Daily Record, Parsippany... Racial diversity of its news staff and community

Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists

at America's daily newspapers

with the communities that they serve

Newsroom diversity report for

Daily Record, Parsippany

Parsippany, New Jersey

Owner: Gannett Co. (Va.)

From a report for the Knight Foundation

by Bill Dedman and Stephen K. Doig, June 2005

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Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

2005

20.0

2004

18.4

2003

13.0

2002

16.7

2001

10.7

2000

3.8

1999

Did not report

1998

Did not report

1997

Did not report

1996

Did not report

1995

Did not report

1994

Did not report

1993

Did not report

1992

1.8

1991

0.0

1990

0.0

The latest year at peak is

2005

See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.

Newsroom Diversity Index

for Daily Record, Parsippany

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

20.0

18.6

108

2004

18.4

18.6

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 Daily Record, Parsippany

This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 108.

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 13 out of 140

newspapers reporting in the category of 25,001 to 50,000 daily sales.

FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of

approximately 40,591 ranks 257 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 Record, Parsippany

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

8.1

35,942

Black

2.8

12,539

Asian and Pacific Islander

6.3

28,080

Native-American

0.1

365

Other non-white

0.1

641

Multi-racial

1.1

4,956

Non-white

18.6

82,523

White

81.4

362,018

Total

444,541

Home county: Morris

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

7.8

36,626

Black

2.7

12,506

Asian and Pacific Islander

6.3

29,458

Native-American

0.1

379

Other non-white

0.1

646

Multi-racial

1.1

5,015

Non-white

18.0

84,630

White

82.0

385,582

Total

470,212

The home county of this newspaper is Morris.

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 Record, Parsippany

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

07960 / Morristown / NJ / 7.1 mi.

4,695

16,169

29.0

$81,621

28.8

13.7

10.1

0.1

3.6

07054 / Parsippany / NJ / 0 mi.

2,926

10,823

27.0

$62,106

35.3

8.2

3.0

0.1

21.8

07866 / Rockaway / NJ / 8.8 mi.

2,786

8,054

34.6

$75,453

14.7

6.1

1.7

0.1

5.9

07834 / Denville / NJ / 5.1 mi.

2,179

6,477

33.6

$78,074

10.1

2.7

1.2

0.1

5.2

07801 / Dover / NJ / 9.3 mi.

2,031

7,544

26.9

$56,082

60.1

48.8

6.4

0.1

3.6

07950 / Morris Plains / NJ / 4.4 mi.

2,025

6,614

30.6

$91,165

18.2

3.6

1.7

0.1

11.7

07869 / Randolph / NJ / 9.1 mi.

1,700

8,566

19.8

$97,354

17.7

5.0

2.3

0.0

9.0

07005 / Boonton / NJ / 5.2 mi.

1,682

5,537

30.4

$75,762

16.1

4.8

2.6

0.1

6.6

07876 / Succasunna / NJ / 13.3 mi.

1,284

3,626

35.4

$87,458

9.4

3.0

1.3

0.1

4.3

07885 / Wharton / NJ / 11.4 mi.

1,159

3,842

30.2

$61,947

23.6

15.9

3.1

0.1

2.9

07836 / Flanders / NJ / 16.2 mi.

1,048

4,386

23.9

$76,040

14.8

4.1

3.5

0.2

5.8

07940 / Madison / NJ / 6.7 mi.

1,006

5,531

18.2

$82,915

14.2

6.0

2.9

0.1

3.9

07840 / Hackettstown / NJ / 22.8 mi.

980

10,227

9.6

$60,862

11.2

5.5

1.6

0.1

2.4

07981 / Whippany / NJ / 2.6 mi.

976

3,145

31.0

$79,269

14.7

3.9

1.0

0.1

9.2

07843 / Hopatcong / NJ / 15.2 mi.

859

4,470

19.2

$64,192

10.7

5.8

2.0

0.1

1.5

07849 / Lake Hopatcong / NJ / 14.1 mi.

859

2,660

32.3

$63,785

7.4

4.4

0.8

0.1

0.8

07828 / Budd Lake / NJ / 18.4 mi.

845

4,965

17.0

$60,729

19.2

7.4

3.8

0.1

5.9

07928 / Chatham / NJ / 8.9 mi.

