Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
Culpeper Star-Exponent
Culpeper, Virginia
Owner: Media General (Va.)
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 11.1
2004 0.0
2003 Did not report
2002 14.3
2001 11.1
2000 Did not report
1999 0.0
1998 Did not report
1997 Did not report
1996 0.0
1995 22.2
1994 14.3
1993 0.0
1992 0.0
1991 0.0
1990 14.3
The latest year at peak is 1995
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Newsroom Diversity Index
for Culpeper Star-Exponent
Year Non-white % of newsroom staff Non-white % of circulation area Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005 11.1 19.7 56
2004 0.0 22.9 0
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, Media General (Va.),
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 39.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for Culpeper Star-Exponent
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 56. This paper
Peer group
Compare that with 0, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers
reporting in this circulation category of 5,001 to 10,000 daily sales.
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 43 out of 211
newspapers reporting in the category of 5,001 to 10,000 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 Lake City Reporter, Florida, with a 23.5 percent non-white staff in a community that is 21.4 percent non-white. Its index is 110.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 6,629 ranks 1002 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 Culpeper Star-Exponent
Circulation area
Race/ethnicity % of population Number of residents
Hispanic 2.5 858
Black 18.1 6,188
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7 229
Native-American 0.3 96
Other non-white 0.2 59
Multi-racial 1.2 419
  Non-white 22.9 7,849
White 77.1 26,413
Total 34,262
Home county:  Culpeper
Race/ethnicity % of population Number of residents
Hispanic 2.5 858
Black 18.1 6,188
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7 229
Native-American 0.3 96
Other non-white 0.2 59
Multi-racial 1.2 419
  Non-white 22.9 7,849
White 77.1 26,413
Total 34,262
The home county of this newspaper is Culpeper.
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
Culpeper Star-Exponent
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
22701 / Winston / VA / 0 mi. 3,920 8,360 46.9 $42,458 23.6 3.0 17.8 0.3 0.9
20186 / Warrenton / VA / 16.5 mi. 285 4,300 6.6 $59,235 18.1 2.5 13.4 0.3 0.9
22737 / Rixeyville / VA / 8.1 mi. 281 858 32.8 $55,175 10.6 1.1 7.8 0.3 0.2
20106 / Amissville / VA / 12.8 mi. 223 1,310 17.0 $60,063 8.4 1.6 4.9 0.5 0.2
22727 / Twymans Mill / VA / 16.6 mi. 213 1,752 12.2 $39,571 16.6 0.3 14.9 0.2 0.4
22735 / Reva / VA / 7.4 mi. 182 788 23.1 $38,802 15.9 1.1 13.6 0.2 0.1
22724 / Jeffersonton / VA / 11.6 mi. 142 644 22.0 $66,993 21.6 2.3 17.1 0.5 0.7
22713 / Boston / VA / 7.7 mi. 134 282 47.5 $41,328 7.0 2.5 3.7 0.0 0.0
22715 / Brightwood / VA / 8.8 mi. 119 523 22.8 $38,256 5.2 0.7 4.1 0.1 0.2
22734 / Remington / VA / 11.2 mi. 119 824 14.4 $46,296 15.2 3.6 9.2 0.3 0.5
22712 / Morrisville / VA / 13.6 mi. 111 2,319 4.8 $50,850 14.3 2.2 9.8 0.2 0.6
22740 / Sperryville / VA / 15.7 mi. 106 573 18.5 $42,188 5.9 0.6 4.5 0.0 0.1
20187 / Warrenton / VA / 21.9 mi. 98 4,276 2.3 $80,589 9.4 1.7 5.4 0.2 0.8
22714 / Brandy Station / VA / 6.8 mi. 94 259 36.3 $45,583 25.0 2.1 20.8 0.0 0.1
22960 / Thornhill / VA / 15.6 mi. 93 3,618 2.6 $36,486 23.7 1.3 21.1 0.1 0.2
22733 / Rapidan / VA / 9 mi. 87 396 22.0 $50,179 48.4 1.8 44.7 0.2 1.4
22718 / Elkwood / VA / 10.7 mi. 76 238 31.9 $37,083 11.6 3.5 6.8 0.2 0.3
22726 / Lignum / VA / 11.1 mi. 60 261 23.0 $37,292 30.1 1.8 25.2 0.0 1.8
22716 / Castleton / VA / 9.9 mi. 52 367 14.2 $55,156 5.2 1.5 1.9 0.0 0.2
22508 / Mine Run / VA / 15.8 mi. 51 3,119 1.6 $52,575 8.7 1.6 5.4 0.2 0.6
22747 / Washington / VA / 17.5 mi. 38 445 8.5 $46,100 16.5 1.9 11.6 0.4 0.6
22736 / Richardsville / VA / 17.1 mi. 36 69 52.2 $56,750 10.0 1.4 3.8 3.3 1.0
22741 / Stevensburg / VA / 7.8 mi. 34 71 47.9 $33,750 20.6 4.3 16.3 0.0 0.0
22746 / Viewtown / VA / 10.5 mi. 31 133 23.3 $76,379 6.6 0.0 5.0 0.0 0.0
22709 / Aroda / VA / 15.8 mi. 24 293 8.2 $50,536 12.8 1.0 10.6 0.0 0.1
22728 / Midland / VA / 18.1 mi. 24 966 2.5 $60,750 13.3 1.6 10.5 0.2 0.3
File va_culpeper_star-exponent
Time 5/22/05 10:00 AM
Page 1001
Member 147700