Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
Courier-Post, Cherry Hill | ||||||||||
Cherry Hill, New Jersey | ||||||||||
Owner: Gannett Co. (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 | 16.8 | |||||||||
2004 | 17.6 | |||||||||
2003 | 15.7 | |||||||||
2002 | 10.9 | |||||||||
2001 | 10.5 | |||||||||
2000 | 12.9 | |||||||||
1999 | 14.3 | |||||||||
1998 | Did not report | |||||||||
1997 | 9.6 | |||||||||
1996 | 8.7 | |||||||||
1995 | 10.2 | |||||||||
1994 | 10.7 | |||||||||
1993 | 17.9 | |||||||||
1992 | 10.5 | |||||||||
1991 | Did not report | |||||||||
1990 | Did not report | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 1993 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for Courier-Post, Cherry Hill | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 16.8 | 23.3 | 72 | |||||||
2004 | 17.6 | 23.3 | 76 | |||||||
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, Gannett Co. (Va.), | ||||||||||
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 89. | ||||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Peer group comparison | ||||||||||
for Courier-Post, Cherry Hill | ||||||||||
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 72. | This paper | |||||||||
Peer group | ||||||||||
Compare that with 50, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers | ||||||||||
reporting in this circulation category of 50,001 to 100,000 daily sales. | ||||||||||
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 25 out of 90 | ||||||||||
newspapers reporting in the category of 50,001 to 100,000 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 Florida Today, Melbourne, Florida, with a 19.1 percent non-white staff in a community that is 16.3 percent non-white. Its index is 117. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 75,408 ranks 132 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 Courier-Post, Cherry Hill | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 6.3 | 58,885 | ||||||||
Black | 12.5 | 116,105 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.1 | 28,449 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 1,480 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 960 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.2 | 10,783 | ||||||||
Non-white | 23.3 | 216,662 | ||||||||
White | 76.7 | 713,379 | ||||||||
Total | 930,041 | |||||||||
Home county: Camden | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 9.7 | 49,166 | ||||||||
Black | 17.3 | 88,017 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.7 | 18,833 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 875 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 573 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.3 | 6,470 | ||||||||
Non-white | 32.2 | 163,934 | ||||||||
White | 67.8 | 344,998 | ||||||||
Total | 508,932 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Camden. | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Courier-Post, Cherry Hill | ||||||||||
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 |
|
08021 / Clementon / NJ / 8.8 mi. | 3,698 | 18,410 | 20.1 | $41,160 | 28.6 | 4.9 | 19.0 | 0.3 | 2.5 | |
08012 / Blackwood / NJ / 10.7 mi. | 3,381 | 14,510 | 23.3 | $53,479 | 15.0 | 2.9 | 8.2 | 0.1 | 2.6 | |
08053 / Marlton / NJ / 7.7 mi. | 3,366 | 15,032 | 22.4 | $66,642 | 10.3 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 4.2 | |
08054 / Mount Laurel / NJ / 6.4 mi. | 3,008 | 16,570 | 18.2 | $63,750 | 14.3 | 2.2 | 6.8 | 0.1 | 3.8 | |
