Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
The Intelligencer, Wheeling | ||||||||||
Wheeling, West Virginia | ||||||||||
Owner: Ogden Newspapers (W.V.) | ||||||||||
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 | Did not report | |||||||||
2000 | Did not report | |||||||||
1999 | Did not report | |||||||||
1998 | Did not report | |||||||||
1997 | Did not report | |||||||||
1996 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1995 | Did not report | |||||||||
1994 | Did not report | |||||||||
1993 | Did not report | |||||||||
1992 | Did not report | |||||||||
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 Intelligencer, Wheeling | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 0 | |||||||
2004 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 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, Ogden Newspapers (W.V.), | ||||||||||
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 12. | ||||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Peer group comparison | ||||||||||
for The Intelligencer, Wheeling | ||||||||||
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 The Herald, Sharon, Pennsylvania, with a 8 percent non-white staff in a community that is 7.3 percent non-white. Its index is 110. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 19,882 ranks 486 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 Intelligencer, Wheeling | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 0.6 | 1,289 | ||||||||
Black | 3.4 | 7,728 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5 | 1,057 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.1 | 255 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 183 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 0.8 | 1,847 | ||||||||
Non-white | 5.4 | 12,359 | ||||||||
White | 94.6 | 218,152 | ||||||||
Total | 230,511 | |||||||||
Home county: Ohio | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 0.5 | 238 | ||||||||
Black | 3.5 | 1,679 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8 | 377 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.1 | 38 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 51 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 0.9 | 411 | ||||||||
Non-white | 5.9 | 2,794 | ||||||||
White | 94.1 | 44,633 | ||||||||
Total | 47,427 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Ohio. | ||||||||||
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 Intelligencer, Wheeling | ||||||||||
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 |
|
26003 / Wheeling / WV / 0 mi. | 4,608 | 19,306 | 23.9 | $31,141 | 5.9 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
26062 / Weirton / WV / 23.2 mi. | 1,525 | 9,732 | 15.7 | $35,815 | 5.7 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
43950 / Saint Clairsville / OH / 11.1 mi. | 1,133 | 5,255 | 21.6 | $36,541 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.0 | |
26070 / Wellsburg / WV / 14.1 mi. | 1,059 | 3,834 | 27.6 | $31,683 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
43952 / Wintersville / OH / 19.4 mi. | 1,022 | 8,672 | 11.8 | $26,325 | 19.1 | 1.1 | 15.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
26041 / Moundsville / WV / 9.7 mi. | 958 | 6,722 | 14.3 | $27,860 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
26155 / New Martinsville / WV / 27.9 mi. | 815 | 3,675 | 22.2 | $33,224 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | |
26037 / Follansbee / WV / 17.5 mi. | 592 | 2,999 | 19.7 | $33,193 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
43906 / Bellaire / OH / 4.8 mi. | 574 | 4,069 | 14.1 | $24,577 | 4.8 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
43935 / Martins Ferry / OH / 2.9 mi. | 544 | 4,080 | 13.3 | $25,207 | 6.1 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
43953 / Wintersville / OH / 19.7 mi. | 490 | 4,654 | 10.5 | $37,069 | 6.0 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 | |
43964 / Toronto / OH / 25.6 mi. | 433 | 4,201 | 10.3 | $33,653 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
43947 / Shadyside / OH / 7.4 mi. | 351 | 2,325 | 15.1 | $31,376 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
43938 / New Alexandria / OH / 16.5 mi. | 333 | 2,703 | 12.3 | $28,371 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
43912 / Bridgeport / OH / 3.7 mi. | 330 | 2,980 | 11.1 | $27,948 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
26149 / Wick / WV / 38.6 mi. | 268 | 1,049 | 25.5 | $27,005 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
43793 / Woodsfield / OH / 29.1 mi. | 265 | 2,114 | 12.5 | $30,702 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
26038 / Glen Dale / WV / 7.8 mi. | 260 | 1,444 | 18.0 | $44,556 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | |
43901 / Adena / OH / 13 mi. | 241 | 922 | 26.1 | $29,219 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 | |
43913 / Tidd Dale / OH / 12.9 mi. | 235 | 736 | 31.9 | $26,450 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
26159 / Paden City / WV / 32.2 mi. | 220 | 1,286 | 17.1 | $33,056 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
26047 / New Cumberland / WV / 27.6 mi. | 211 | 2,685 | 7.9 | $33,686 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
43713 / Somerton / OH / 24.5 mi. | 186 | 2,884 | 6.4 | $27,449 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
26175 / Sistersville / WV / 36.4 mi. | 162 | 1,502 | 10.8 | $31,384 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
43942 / Powhatan Point / OH / 14.8 mi. | 151 | 1,107 | 13.6 | $27,670 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
43907 / Short Creek / OH / 20.5 mi. | 132 | 2,333 | 5.7 | $29,602 | 8.4 | 0.4 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
