0 | 11.4 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
79118 / Amarillo / TX / 8.8 mi. | 1,287 | 4,466 | 28.8 | $42,979 | 13.5 | 10.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | |
79029 / Dumas / TX / 43.2 mi. | 1,268 | 5,226 | 24.3 | $35,872 | 44.2 | 41.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.1 | |
79065 / Pampa / TX / 50.6 mi. | 1,242 | 8,000 | 15.5 | $31,614 | 23.2 | 13.9 | 6.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | |
79124 / Amarillo / TX / 4.9 mi. | 1,144 | 1,929 | 59.3 | $64,507 | 9.8 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | |
79119 / Amarillo / TX / 10 mi. | 1,065 | 1,444 | 73.8 | $59,508 | 10.7 | 6.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.5 | |
79045 / Hereford / TX / 38.8 mi. | 941 | 6,073 | 15.5 | $29,570 | 61.5 | 59.2 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
79104 / Amarillo / TX / 2.3 mi. | 735 | 2,422 | 30.3 | $27,822 | 66.3 | 62.0 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.9 | |
79022 / Dalhart / TX / 66 mi. | 656 | 3,252 | 20.2 | $33,091 | 29.8 | 22.9 | 5.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |
79070 / Perryton / TX / 93.4 mi. | 655 | 3,106 | 21.1 | $38,014 | 34.1 | 32.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | |
79068 / Panhandle / TX / 25.5 mi. | 469 | 1,222 | 38.4 | $41,469 | 11.2 | 8.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | |
79081 / Spearman / TX / 72 mi. | 466 | 1,333 | 35.0 | $36,046 | 32.3 | 30.7 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |
79088 / Vigo Park / TX / 42.7 mi. | 444 | 2,117 | 21.0 | $29,558 | 43.6 | 35.4 | 7.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
79014 / Glazier / TX / 88.6 mi. | 414 | 1,241 | 33.4 | $35,403 | 19.3 | 15.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | |
79226 / Clarendon / TX / 52.6 mi. | 399 | 1,314 | 30.4 | $29,338 | 12.0 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | |
79079 / Twitty / TX / 83.7 mi. | 349 | 1,182 | 29.5 | $30,216 | 18.7 | 12.0 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | |
79201 / Northfield / TX / 99.4 mi. | 346 | 2,488 | 13.9 | $27,483 | 35.7 | 20.2 | 14.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
79095 / Wellington / TX / 88.4 mi. | 336 | 1,124 | 29.9 | $25,399 | 30.7 | 22.0 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | |
79036 / Fritch / TX / 30.6 mi. | 330 | 2,144 | 15.4 | $41,315 | 8.3 | 5.0 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.2 | |
79245 / Memphis / TX / 74.9 mi. | 299 | 1,085 | 27.6 | $22,963 | 36.1 | 25.3 | 9.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
79035 / Friona / TX / 59.5 mi. | 295 | 1,720 | 17.2 | $32,500 | 53.1 | 50.9 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
79084 / Stratford / TX / 74.2 mi. | 271 | 859 | 31.5 | $32,333 | 30.4 | 28.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
79027 / Dimmitt / TX / 49.4 mi. | 269 | 1,806 | 14.9 | $29,973 | 55.6 | 52.6 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
79019 / Claude / TX / 23.3 mi. | 266 | 714 | 37.3 | $38,009 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
79083 / Stinnett / TX / 45 mi. | 260 | 1,036 | 25.1 | $33,688 | 11.4 | 7.9 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.2 | |
88101 / Clovis / NM / 89.2 mi. | 235 | 15,601 | 1.5 | $28,934 | 42.3 | 30.9 | 6.9 | 0.6 | 2.0 | |
88401 / Tucumcari / NM / 99.5 mi. | 224 | 3,213 | 7.0 | $24,094 | 48.0 | 44.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | |
88415 / Thomas / NM / 107 mi. | 201 | 1,256 | 16.0 | $27,450 | 43.8 | 41.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
79086 / Sunray / TX / 52.6 mi. | 195 | 745 | 26.2 | $34,000 | 36.3 | 34.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | |
79096 / Wheeler / TX / 83.5 mi. | 192 | 738 | 26.0 | $32,944 | 18.7 | 16.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
73942 / Guymon / OK / 97.4 mi. | 190 | 4,256 | 4.5 | $37,303 | 40.3 | 36.9 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | |
79072 / Plainview / TX / 65.4 mi. | 189 | 9,205 | 2.1 | $31,463 | 56.0 | 48.1 | 6.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
79111 / Amarillo / TX / 7.5 mi. | 188 | 526 | 35.7 | $42,308 | 24.2 | 15.2 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | |
79040 / Gruver / TX / 71.9 mi. | 172 | 694 | 24.8 | $33,158 | 33.5 | 32.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
79097 / White Deer / TX / 37.5 mi. | 168 | 499 | 33.7 | $39,554 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
73933 / Boise City / OK / 104.5 mi. | 156 | 790 | 19.7 | $30,988 | 21.9 | 18.2 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | |
79092 / Vega / TX / 31.4 mi. | 156 | 460 | 33.9 | $30,724 | 12.5 | 10.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |
79078 / Sanford / TX / 35.8 mi. | 150 | 169 | 88.8 | $29,943 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | |
