The Times, Trenton... 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

The Times, Trenton

Trenton, New Jersey

Owner: Advance (Newhouse) (N.Y.)

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

5.7

2004

7.3

2003

8.3

2002

11.1

2001

9.9

2000

8.8

1999

10.1

1998

10.4

1997

10.3

1996

9.1

1995

7.7

1994

8.1

1993

5.6

1992

2.4

1991

Did not report

1990

Did not report

The latest year at peak is

2002

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

Newsroom Diversity Index

for The Times, Trenton

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

5.7

32.3

2004

7.3

32.2

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, Advance (Newhouse) (N.Y.),

has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 63.

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

Peer group comparison

for The Times, Trenton

This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 18.

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 83 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 Beaumont Enterprise, Texas, with a 24 percent non-white staff in a community that is 33.5 percent non-white. Its index is 72.

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

approximately 67,600 ranks 147 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 Times, Trenton

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

8.2

36,967

Black

16.5

74,912

Asian and Pacific Islander

5.8

26,343

Native-American

0.1

545

Other non-white

0.2

788

Multi-racial

1.5

6,609

Non-white

32.2

146,164

White

67.8

307,561

Total

453,725

Home county: Mercer

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

9.7

33,898

Black

19.4

67,922

Asian and Pacific Islander

5.0

17,420

Native-American

0.1

425

Other non-white

0.2

634

Multi-racial

1.5

5,178

Non-white

35.8

125,477

White

64.2

225,284

Total

350,761

The home county of this newspaper is Mercer.

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 Times, Trenton

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

08618 / Trenton / NJ / 1.3 mi.

5,595

13,658

41.0

$36,289

76.8

6.3

67.6

0.2

0.9

08648 / Trenton / NJ / 4.1 mi.

4,971

10,298

48.3

$66,345

23.9

4.7

9.5

0.1

7.9

08619 / Trenton / NJ / 3.8 mi.

4,873

9,214

52.9

$57,696

11.4

3.5

0.1

3.1

08610 / Trenton / NJ / 2.8 mi.

4,814

11,883

40.5

$49,710

20.8

7.5

10.1

0.1

1.8

08690 / Trenton / NJ / 5.2 mi.

4,537

6,511

69.7

$72,920

8.2

2.3

1.2

0.1

3.8

08540 / Princeton Township / NJ / 9.6 mi.

4,133

14,823

27.9

$90,977

22.4

4.3

4.7

0.1

11.3

08638 / Trenton / NJ / 1.9 mi.

3,951

8,315

47.5

$41,721

53.0

9.9

39.2

0.2

1.9

08609 / Trenton / NJ / 1.2 mi.

3,154

4,915

64.2

$30,995

86.4

25.7

56.1

0.2

1.3

08520 / Hightstown / NJ / 11.7 mi.

2,844

9,299

30.6

$67,655

29.7

12.7

8.0

0.1

7.4

08550 / West Windsor / NJ / 9 mi.

2,456

5,478

44.8

$129,375

30.4

2.7

2.5

0.1

23.8

08611 / Trenton / NJ / 1 mi.

2,417

8,673

27.9

$30,960

59.0

37.0

18.9

0.2

1.0

08628 / West Trenton / NJ / 4.1 mi.

2,387

3,599

66.3

$66,627

25.8

4.8

17.4

0.1

2.5

08691 / Uppr Free Township / NJ / 7.2 mi.

2,387

4,274

55.8

$74,924

10.6

2.5

2.7

0.1

4.1

08620 / Yardville / NJ / 5.9 mi.

2,268

4,589

49.4

$65,267

25.3

6.6

15.7

0.2

1.7

08505 / Fieldsboro / NJ / 5.9 mi.

2,257

5,947

38.0

$58,844

14.6

2.7

7.5

0.1

2.6

08534 / Pennington / NJ / 7.1 mi.

2,103

4,176

50.4

$92,628

10.2

2.2

2.4

0.0

4.5

08629 / Trenton / NJ / 1.7 mi.

1,690

4,027

42.0

$44,418

50.1

17.9

27.8

0.2

1.4

19067 / Yardley / PA / 1.9 mi.

1,211

20,323

6.0

$69,894

13.0

2.3

6.7

0.1

3.0

08536 / Plainsboro / NJ / 11.7 mi.

