Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg | ||||||||||
Harrisonburg, Virginia | ||||||||||
Owner: Byrd (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 |
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2005 | 3.4 | |||||||||
2004 | 3.7 | |||||||||
2003 | 3.2 | |||||||||
2002 | Did not report | |||||||||
2001 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2000 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1999 | Did not report | |||||||||
1998 | Did not report | |||||||||
1997 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1996 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1995 | 4.3 | |||||||||
1994 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1993 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1992 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1991 | Did not report | |||||||||
1990 | Did not report | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 1995 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 3.4 | 8.7 | 39 | |||||||
2004 | 3.7 | 8.7 | 42 | |||||||
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, Byrd (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 Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg | ||||||||||
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 39. | 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 82 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 Herald & Review, Decatur, Illinois, with a 11.1 percent non-white staff in a community that is 11 percent non-white. Its index is 101. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 31,726 ranks 319 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 Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 4.2 | 6,768 | ||||||||
Black | 2.4 | 3,977 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0 | 1,577 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.1 | 218 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 115 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.0 | 1,562 | ||||||||
Non-white | 8.7 | 14,217 | ||||||||
White | 91.3 | 148,728 | ||||||||
Total | 162,945 | |||||||||
Home county: Rockingham | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 3.3 | 2,221 | ||||||||
Black | 1.3 | 868 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3 | 194 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.1 | 77 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 41 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 0.6 | 386 | ||||||||
Non-white | 5.6 | 3,787 | ||||||||
White | 94.4 | 63,938 | ||||||||
Total | 67,725 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Rockingham. | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg | ||||||||||
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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22801 / Harrisonburg / VA / 0.5 mi. | 7,252 | 10,075 | 72.0 | $34,290 | 17.7 | 8.9 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 2.8 | |
22802 / Harrisonburg / VA / 5.1 mi. | 3,999 | 8,486 | 47.1 | $34,388 | 16.6 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 0.2 | 1.6 | |
22812 / Bridgewater / VA / 6.8 mi. | 2,230 | 2,917 | 76.4 | $42,610 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
22827 / Elkton / VA / 13 mi. | 1,863 | 4,358 | 42.7 | $34,893 | 5.1 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
22815 / Broadway / VA / 10.7 mi. | 1,797 | 2,640 | 68.1 | $39,738 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
22835 / Shenandoah National Park / VA / 25 mi. | 1,402 | 4,671 | 30.0 | $35,299 | 6.1 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
22821 / Montezuma / VA / 4.8 mi. | 1,266 | 1,989 | 63.7 | $36,180 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
22853 / Timberville / VA / 12.4 mi. | 908 | 1,571 | 57.8 | $36,667 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
22840 / McGaheysville / VA / 8.1 mi. | 898 | 1,345 | 66.8 | $51,205 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
24441 / Harriston / VA / 12 mi. | 892 | 2,109 | 42.3 | $38,971 | 5.4 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
22844 / New Market / VA / 16 mi. | 827 | 1,642 | 50.4 | $37,697 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
22849 / Shenandoah / VA / 12.9 mi. | 757 | 1,848 | 41.0 | $32,442 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
22841 / Mount Crawford / VA / 7.7 mi. | 547 | 989 | 55.3 | $48,493 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
24486 / Weyers Cave / VA / 12.1 mi. | 526 | 814 | 64.6 | $45,066 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
26807 / Franklin / WV / 28.1 mi. | 499 | 1,273 | 39.2 | $31,362 | 5.3 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
22851 / Stanley / VA / 19.8 mi. | 495 | 2,186 | 22.6 | $29,846 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
22842 / South Jackson / VA / 22.7 mi. | 353 | 1,850 | 19.1 | $38,862 | 8.2 | 6.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
22843 / Mount Solon / VA / 15.9 mi. | 338 | 968 | 34.9 | $42,537 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
24401 / Staunton Park / VA / 21.9 mi. | 317 | 13,735 | 2.3 | $36,486 | 13.8 | 1.1 | 10.7 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
22846 / Penn Laird / VA / 6 mi. | 298 | 329 | 90.6 | $42,647 | 7.9 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
24471 / Port Republic / VA / 8.9 mi. | 256 | 522 | 49.0 | $49,625 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
22830 / Fulks Run / VA / 13.1 mi. | 233 | 556 | 41.9 | $31,380 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
22834 / Linville / VA / 7.1 mi. | 233 | 516 | 45.2 | $46,507 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
22831 / Rawley Springs / VA / 7.2 mi. | 220 | 244 | 90.2 | $36,250 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
26812 / Mathias / WV / 27.6 mi. | 218 | 676 | 32.2 | $36,094 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
22664 / Woodstock / VA / 32.9 mi. | 199 | 2,994 | 6.6 | $36,370 | 7.3 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
22980 / Waynesboro / VA / 24.5 mi. | 184 | 12,508 | 1.5 | $37,519 | 11.8 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
24467 / Mount Sidney / VA / 13.2 mi. | 166 | 739 | 22.5 | $48,203 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
22832 / Keezletown / VA / 5.4 mi. | 160 | 261 | 61.3 | $40,625 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
24482 / Verona / VA / 17.5 mi. | 158 | 1,775 | 8.9 | $36,651 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
22847 / Shenandoah Caverns / VA / 19.4 mi. | 146 | 382 | 38.2 | $34,219 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
26802 / Fort Seybert / WV / 20.7 mi. | 131 | 585 | 22.4 | $30,867 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
22850 / Singers Glen / VA / 7 mi. | 127 | 328 | 38.7 | $35,556 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | |
22824 / Edinburg / VA / 27.8 mi. | 126 | 2,177 | 5.8 | $39,473 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
22811 / Bergton / VA / 22.8 mi. | 109 | 201 | 54.2 | $29,313 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
26836 / Rig / WV / 39.3 mi. | 105 | 2,515 | 4.2 | $29,626 | 5.1 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
26801 / Baker / WV / 40 mi. | 85 | 507 | 16.8 | $30,625 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
26866 / Upper Tract / WV / 29.6 mi. | 84 | 378 | 22.2 | $29,896 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
26815 / Sugar Grove / WV / 20.5 mi. | 83 | 284 | 29.2 | $34,276 | 6.9 | 0.6 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
26847 / Petersburg / WV / 37.4 mi. | 82 | 2,420 | 3.4 | $28,510 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
24431 / Crimora / VA / 18.6 mi. | 71 | 1,014 | 7.0 | $37,100 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
24465 / Monterey / VA / 39.1 mi. | 69 | 688 | 10.0 | $30,595 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
24477 / Stuarts Draft / VA / 29 mi. | 69 | 3,254 | 2.1 | $47,482 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
24421 / Churchville / VA / 22.5 mi. | 63 | 1,464 | 4.3 | $46,440 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
22650 / Rileyville / VA / 32.1 mi. | 46 | 407 | 11.3 | $39,688 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
24437 / Fort Defiance / VA / 15.6 mi. | 44 | 296 | 14.9 | $53,542 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.9 | |
26814 / Riverton / WV / 35.3 mi. | 42 | 228 | 18.4 | $28,875 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
26804 / Circleville / WV / 36 mi. | 38 | 291 | 13.1 | $24,567 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
22820 / Criders / VA / 18.9 mi. | 37 | 120 | 30.8 | $36,810 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
24413 / Blue Grass / VA / 37.2 mi. | 26 | 87 | 29.9 | $34,583 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
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