08002 / Cherry Hill / NJ / 0 mi. | 2,837 | 8,190 | 34.6 | $52,121 | 18.2 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 7.9 | |
08108 / Collingswood / NJ / 2.3 mi. | 2,626 | 7,850 | 33.5 | $49,530 | 8.5 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 1.7 | |
08081 / Sicklerville / NJ / 13.9 mi. | 2,506 | 14,066 | 17.8 | $61,366 | 33.3 | 3.5 | 25.9 | 0.2 | 2.1 | |
08109 / Merchantville / NJ / 1.9 mi. | 2,486 | 8,436 | 29.5 | $49,289 | 25.8 | 7.5 | 13.5 | 0.1 | 3.3 | |
08003 / Cherry Hill / NJ / 4.3 mi. | 2,268 | 10,733 | 21.1 | $87,248 | 17.9 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 11.2 | |
08096 / Woodbury / NJ / 9.1 mi. | 2,253 | 12,443 | 18.1 | $49,702 | 16.2 | 2.6 | 10.8 | 0.2 | 1.3 | |
08094 / Williamstown / NJ / 20 mi. | 2,232 | 11,808 | 18.9 | $50,206 | 16.8 | 3.4 | 10.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | |
08080 / Sewell / NJ / 12.9 mi. | 2,217 | 11,751 | 18.9 | $70,418 | 10.9 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 0.1 | 3.4 | |
08043 / Voorhees / NJ / 7.1 mi. | 2,147 | 10,489 | 20.5 | $68,402 | 23.4 | 2.5 | 7.9 | 0.1 | 11.4 | |
08103 / Camden / NJ / 4.5 mi. | 1,958 | 4,585 | 42.7 | $23,139 | 95.8 | 26.4 | 67.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
08034 / Cherry Hill / NJ / 2.2 mi. | 1,909 | 7,283 | 26.2 | $66,284 | 13.8 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 6.1 | |
08031 / Bellmawr / NJ / 5.7 mi. | 1,803 | 4,639 | 38.9 | $43,987 | 10.1 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 3.0 | |
08030 / Gloucester City / NJ / 5.7 mi. | 1,755 | 4,981 | 35.2 | $38,243 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.7 | |
08052 / Maple Shade / NJ / 2.1 mi. | 1,739 | 8,462 | 20.6 | $45,426 | 19.0 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 0.1 | 6.1 | |
08055 / Medford / NJ / 11.7 mi. | 1,739 | 9,685 | 18.0 | $81,863 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.3 | |
08009 / Berlin / NJ / 12.8 mi. | 1,737 | 4,282 | 40.6 | $55,369 | 13.8 | 3.2 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 | |
08107 / Oaklyn / NJ / 3.5 mi. | 1,466 | 5,596 | 26.2 | $41,019 | 23.1 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 0.2 | 4.9 | |
08104 / Camden / NJ / 4.7 mi. | 1,439 | 8,204 | 17.5 | $23,878 | 89.1 | 23.0 | 62.9 | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
08102 / Camden / NJ / 5.2 mi. | 1,418 | 2,557 | 55.5 | $16,573 | 92.4 | 53.5 | 36.6 | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
08106 / Audubon / NJ / 3.8 mi. | 1,391 | 4,169 | 33.4 | $47,220 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
08033 / Haddonfield / NJ / 2.7 mi. | 1,307 | 6,687 | 19.5 | $72,340 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.5 | |
08083 / Somerdale / NJ / 6.2 mi. | 1,294 | 3,749 | 34.5 | $51,613 | 20.3 | 3.1 | 13.0 | 0.1 | 2.7 | |
08110 / Pennsauken / NJ / 3.3 mi. | 1,205 | 5,131 | 23.5 | $44,443 | 61.9 | 22.8 | 29.4 | 0.4 | 7.0 | |
08105 / Camden / NJ / 3.6 mi. | 1,173 | 9,207 | 12.7 | $27,485 | 94.3 | 51.9 | 36.0 | 0.3 | 4.4 | |
08088 / Vincentown / NJ / 22.9 mi. | 1,165 | 9,209 | 12.7 | $60,773 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
08004 / Atco / NJ / 14.1 mi. | 1,164 | 4,932 | 23.6 | $57,261 | 14.1 | 2.3 | 9.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
08078 / Runnemede / NJ / 6.1 mi. | 1,110 | 3,317 | 33.5 | $40,811 | 10.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 1.6 | |
08057 / Moorestown / NJ / 5.5 mi. | 1,044 | 7,077 | 14.8 | $78,441 | 11.8 | 1.7 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 3.2 | |