1,203

7,694

15.6

$70,646

46.7

4.8

8.1

0.1

31.6

08608 / Trenton / NJ / 0.3 mi.

970

434

223.5

$17,083

85.5

32.9

50.1

0.3

0.6

08022 / Mansfield / NJ / 9.9 mi.

967

2,265

42.7

$55,309

7.0

2.1

2.3

0.1

1.8

08501 / Upper Freehold / NJ / 9.6 mi.

891

1,712

52.0

$72,295

8.9

2.4

3.3

0.4

1.1

08525 / Hopewell Township / NJ / 10.7 mi.

819

1,877

43.6

$90,445

5.7

1.7

1.5

0.3

1.4

08530 / West Amwell / NJ / 12.5 mi.

753

2,896

26.0

$62,137

14.9

3.1

10.0

0.1

0.9

08512 / East Windsor / NJ / 15 mi.

742

3,713

20.0

$66,436

36.2

15.2

6.6

0.1

12.5

08016 / Burlington Township / NJ / 10.4 mi.

630

11,264

5.6

$54,114

33.1

3.8

24.1

0.2

2.9

08560 / Titusville / NJ / 6.6 mi.

622

1,300

47.8

$89,821

5.4

1.4

1.1

0.1

1.8

08558 / Skillman / NJ / 13.1 mi.

495

1,748

28.3

$126,027

7.4

1.5

0.0

3.6

08046 / Willingboro / NJ / 13.6 mi.

403

10,713

3.8

$60,869

77.1

6.1

65.5

0.3

1.7

08562 / Wrightstown / NJ / 12.8 mi.

387

1,784

21.7

$54,227

17.8

4.7

8.2

0.1

2.6

08015 / Browns Mills / NJ / 19.4 mi.

357

7,435

4.8

$48,826

34.3

8.2

18.6

0.4

3.3

08518 / Florence / NJ / 7.1 mi.

326

1,961

16.6

$50,709

20.2

2.0

13.5

0.1

2.6

08060 / Westampton Township / NJ / 14.1 mi.

324

13,301

2.4

$58,022

27.7

6.1

16.0

0.2

3.0

08533 / Plumsted Township / NJ / 15.7 mi.

316

2,274

13.9

$61,966

8.5

4.0

2.4

0.1

0.8

08514 / Upper Freehold Township / NJ / 15.8 mi.

305

1,105

27.6

$71,711

6.4

3.5

1.0

0.0

0.9

08831 / Monroe Township / NJ / 17.9 mi.

291

14,846

2.0

$54,685

10.8

3.7

3.8

0.1

2.4

08554 / Roebling / NJ / 7 mi.

234

1,394

16.8

$54,848

10.6

2.2

5.7

0.1

1.5

19007 / West Bristol / PA / 8.6 mi.

225

8,495

2.6

$36,883

28.4

8.9

14.2

0.2

3.1

18940 / Wrightstown / PA / 8.8 mi.

211

9,780

2.2

$81,571

6.6

1.3

1.0

0.0

3.4

08852 / Monmouth Junction / NJ / 15.6 mi.

199

5,314

3.7

$71,712

33.7

5.7

9.2

0.1

17.0

08759 / Whiting / NJ / 26.4 mi.

196

10,644

1.8

$23,914

2.9

1.3

0.8

0.1

0.4

08551 / Ringoes / NJ / 14.6 mi.

167

1,717

9.7

$90,149

5.8

2.0

0.8

0.0

2.2

19047 / Upper Holland / PA / 9.4 mi.

139

10,963

1.3

$68,377

7.4

1.6

2.5

0.1

2.6

08502 / Belle Mead / NJ / 17.1 mi.

135

5,898

2.3

$114,854

15.9

2.4

2.2

0.1

10.2

08068 / Pemberton / NJ / 17.2 mi.

131

2,497

5.2

$46,136

44.8

9.7

29.4

0.4

2.7

08041 / Jobstown / NJ / 13.3 mi.

122

294

41.5

$70,948

9.2

1.9

2.2

0.6

3.5

08559 / Stockton / NJ / 16.5 mi.

121

1,943

6.2

$83,819

3.5

1.4

0.5

0.0

1.0

08822 / Flemington / NJ / 19.7 mi.

110

10,368

1.1

$77,639

9.3

3.7

1.3

0.1

3.1

08528 / Kingston / NJ / 12.4 mi.

