Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
Observer-Dispatch, Utica | ||||||||||
Utica, New York | ||||||||||
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 | 8.3 | |||||||||
2004 | 8.9 | |||||||||
2003 | 10.0 | |||||||||
2002 | 9.6 | |||||||||
2001 | 5.8 | |||||||||
2000 | 1.9 | |||||||||
1999 | 8.0 | |||||||||
1998 | 7.7 | |||||||||
1997 | 10.4 | |||||||||
1996 | 13.0 | |||||||||
1995 | 10.2 | |||||||||
1994 | 10.4 | |||||||||
1993 | 8.5 | |||||||||
1992 | 11.8 | |||||||||
1991 | 7.6 | |||||||||
1990 | Did not report | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 1996 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for Observer-Dispatch, Utica | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 8.3 | 10.0 | 83 | |||||||
2004 | 8.9 | 10.0 | 89 | |||||||
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 Observer-Dispatch, Utica | ||||||||||
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 83. | 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 22 out of 140 | ||||||||||
newspapers reporting in the category of 25,001 to 50,000 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 Herald & Review, Decatur, Illinois, with a 11.1 percent non-white staff in a community that is 11 percent non-white. Its index is 101. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 43,421 ranks 242 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 Observer-Dispatch, Utica | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 2.9 | 8,097 | ||||||||
Black | 4.7 | 13,205 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1 | 3,075 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 531 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 263 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.2 | 3,290 | ||||||||
Non-white | 10.0 | 28,461 | ||||||||
White | 90.0 | 255,670 | ||||||||
Total | 284,131 | |||||||||
Home county: Oneida | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 3.2 | 7,545 | ||||||||
Black | 5.5 | 12,937 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2 | 2,751 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.2 | 488 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 242 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.2 | 2,906 | ||||||||
Non-white | 11.4 | 26,869 | ||||||||
White | 88.6 | 208,600 | ||||||||
Total | 235,469 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Oneida. | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Observer-Dispatch, Utica | ||||||||||
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 |
|
13502 / Utica / NY / 5.3 mi. | 7,258 | 13,812 | 52.5 | $29,470 | 14.7 | 3.8 | 7.9 | 0.3 | 1.1 | |
13501 / Utica / NY / 0 mi. | 6,636 | 14,679 | 45.2 | $23,815 | 26.8 | 6.4 | 13.9 | 0.2 | 2.9 | |
13413 / New Hartford / NY / 3.3 mi. | 5,053 | 6,338 | 79.7 | $47,204 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 3.0 | |
13440 / Rome / NY / 16.5 mi. | 2,924 | 17,256 | 16.9 | $36,866 | 12.0 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 0.2 | 0.8 | |
13492 / Whitesboro / NY / 5.6 mi. | 2,691 | 4,722 | 57.0 | $43,510 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | |
13323 / Clinton / NY / 8.6 mi. | 1,870 | 4,056 | 46.1 | $46,885 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | |
13357 / Ilion / NY / 10.7 mi. | 1,464 | 4,539 | 32.3 | $33,990 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
13350 / Herkimer / NY / 11 mi. | 1,283 | 4,083 | 31.4 | $28,441 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
13340 / Frankfort / NY / 5.9 mi. | 1,261 | 3,150 | 40.0 | $37,091 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
13417 / New York Mills / NY / 3.6 mi. | 1,178 | 1,541 | 76.4 | $30,827 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
13403 / Marcy / NY / 6.7 mi. | 1,070 | 1,568 | 68.2 | $47,157 | 41.9 | 16.4 | 24.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
13424 / Oriskany / NY / 8.2 mi. | 757 | 872 | 86.8 | $40,890 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | |
13491 / West Winfield / NY / 14.9 mi. | 745 | 1,415 | 52.7 | $35,361 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
13365 / Little Falls / NY / 18 mi. | 740 | 3,732 | 19.8 | $28,657 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
13495 / Yorkville / NY / 3.2 mi. | 657 | 973 | 67.5 | $33,594 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.4 | |
13438 / Remsen / NY / 19.1 mi. | 548 | 1,680 | 32.6 | $38,065 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
13304 / Barneveld / NY / 10.5 mi. | 545 | 635 | 85.8 | $54,083 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.7 | |
13407 / Mohawk / NY / 16.5 mi. | 534 | 2,276 | 23.5 | $34,034 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
13480 / Waterville / NY / 13 mi. | 526 | 1,252 | 42.0 | $37,925 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
13439 / Richfield Springs / NY / 19.7 mi. | 522 | 1,529 | 34.1 | $34,787 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |
13431 / Poland / NY / 10.1 mi. | 514 | 688 | 74.7 | $37,368 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