79042 / Happy / TX / 29.6 mi. | 147 | 489 | 30.1 | $32,569 | 13.0 | 10.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
79005 / Booker / TX / 105.7 mi. | 142 | 533 | 26.6 | $33,214 | 37.8 | 36.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
79057 / McLean / TX / 64.9 mi. | 131 | 500 | 26.2 | $26,650 | 6.3 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
73949 / Texhoma / OK / 84.3 mi. | 122 | 683 | 17.9 | $33,150 | 25.6 | 23.6 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | |
79039 / Groom / TX / 37.8 mi. | 121 | 340 | 35.6 | $35,662 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
79012 / Bushland / TX / 12.9 mi. | 117 | 159 | 73.6 | $49,438 | 7.3 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 | |
79257 / Silverton / TX / 54.7 mi. | 106 | 476 | 22.3 | $30,250 | 24.0 | 21.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
79010 / Valle de Oro / TX / 35.3 mi. | 105 | 201 | 52.2 | $36,250 | 13.7 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 0.1 | |
79063 / Nazareth / TX / 44.5 mi. | 93 | 272 | 34.2 | $44,779 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
88426 / Logan / NM / 76.9 mi. | 89 | 540 | 16.5 | $25,450 | 21.9 | 20.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
79059 / Miami / TX / 70.2 mi. | 81 | 301 | 26.9 | $38,125 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
67901 / Liberal / KS / 127.7 mi. | 76 | 7,116 | 1.1 | $36,640 | 51.4 | 42.8 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 3.0 | |
79261 / Turkey / TX / 72 mi. | 75 | 253 | 29.6 | $20,536 | 30.6 | 26.0 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
79237 / Hedley / TX / 64.7 mi. | 72 | 246 | 29.3 | $31,111 | 11.7 | 9.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | |
79034 / Follett / TX / 118.8 mi. | 69 | 244 | 28.3 | $31,118 | 9.7 | 6.8 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | |
67950 / Elkhart / KS / 116 mi. | 68 | 986 | 6.9 | $37,331 | 16.7 | 13.7 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | |
79009 / Bovina / TX / 71.1 mi. | 66 | 660 | 10.0 | $26,875 | 69.6 | 67.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
79347 / Muleshoe / TX / 78.9 mi. | 64 | 2,332 | 2.7 | $28,093 | 48.6 | 46.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
88130 / Portales / NM / 103.4 mi. | 61 | 6,155 | 1.0 | $26,584 | 38.8 | 34.5 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | |
79044 / Hartley / TX / 52.9 mi. | 60 | 199 | 30.2 | $42,143 | 11.2 | 8.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | |
79087 / Texline / TX / 97.9 mi. | 60 | 272 | 22.1 | $33,618 | 23.6 | 22.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
79056 / Lipscomb / TX / 104.1 mi. | 57 | 25 | 228.0 | $24,375 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 0.0 | |
79255 / Quitaque / TX / 68 mi. | 55 | 240 | 22.9 | $26,875 | 31.5 | 25.0 | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
79046 / Higgins / TX / 111.6 mi. | 53 | 258 | 20.5 | $28,929 | 8.1 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 0.0 | |
79018 / Masterson / TX / 40.6 mi. | 47 | 187 | 25.1 | $39,688 | 9.9 | 8.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
79001 / Adrian / TX / 55 mi. | 46 | 120 | 38.3 | $35,417 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
79054 / Lefors / TX / 56.1 mi. | 46 | 278 | 16.5 | $29,028 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
79098 / Wildorado / TX / 21.7 mi. | 46 | 172 | 26.7 | $38,750 | 9.3 | 7.8 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 | |
79325 / Farwell / TX / 328.4 mi. | 45 | 809 | 5.6 | $31,065 | 33.3 | 31.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |
79031 / Earth / TX / 70.8 mi. | 40 | 467 | 8.6 | $26,522 | 50.2 | 47.1 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
73945 / Optima / OK / 111.5 mi. | 36 | 1,013 | 3.6 | $36,080 | 19.2 | 16.8 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | |
73947 / Keyes / OK / 105.7 mi. | 35 | 275 | 12.7 | $26,827 | 8.2 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
79252 / Quanah / TX / 125.2 mi. | 34 | 1,519 | 2.2 | $28,082 | 21.8 | 15.3 | 4.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |
73939 / Goodwell / OK / 89.7 mi. | 31 | 580 | 5.3 | $34,063 | 17.5 | 11.3 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | |
79011 / Briscoe / TX / 91.5 mi. | 31 | 115 | 27.0 | $33,750 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
79043 / Hart / TX / 54.4 mi. | 30 | 551 | 5.4 | $27,063 | 68.8 | 64.8 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | |
79013 / Cactus / TX / 55.3 mi. | 28 | 723 | 3.9 | $25,944 | 94.8 | 94.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
88434 / San Jon / NM / 75.5 mi. | 28 | 188 | 14.9 | $25,500 | 28.2 | 24.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | |
79062 / Morse / TX / 58.5 mi. | 26 | 98 | 26.5 | $36,875 | 21.0 | 19.8 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
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