697

6,967

10.0

$104,936

7.3

2.3

0.3

0.1

4.0

07438 / Oak Ridge / NJ / 13.6 mi.

680

4,162

16.3

$75,813

5.8

2.9

0.6

0.2

1.2

07850 / Landing / NJ / 14 mi.

675

2,387

28.3

$66,295

13.6

6.9

2.4

0.2

3.0

07034 / Lake Hiawatha / NJ / 2 mi.

666

3,719

17.9

$60,187

26.1

7.3

2.7

0.1

12.8

07874 / Stanhope / NJ / 16.6 mi.

659

3,327

19.8

$69,330

9.1

4.5

1.3

0.0

1.8

07930 / Chester / NJ / 15.9 mi.

633

2,651

23.9

$109,479

7.1

3.3

0.7

0.0

2.2

07945 / Mendham / NJ / 11.6 mi.

618

3,163

19.5

$127,481

6.0

2.2

0.7

0.0

2.2

07853 / Long Valley / NJ / 21 mi.

615

4,354

14.1

$103,326

5.0

2.0

0.7

0.1

1.7

07932 / Florham Park / NJ / 5.4 mi.

594

3,207

18.5

$88,555

7.7

2.1

1.0

0.0

4.0

07045 / Montville / NJ / 4.4 mi.

574

3,778

15.2

$100,213

14.9

2.6

0.8

0.1

10.7

07936 / East Hanover / NJ / 3.1 mi.

553

3,843

14.4

$82,133

15.1

2.7

0.6

0.0

11.0

07857 / Netcong / NJ / 16 mi.

500

1,373

36.4

$49,224

13.4

7.9

1.9

0.0

1.9

07927 / Cedar Knolls / NJ / 3.6 mi.

490

1,149

42.6

$82,453

12.2

3.6

1.1

0.0

6.9

07860 / Newton / NJ / 25.5 mi.

429

9,436

4.5

$60,904

6.1

2.5

1.5

0.1

1.2

07821 / Andover / NJ / 22 mi.

418

3,068

13.6

$79,729

6.9

3.5

1.0

0.1

1.3

07046 / Mountain Lakes / NJ / 3.2 mi.

416

1,331

31.3

$141,757

8.2

1.7

0.4

0.0

5.2

07852 / Ledgewood / NJ / 14 mi.

412

1,094

37.7

$63,750

12.3

4.8

2.4

0.0

4.0

07856 / Mount Arlington / NJ / 13.3 mi.

369

1,490

24.8

$66,367

11.2

4.3

1.6

0.0

3.9

07847 / Kenvil / NJ / 11.9 mi.

321

558

57.5

$51,750

16.3

10.5

1.7

0.3

2.8

07871 / Sparta / NJ / 17.7 mi.

274

6,623

4.1

$89,313

5.3

2.5

0.3

0.1

1.5

07803 / Mine Hill / NJ / 10.6 mi.

244

1,365

17.9

$64,643

15.7

8.7

3.2

0.1

2.5

07082 / Towaco / NJ / 5.8 mi.

229

1,585

14.4

$93,485

12.0

2.1

0.4

0.1

8.2

07058 / Pine Brook / NJ / 3.1 mi.

217

1,883

11.5

$90,286

27.0

2.8

1.6

0.0

21.0

07976 / New Vernon / NJ / 9.7 mi.

215

272

79.0

$74,750

3.7

1.8

0.1

0.0

0.6

07405 / Butler / NJ / 9.1 mi.

198

5,925

3.3

$76,750

7.3

3.6

0.5

0.1

2.4

07920 / Basking Ridge / NJ / 15.1 mi.

183

9,300

2.0

$105,471

13.0

2.6

1.4

0.0

7.8

07035 / Lincoln Park / NJ / 6.9 mi.

171

4,029

4.2

$68,988

14.0

5.8

1.6

0.1

5.3

07878 / Mount Tabor / NJ / 4.3 mi.

168

297

56.6

$81,970

12.1

4.8

1.3

0.1

4.5

07924 / Bernardsville / NJ / 13.4 mi.

163

2,703

6.0

$103,506

10.1

6.0

0.3

0.1

2.6

07440 / Pequannock / NJ / 8.4 mi.

132

1,648

8.0

$65,856

6.1

3.6

0.3

0.0

1.9

07006 / Caldwell / NJ / 6.2 mi.