08035 / Haddon Heights / NJ / 4.2 mi. | 940 | 3,039 | 30.9 | $58,424 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | |
08077 / Riverton / NJ / 5 mi. | 891 | 6,123 | 14.6 | $66,844 | 8.8 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 1.7 | |
08084 / Stratford / NJ / 7.1 mi. | 850 | 2,736 | 31.1 | $50,977 | 13.9 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 2.4 | |
08059 / Mount Ephraim / NJ / 5 mi. | 819 | 2,181 | 37.6 | $44,973 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
08028 / Glassboro / NJ / 16.8 mi. | 776 | 6,602 | 11.8 | $44,805 | 28.4 | 3.9 | 20.1 | 0.2 | 2.4 | |
08060 / Mount Holly / NJ / 12.4 mi. | 733 | 13,301 | 5.5 | $58,022 | 27.7 | 6.1 | 16.0 | 0.2 | 3.0 | |
08075 / Riverside / NJ / 7.3 mi. | 714 | 9,912 | 7.2 | $52,873 | 15.2 | 3.4 | 6.9 | 0.1 | 1.9 | |
08049 / Magnolia / NJ / 5.4 mi. | 664 | 2,076 | 32.0 | $46,250 | 23.2 | 4.1 | 16.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | |
08037 / Hammonton / NJ / 24.7 mi. | 636 | 7,683 | 8.3 | $47,500 | 19.9 | 13.7 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | |
08029 / Glendora / NJ / 6.7 mi. | 628 | 1,959 | 32.1 | $42,233 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
08007 / Barrington / NJ / 4.9 mi. | 622 | 2,264 | 27.5 | $43,891 | 8.9 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 | |
08093 / Westville / NJ / 7.6 mi. | 613 | 3,988 | 15.4 | $43,696 | 18.8 | 4.3 | 11.3 | 0.2 | 1.3 | |
08051 / Mantua / NJ / 13.2 mi. | 476 | 4,221 | 11.3 | $51,404 | 7.2 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 1.3 | |
08086 / Thorofare / NJ / 10.1 mi. | 421 | 2,196 | 19.2 | $51,146 | 9.0 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | |
08090 / Wenonah / NJ / 11.2 mi. | 399 | 3,048 | 13.1 | $56,944 | 12.4 | 1.8 | 8.8 | 0.2 | 0.8 | |
08071 / Pitman / NJ / 14.7 mi. | 388 | 3,666 | 10.6 | $50,596 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
08322 / Franklinville / NJ / 22.1 mi. | 368 | 3,142 | 11.7 | $54,028 | 10.5 | 2.4 | 6.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
08085 / Swedesboro / NJ / 20.4 mi. | 358 | 3,558 | 10.1 | $68,214 | 19.6 | 4.8 | 11.9 | 0.1 | 1.4 | |
08089 / Waterford Works / NJ / 18.3 mi. | 350 | 1,327 | 26.4 | $52,310 | 27.7 | 3.2 | 22.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
08016 / Burlington / NJ / 14.1 mi. | 345 | 11,264 | 3.1 | $54,114 | 33.1 | 3.8 | 24.1 | 0.2 | 2.9 | |
08026 / Gibbsboro / NJ / 7.5 mi. | 336 | 829 | 40.5 | $57,326 | 7.2 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 1.1 | |
08066 / Paulsboro / NJ / 11.8 mi. | 335 | 3,486 | 9.6 | $36,848 | 32.5 | 4.1 | 25.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
08045 / Lawnside / NJ / 4.4 mi. | 332 | 1,017 | 32.6 | $44,926 | 98.8 | 2.0 | 93.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | |
08065 / Palmyra / NJ / 4.9 mi. | 327 | 3,004 | 10.9 | $51,150 | 20.4 | 3.2 | 14.0 | 0.3 | 1.4 | |
08027 / Gibbstown / NJ / 15.6 mi. | 287 | 1,864 | 15.4 | $53,454 | 6.4 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | |
08062 / Mullica Hill / NJ / 18.1 mi. | 277 | 3,514 | 7.9 | $73,070 | 5.7 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
08046 / Willingboro / NJ / 10 mi. | 268 | 10,713 | 2.5 | $60,869 | 77.1 | 6.1 | 65.5 | 0.3 | 1.7 | |
08360 / Vineland / NJ / 29.7 mi. | 256 | 14,281 | 1.8 | $36,163 | 53.5 | 37.3 | 13.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | |
08091 / West Berlin / NJ / 9.3 mi. | 254 | 1,871 | 13.6 | $54,708 | 20.9 | 4.9 | 11.9 | 0.1 | 2.7 | |
