Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
The Caledonian-Record, St. Johnsbury | ||||||||||
St. Johnsbury, Vermont | ||||||||||
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 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2004 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2003 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2002 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2001 | 0.0 | |||||||||
2000 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1999 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1998 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1997 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1996 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1995 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1994 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1993 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1992 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1991 | Did not report | |||||||||
1990 | Did not report | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 2005 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for The Caledonian-Record, St. Johnsbury | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0 | |||||||
2004 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 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.) | ||||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Peer group comparison | ||||||||||
for The Caledonian-Record, St. Johnsbury | ||||||||||
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 0. | This paper | |||||||||
Peer group | ||||||||||
Compare that with 33, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers | ||||||||||
reporting in this circulation category of 10,001 to 25,000 daily sales. | ||||||||||
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 159 out of 259 | ||||||||||
newspapers reporting in the category of 10,001 to 25,000 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 Clinton Herald, Iowa, with a 10 percent non-white staff in a community that is 4.4 percent non-white. Its index is 226. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 10,094 ranks 793 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 The Caledonian-Record, St. Johnsbury | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 0.7 | 444 | ||||||||
Black | 0.2 | 152 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4 | 257 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.5 | 330 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 38 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.1 | 731 | ||||||||
Non-white | 3.0 | 1,952 | ||||||||
White | 97.0 | 63,275 | ||||||||
Total | 65,227 | |||||||||
Home county: Caledonia | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 0.7 | 201 | ||||||||
Black | 0.3 | 82 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4 | 112 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.5 | 160 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 32 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.0 | 303 | ||||||||
Non-white | 3.0 | 890 | ||||||||
White | 97.0 | 28,812 | ||||||||
Total | 29,702 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Caledonia. | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
The Caledonian-Record, St. Johnsbury | ||||||||||
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 |
|
05819 / West Waterford / VT / 0 mi. | 2,368 | 3,824 | 61.9 | $32,357 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | |
05851 / Wheelock / VT / 6.9 mi. | 1,507 | 2,361 | 63.8 | $32,924 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | |
03561 / Littleton / NH / 14.6 mi. | 855 | 2,526 | 33.8 | $35,887 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | |
03584 / Lancaster / NH / 22 mi. | 325 | 1,375 | 23.6 | $40,483 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
05828 / Danville Center / VT / 3.5 mi. | 318 | 795 | 40.0 | $42,204 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
05855 / West Derby / VT / 33.7 mi. | 280 | 3,171 | 8.8 | $30,000 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | |
03598 / Whitefield / NH / 19.8 mi. | 247 | 1,203 | 20.5 | $34,955 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |
03785 / Woodsville / NH / 18.2 mi. | 210 | 1,400 | 15.0 | $36,686 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
03582 / Stark / NH / 26.5 mi. | 196 | 1,134 | 17.3 | $32,153 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
05871 / West Burke / VT / 17.7 mi. | 172 | 600 | 28.7 | $33,487 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |
05821 / West Barnet / VT / 7.4 mi. | 168 | 566 | 29.7 | $36,382 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
05824 / Ralston Corner / VT / 8.8 mi. | 152 | 291 | 52.2 | $37,679 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
05822 / Westmore / VT / 21.6 mi. | 150 | 700 | 21.4 | $31,908 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
05846 / Island Pond / VT / 23.6 mi. | 141 | 542 | 26.0 | $26,534 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | |
05832 / East Burke / VT / 12.3 mi. | 133 | 359 | 37.0 | $43,000 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
05843 / South Walden / VT / 15.4 mi. | 125 | 1,041 | 12.0 | $33,468 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 | |
05873 / West Danville / VT / 8.7 mi. | 124 | 221 | 56.1 | $41,250 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
03771 / Monroe / NH / 10.5 mi. | 109 | 302 | 36.1 | $42,813 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
03585 / Sugar Hill / NH / 15.6 mi. | 107 | 1,240 | 8.6 | $41,167 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
05081 / Wells River / VT / 18.3 mi. | 106 | 374 | 28.3 | $35,000 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
05906 / South Lunenburg / VT / 15.3 mi. | 106 | 422 | 25.1 | $29,922 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
05860 / Westmore / VT / 25.3 mi. | 81 | 977 | 8.3 | $28,125 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | |
05904 / Gilman / VT / 14.9 mi. | 77 | 169 | 45.6 | $27,813 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | |
05033 / South Corinth / VT / 27.9 mi. | 73 | 1,091 | 6.7 | $37,500 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |
03590 / Stratford / NH / 32.1 mi. | 67 | 523 | 12.8 | $28,542 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | |
05829 / Derby / VT / 32.8 mi. | 66 | 726 | 9.1 | $30,847 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |
05046 / Groton / VT / 16.5 mi. | 64 | 467 | 13.7 | $34,615 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.0 | |
03580 / Franconia / NH / 18.7 mi. | 62 | 520 | 11.9 | $41,215 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | |
03774 / North Haverhill / NH / 22.4 mi. | 60 | 483 | 12.4 | $39,773 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
05867 / Sutton / VT / 14.9 mi. | 60 | 323 | 18.6 | $36,375 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
03574 / Bethlehem / NH / 19.7 mi. | 59 | 900 | 6.6 | $35,625 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |
05069 / Swamp Rd / VT / 13.6 mi. | 56 | 259 | 21.6 | $41,607 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | |
03576 / Stewartstown / NH / 38.7 mi. | 55 | 1,592 | 3.5 | $32,236 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
05042 / Ryegate Corner / VT / 8.6 mi. | 50 | 241 | 20.7 | $34,833 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | |
05839 / Glover / VT / 18.5 mi. | 45 | 283 | 15.9 | $34,432 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | |
05841 / Greensboro / VT / 15.2 mi. | 43 | 156 | 27.6 | $37,708 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | |
05845 / Irasburg / VT / 26.9 mi. | 42 | 420 | 10.0 | $35,000 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | |
05905 / Maidstone / VT / 27 mi. | 40 | 292 | 13.7 | $30,313 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | |
05857 / Newport Center / VT / 37.2 mi. | 32 | 567 | 5.6 | $34,677 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | |
05830 / Holland / VT / 36.8 mi. | 31 | 607 | 5.1 | $31,696 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | |
05837 / East Haven / VT / 17.3 mi. | 26 | 119 | 21.8 | $34,375 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
03583 / Jefferson / NH / 28 mi. | 25 | 406 | 6.2 | $40,776 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
05647 / East Cabot / VT / 12 mi. | 24 | 344 | 7.0 | $44,135 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
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