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
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
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
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
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