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
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
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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