13322 / Clayville / NY / 7.6 mi. | 467 | 401 | 116.5 | $35,208 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
13328 / Deansboro / NY / 13 mi. | 422 | 478 | 88.3 | $40,781 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
13309 / Boonville / NY / 27.5 mi. | 408 | 2,277 | 17.9 | $34,736 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
13354 / Holland Patent / NY / 12.4 mi. | 391 | 1,145 | 34.1 | $49,063 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
13456 / Sauquoit / NY / 6 mi. | 331 | 1,601 | 20.7 | $43,488 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
13420 / Old Forge / NY / 48.3 mi. | 308 | 704 | 43.8 | $36,000 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
13478 / Verona / NY / 18.2 mi. | 297 | 1,210 | 24.5 | $47,105 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | |
13476 / Vernon / NY / 16.6 mi. | 290 | 1,261 | 23.0 | $37,862 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
13461 / Sherrill / NY / 18.7 mi. | 248 | 1,278 | 19.4 | $48,446 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | |
13329 / Dolgeville / NY / 26 mi. | 238 | 1,594 | 14.9 | $30,992 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
13346 / Hamilton / NY / 24.1 mi. | 230 | 1,601 | 14.4 | $41,144 | 8.0 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 2.6 | |
13421 / Oneida / NY / 21.5 mi. | 200 | 5,334 | 3.7 | $35,859 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | |
13477 / Vernon Center / NY / 15 mi. | 192 | 517 | 37.1 | $37,857 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.7 | |
13406 / Middleville / NY / 15.8 mi. | 191 | 248 | 77.0 | $39,327 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
13319 / Chadwicks / NY / 4.2 mi. | 165 | 399 | 41.4 | $41,343 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
13416 / Newport / NY / 16.3 mi. | 140 | 826 | 16.9 | $40,134 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
13425 / Oriskany Falls / NY / 15.6 mi. | 128 | 755 | 17.0 | $33,021 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
13316 / Camden / NY / 33.4 mi. | 123 | 2,453 | 5.0 | $37,989 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
13490 / Westmoreland / NY / 11.1 mi. | 120 | 610 | 19.7 | $46,985 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
13338 / Forestport / NY / 29.2 mi. | 119 | 702 | 17.0 | $34,265 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
13313 / Bridgewater / NY / 14 mi. | 111 | 219 | 50.7 | $28,173 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
13314 / Brookfield / NY / 19 mi. | 72 | 349 | 20.6 | $33,750 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
13341 / Franklin Springs / NY / 8.9 mi. | 72 | 24 | 300.0 | $55,357 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
13360 / Inlet / NY / 51 mi. | 67 | 190 | 35.3 | $32,574 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
13308 / Blossvale / NY / 25.8 mi. | 54 | 1,885 | 2.9 | $37,870 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
13331 / Eagle Bay / NY / 53.5 mi. | 50 | 130 | 38.5 | $28,750 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
13452 / Saint Johnsville / NY / 30.7 mi. | 46 | 1,717 | 2.7 | $32,083 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
13301 / Alder Creek / NY / 23.2 mi. | 44 | 88 | 50.0 | $40,333 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
13469 / Stittville / NY / 10.3 mi. | 42 | 293 | 14.3 | $44,722 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
13471 / Taberg / NY / 29.1 mi. | 38 | 1,221 | 3.1 | $36,571 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
13402 / Madison / NY / 18.6 mi. | 33 | 670 | 4.9 | $28,542 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.9 | |
13460 / Sherburne / NY / 29.5 mi. | 33 | 1,749 | 1.9 | $31,826 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
13486 / Westernville / NY / 19.2 mi. | 29 | 308 | 9.4 | $38,125 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
13436 / Raquette Lake / NY / 64.1 mi. | 27 | 62 | 43.5 | $22,813 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
13454 / Salisbury Center / NY / 24.1 mi. | 27 | 247 | 10.9 | $34,625 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
13339 / Fort Plain / NY / 28.2 mi. | 26 | 2,600 | 1.0 | $30,989 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
13411 / New Berlin / NY / 30 mi. | 24 | 1,262 | 1.9 | $27,674 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
13335 / Edmeston / NY / 23.9 mi. | 22 | 554 | 4.0 | $39,766 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
13355 / Hubbardsville / NY / 20.9 mi. | 13 | 242 | 5.4 | $39,408 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
13324 / Cold Brook / NY / 30.1 mi. | 12 | 764 | 1.6 | $30,954 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | |
13418 / North Brookfield / NY / 17.8 mi. | 11 | 113 | 9.7 | $31,346 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | |
13332 / Earlville / NY / 28 mi. | 9 | 903 | 1.0 | $35,094 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
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