26059 / Triadelphia / WV / 3.7 mi. | 128 | 1,283 | 10.0 | $35,798 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
43971 / Yorkville / OH / 6.1 mi. | 126 | 554 | 22.7 | $29,097 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
26040 / McMechen / WV / 5.8 mi. | 118 | 1,042 | 11.3 | $28,036 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
26031 / Benwood / WV / 4.2 mi. | 108 | 877 | 12.3 | $24,708 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
43915 / Clarington / OH / 23.2 mi. | 101 | 809 | 12.5 | $32,131 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
43917 / Newtown / OH / 8.6 mi. | 101 | 1,339 | 7.5 | $32,600 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
43946 / Sardis / OH / 30.6 mi. | 101 | 842 | 12.0 | $35,804 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
43948 / Smithfield / OH / 13.9 mi. | 99 | 247 | 40.1 | $24,125 | 14.0 | 0.2 | 11.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
26074 / West Liberty / WV / 7.8 mi. | 95 | 182 | 52.2 | $30,357 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | |
26035 / Colliers / WV / 20.1 mi. | 80 | 955 | 8.4 | $34,444 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
43963 / Tiltonsville / OH / 6.6 mi. | 79 | 596 | 13.3 | $29,375 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
26060 / Valley Grove / WV / 6 mi. | 76 | 683 | 11.1 | $36,107 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
43943 / Rayland / OH / 7 mi. | 69 | 1,694 | 4.1 | $30,855 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
15323 / Claysville / PA / 15.2 mi. | 67 | 1,771 | 3.8 | $38,638 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
26146 / Friendly / WV / 40.6 mi. | 66 | 409 | 16.1 | $34,722 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
43977 / Flushing / OH / 19 mi. | 64 | 999 | 6.4 | $27,908 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
26033 / Cameron / WV / 16.9 mi. | 62 | 1,354 | 4.6 | $27,951 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
43718 / Belmont / OH / 16.4 mi. | 57 | 1,291 | 4.4 | $35,948 | 24.1 | 0.6 | 22.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
26034 / Chester / WV / 35.6 mi. | 55 | 2,174 | 2.5 | $30,137 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | |
43934 / Lansing / OH / 4.8 mi. | 55 | 211 | 26.1 | $31,042 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 | |
43716 / Beallsville / OH / 22.1 mi. | 53 | 812 | 6.5 | $27,479 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
26030 / Beech Bottom / WV / 10.2 mi. | 52 | 231 | 22.5 | $33,068 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
43719 / Bethesda / OH / 19.8 mi. | 52 | 1,051 | 4.9 | $30,579 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
43974 / Harrisville / OH / 12 mi. | 48 | 57 | 84.2 | $20,938 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
43944 / Richmond / OH / 23.4 mi. | 47 | 1,064 | 4.4 | $35,495 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
43940 / Neffs / OH / 7 mi. | 44 | 144 | 30.6 | $16,667 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
26419 / Pine Grove / WV / 32.3 mi. | 39 | 446 | 8.7 | $28,625 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
26075 / Windsor Heights / WV / 7.9 mi. | 35 | 182 | 19.2 | $28,523 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
43910 / Unionport / OH / 18.5 mi. | 34 | 1,440 | 2.4 | $39,964 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
26575 / Hundred / WV / 26.4 mi. | 33 | 366 | 9.0 | $24,063 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
43939 / Mount Pleasant / OH / 8.7 mi. | 29 | 155 | 18.7 | $45,096 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
26167 / Reader / WV / 31.9 mi. | 28 | 351 | 8.0 | $30,313 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
43968 / Wellsville / OH / 35.7 mi. | 28 | 3,266 | 0.9 | $31,637 | 6.3 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
26032 / Bethany / WV / 10.8 mi. | 24 | 356 | 6.7 | $37,750 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 1.3 | |
15376 / West Alexander / PA / 10.2 mi. | 22 | 659 | 3.3 | $35,302 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
43920 / East Liverpool / OH / 37.5 mi. | 20 | 10,260 | 0.2 | $27,775 | 5.2 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
43927 / Fairpoint / OH / 12.5 mi. | 20 | 20 | 100.0 | $46,667 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
26170 / Saint Marys / WV / 50.3 mi. | 18 | 2,290 | 0.8 | $32,734 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |
45767 / New Matamoras / OH / 35.9 mi. | 18 | 1,153 | 1.6 | $27,042 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
26050 / Newell / WV / 35.3 mi. | 17 | 872 | 1.9 | $29,936 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
26320 / Wilbur / WV / 42.1 mi. | 17 | 367 | 4.6 | $25,282 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
43976 / Hopedale / OH / 22 mi. | 17 | 587 | 2.9 | $37,404 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
43933 / Stewartsville / OH / 13.2 mi. | 16 | 691 | 2.3 | $31,205 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
26055 / Proctor / WV / 22.7 mi. | 13 | 718 | 1.8 | $38,775 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
15021 / Paris / PA / 25 mi. | 12 | 3,063 | 0.4 | $39,767 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
26036 / Dallas / WV / 8.7 mi. | 9 | 166 | 5.4 | $27,450 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | |
26377 / Lima / WV / 36.8 mi. | 8 | 265 | 3.0 | $26,875 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
43925 / East Springfield / OH / 26 mi. | 8 | 35 | 22.9 | $22,625 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
26039 / Glen Easton / WV / 15.3 mi. | 2 | 357 | 0.6 | $37,132 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
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