08312 / Clayton / NJ / 18.7 mi. | 250 | 2,441 | 10.2 | $53,125 | 21.5 | 3.2 | 14.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | |
08010 / Beverly / NJ / 10 mi. | 224 | 4,136 | 5.4 | $48,162 | 35.1 | 6.1 | 22.8 | 0.1 | 2.6 | |
08097 / Woodbury Heights / NJ / 10.5 mi. | 207 | 1,116 | 18.5 | $63,024 | 10.0 | 1.2 | 7.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | |
08063 / National Park / NJ / 9.5 mi. | 189 | 1,149 | 16.4 | $48,922 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
08204 / Cape May / NJ / 65.4 mi. | 169 | 7,781 | 2.2 | $40,766 | 6.6 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
08318 / Elmer / NJ / 26.8 mi. | 152 | 4,181 | 3.6 | $54,987 | 11.9 | 3.2 | 6.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |
08215 / Egg Harbor City / NJ / 35.3 mi. | 118 | 4,633 | 2.5 | $44,420 | 24.0 | 12.3 | 8.5 | 0.2 | 1.4 | |
08230 / Ocean View / NJ / 52.6 mi. | 102 | 1,878 | 5.4 | $65,857 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | |
08226 / Ocean City / NJ / 51.7 mi. | 100 | 7,464 | 1.3 | $44,158 | 7.6 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
08098 / Woodstown / NJ / 26 mi. | 90 | 2,928 | 3.1 | $55,490 | 16.5 | 2.2 | 12.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | |
08020 / Clarksboro / NJ / 13.8 mi. | 89 | 772 | 11.5 | $71,023 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
08032 / Grenloch / NJ / 10.5 mi. | 87 | 131 | 66.4 | $52,857 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.8 | |
08056 / Mickleton / NJ / 15.7 mi. | 78 | 858 | 9.1 | $66,058 | 4.5 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.9 | |
08070 / Pennsville / NJ / 32.6 mi. | 77 | 5,223 | 1.5 | $47,321 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.0 | |
08048 / Lumberton / NJ / 11.3 mi. | 71 | 363 | 19.6 | $37,857 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | |
08015 / Browns Mills / NJ / 24.9 mi. | 70 | 7,435 | 0.9 | $48,826 | 34.3 | 8.2 | 18.6 | 0.4 | 3.3 | |
08343 / Monroeville / NJ / 21.5 mi. | 64 | 1,585 | 4.0 | $55,546 | 9.6 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
08069 / Penns Grove / NJ / 27.7 mi. | 60 | 4,901 | 1.2 | $35,857 | 36.4 | 9.2 | 24.8 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |
08328 / Malaga / NJ / 24.4 mi. | 59 | 504 | 11.7 | $58,833 | 11.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |
08344 / Newfield / NJ / 25.4 mi. | 58 | 2,018 | 2.9 | $48,879 | 23.1 | 8.8 | 12.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
08505 / Bordentown / NJ / 21.2 mi. | 48 | 5,947 | 0.8 | $58,844 | 14.6 | 2.7 | 7.5 | 0.1 | 2.6 | |
08074 / Richwood / NJ / 16.2 mi. | 46 | 18 | 255.6 | $100,183 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
08518 / Florence / NJ / 17.2 mi. | 46 | 1,961 | 2.3 | $50,709 | 20.2 | 2.0 | 13.5 | 0.1 | 2.6 | |
08068 / Pemberton / NJ / 19.2 mi. | 46 | 2,497 | 1.8 | $46,136 | 44.8 | 9.7 | 29.4 | 0.4 | 2.7 | |
08079 / Salem / NJ / 36.6 mi. | 37 | 4,722 | 0.8 | $37,114 | 36.8 | 3.0 | 31.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |
08061 / Mount Royal / NJ / 12.8 mi. | 29 | 265 | 10.9 | $45,313 | 16.6 | 2.2 | 12.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
08310 / Buena / NJ / 28.5 mi. | 23 | 731 | 3.1 | $30,833 | 14.1 | 7.6 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
08001 / Alloway / NJ / 31.3 mi. | 19 | 148 | 12.8 | $50,682 | 10.0 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
08022 / Columbus / NJ / 19.6 mi. | 19 | 2,265 | 0.8 | $55,309 | 7.0 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 1.8 | |
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