132.4

$50,313

23.1

13.3

4.9

0.0

3.5

08555 / Roosevelt / NJ / 14.3 mi.

342

25.7

$61,979

13.5

4.4

2.4

0.0

2.0

08553 / Rocky Hill / NJ / 13.7 mi.

284

29.6

$79,469

8.2

3.9

1.4

0.0

1.1

08511 / Cookstown / NJ / 15.4 mi.

451

18.0

$39,050

14.0

6.0

5.2

0.1

1.4

19030 / Fairless Hills / PA / 5 mi.

5,084

1.6

$53,761

10.5

2.8

3.2

0.2

3.2

18938 / New Hope / PA / 14.2 mi.

5,594

1.4

$72,983

4.3

2.0

0.6

0.1

0.8

08641 / Trenton / NJ / 15.7 mi.

1,610

4.5

$36,272

35.1

9.0

18.6

0.6

2.8

08824 / Kendall Park / NJ / 16.8 mi.

3,762

1.9

$89,354

28.6

4.3

5.1

0.0

17.6

18977 / Washington Xing / PA / 7.4 mi.

1,362

5.1

$102,191

3.7

1.0

0.8

0.1

1.3

08640 / Trenton / NJ / 15.1 mi.

841

8.0

$41,456

59.8

22.8

33.7

0.4

1.4

08010 / Edgewater Park / NJ / 12.8 mi.

4,136

1.4

$48,162

35.1

6.1

22.8

0.1

2.6

08510 / Clarksburg / NJ / 17.3 mi.

678

8.7

$88,575

9.5

3.5

2.5

0.1

3.2

08823 / Franklin Park / NJ / 17.9 mi.

3,013

2.0

$64,051

49.8

5.7

18.9

0.1

23.3

08753 / Toms River / NJ / 33.1 mi.

22,983

0.2

$56,526

9.2

4.8

1.4

0.1

2.1

08810 / South Brunswick / NJ / 15.9 mi.

2,340

2.2

$80,104

40.8

5.2

8.9

0.2

24.6

08008 / Surf City Boro / NJ / 47.7 mi.

3,787

1.3

$45,974

4.4

3.2

0.2

0.1

0.6

08535 / Perrineville / NJ / 16.1 mi.

568

8.5

$118,412

10.7

3.1

3.5

0.1

2.8

08088 / Vincentown / NJ / 23.7 mi.

9,209

0.5

$60,773

3.8

1.2

0.2

0.7

19054 / Levittown / PA / 4.4 mi.

6,367

0.6

$52,377

6.9

1.8

2.3

0.1

1.5

08527 / Jackson Township / NJ / 24 mi.

14,071

0.2

$65,198

12.8

5.8

3.6

0.1

2.0

08902 / North Brunswick / NJ / 20.5 mi.

13,879

0.2

$61,277

41.6

10.3

14.7

0.1

14.0

08751 / Seaside Heights / NJ / 38.2 mi.

2,342

1.1

$30,611

11.9

7.0

2.3

0.3

0.5

08816 / East Brunswick / NJ / 22.3 mi.

15,979

0.1

$75,891

25.5

4.2

2.8

0.1

16.5

08723 / Osbornsville / NJ / 33.6 mi.

12,470

0.2

$50,069

7.7

4.7

0.9

0.1

1.2

08876 / South Branch / NJ / 22.3 mi.

15,872

0.1

$68,213

25.1

8.9

6.5

0.1

7.9

08050 / Stafford Township / NJ / 42 mi.

7,847

0.2

$51,726

5.0

2.5

0.7

0.1

1.0

08087 / West Tuckerton / NJ / 45.5 mi.

7,862

0.2

$45,075

5.6

3.3

0.7

0.2

0.6

08005 / Warren Grove / NJ / 39.1 mi.

6,060

0.3

$49,292

7.8

3.8

2.0

0.1

1.0

08733 / Manchester Township / NJ / 27.2 mi.

7,891

0.2

$36,147

11.3

3.6

5.5

0.2

1.1

08873 / Zarepath / NJ / 22.3 mi.

15,441

0.1

$68,047

49.9

8.8

27.5

0.1

11.1

08734 / Lanoka Harbor / NJ / 37.5 mi.

2,492

0.4

$66,928

3.5

2.0

0.2

0.1

0.6

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