130

9,371

1.4

$82,196

13.2

3.2

5.0

0.0

4.2

18301 / East Stroudsburg / PA / 41.8 mi.

115

12,221

0.9

$47,638

18.7

7.9

7.2

0.2

1.4

07970 / Mount Freedom / NJ / 9.2 mi.

114.8

$148,899

4.3

0.4

0.0

3.9

07039 / Livingston / NJ / 6.1 mi.

9,220

1.0

$99,494

19.0

2.5

1.1

0.0

14.5

07435 / Newfoundland / NJ / 14.1 mi.

797

11.0

$79,762

5.9

3.2

0.5

0.2

0.7

07444 / Pompton Plains / NJ / 9.1 mi.

3,378

2.1

$76,854

5.5

2.6

0.3

0.1

1.9

07457 / Riverdale / NJ / 10.5 mi.

919

7.4

$71,083

9.3

4.4

1.1

0.0

2.7

07921 / Bedminster / NJ / 19.9 mi.

4,063

1.4

$71,219

13.4

3.8

1.8

0.1

6.6

07825 / Blairstown / NJ / 30.6 mi.

3,343

1.6

$64,970

3.4

1.9

0.2

0.1

0.5

07826 / Branchville / NJ / 29.7 mi.

2,130

2.3

$59,875

3.0

1.7

0.3

0.1

0.5

07470 / Wayne / NJ / 10.3 mi.

18,755

0.3

$83,651

13.5

5.1

1.6

0.1

5.7

07416 / Franklin / NJ / 20.9 mi.

2,111

2.2

$46,885

7.8

4.3

0.6

0.3

1.5

07882 / Washington / NJ / 32.4 mi.

5,350

0.8

$60,846

7.9

3.0

2.5

0.1

1.3

07901 / Summit / NJ / 9.9 mi.

8,507

0.5

$93,785

19.2

9.7

3.9

0.0

4.5

07823 / Belvidere / NJ / 33.4 mi.

2,921

1.4

$53,402

4.9

2.3

0.8

0.2

0.6

07461 / Sussex / NJ / 28.7 mi.

6,121

0.6

$59,458

5.3

2.9

0.7

0.1

0.8

07848 / Lafayette / NJ / 22.4 mi.

1,370

2.6

$74,112

8.2

2.9

2.0

0.1

2.5

07830 / Califon / NJ / 23 mi.

2,302

1.5

$92,370

4.0

1.2

0.6

0.0

1.6

07974 / New Providence / NJ / 11 mi.

4,133

0.8

$93,033

13.5

3.5

1.0

0.0

8.0

07946 / Millington / NJ / 13.8 mi.

1,036

3.2

$105,511

8.7

2.9

0.3

0.2

4.6

07068 / Roseland / NJ / 5.3 mi.

2,145

1.5

$82,323

8.5

2.3

0.7

0.0

4.7

07439 / Ogdensburg / NJ / 18.5 mi.

884

3.6

$60,688

5.9

4.2

0.2

0.0

0.7

07081 / Springfield / NJ / 11.5 mi.

6,144

0.5

$73,100

13.3

4.1

3.6

0.0

4.7

07980 / Stirling / NJ / 13.5 mi.

897

3.5

$71,250

10.4

4.7

0.2

0.1

4.2

07403 / Bloomingdale / NJ / 12 mi.

2,834

1.1

$68,462

7.9

4.4

0.3

0.1

2.2

07838 / Great Meadows / NJ / 28.3 mi.

1,041

2.7

$68,333

5.5

3.4

0.6

0.0

0.8

07833 / Delaware / NJ / 34.9 mi.

46.6

$55,313

6.9

2.5

0.0

4.4

07865 / Port Murray / NJ / 27 mi.

711

3.7

$70,607

15.6

2.6

10.4

0.6

07512 / Totowa / NJ / 9.9 mi.

3,539

0.6

$60,408

10.8

6.4

1.1

0.0

2.3

07419 / Hamburg / NJ / 22.7 mi.

2,718

0.7

$60,396

8.4

3.8

1.0

0.3

2.0

07460 / Stockholm / NJ / 18.5 mi.

1,251

1.2

$69,459

4.8

2.6

0.4

0.1

0.8

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