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Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
The Leaf-Chronicle, Clarksville | ||||||||||
Clarksville, Tennessee | ||||||||||
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 | 15.0 | |||||||||
2004 | 17.9 | |||||||||
2003 | 13.8 | |||||||||
2002 | 14.3 | |||||||||
2001 | 14.3 | |||||||||
2000 | 8.7 | |||||||||
1999 | 21.1 | |||||||||
1998 | 17.4 | |||||||||
1997 | 14.3 | |||||||||
1996 | 9.1 | |||||||||
1995 | 18.2 | |||||||||
1994 | 12.5 | |||||||||
1993 | 8.3 | |||||||||
1992 | 9.5 | |||||||||
1991 | Did not report | |||||||||
1990 | Did not report | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 1999 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for The Leaf-Chronicle, Clarksville | ||||||||||
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Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 15.0 | 25.2 | 59 | |||||||
2004 | 17.9 | 27.4 | 65 | |||||||
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 The Leaf-Chronicle, Clarksville | ||||||||||
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This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 59. | 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 68 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 Greeley Tribune, Colorado, with a 26.3 percent non-white staff in a community that is 30 percent non-white. Its index is 88. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 21,154 ranks 461 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 Leaf-Chronicle, Clarksville | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents | ![]() |
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Hispanic | 5.3 | 9,351 | ||||||||
Black | 17.3 | 30,454 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.9 | 3,268 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.5 | 857 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.2 | 427 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 2.2 | 3,874 | ||||||||
Non-white | 27.4 | 48,231 | ||||||||
White | 72.7 | 128,112 | ||||||||
Total | 176,343 | |||||||||
Home county: Montgomery | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents | ![]() |
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Hispanic | 5.2 | 6,960 | ||||||||
Black | 18.9 | 25,496 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.0 | 2,683 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.5 | 624 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.3 | 342 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 2.3 | 3,148 | ||||||||
Non-white | 29.1 | 39,253 | ||||||||
White | 70.9 | 95,515 | ||||||||
Total | 134,768 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Montgomery. | ||||||||||
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 Leaf-Chronicle, Clarksville | ||||||||||
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 |
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37043 / Hilldale / TN / 4.3 mi. | 6,966 | 12,242 | 56.9 | $45,194 | 14.4 | 2.3 | 8.8 | 0.3 | 1.6 | |
37042 / Sango / TN / 3.2 mi. | 5,876 | 18,796 | 31.3 | $37,724 | 40.7 | 8.1 | 25.2 | 0.6 | 3.1 | |
37040 / Clarksville / TN / 0 mi. | 5,360 | 11,888 | 45.1 | $32,082 | 31.0 | 3.2 | 24.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | |
37058 / Fort Donelson National Milit / TN / 25.4 mi. | 528 | 2,690 | 19.6 | $31,735 | 6.0 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 2.1 | |
37052 / Cunningham / TN / 10.2 mi. | 432 | 939 | 46.0 | $37,978 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |
37191 / Woodlawn / TN / 10 mi. | 426 | 1,428 | 29.8 | $46,330 | 11.2 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | |
37061 / Erin / TN / 25.8 mi. | 324 | 1,871 | 17.3 | $28,945 | 7.4 | 0.8 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
37010 / Adams / TN / 13.3 mi. | 272 | 1,095 | 24.8 | $51,196 | 8.8 | 2.2 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
37051 / Cumberland Furnace / TN / 15.4 mi. | 255 | 1,143 | 22.3 | $38,581 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
42223 / Fort Campbell / KY / 10 mi. | 228 | 3,868 | 5.9 | $29,545 | 42.7 | 12.6 | 23.3 | 0.9 | 2.6 | |
37079 / Indian Mound / TN / 12.5 mi. | 221 | 948 | 23.3 | $36,302 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
42262 / Oak Grove / KY / 10.7 mi. | 193 | 2,795 | 6.9 | $31,725 | 39.4 | 9.0 | 23.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 | |
37142 / Palmyra / TN / 11.4 mi. | 191 | 547 | 34.9 | $41,283 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
37178 / Tennessee Ridge / TN / 25.7 mi. | 190 | 753 | 25.2 | $32,679 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
37050 / Cumberland City / TN / 15.1 mi. | 153 | 694 | 22.0 | $37,361 | 6.7 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
42234 / Tiny Town / KY / 13.7 mi. | 116 | 968 | 12.0 | $31,307 | 23.9 | 2.3 | 20.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
37171 / Southside / TN / 11.2 mi. | 114 | 361 | 31.6 | $35,868 | 8.2 | 1.6 | 5.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
37023 / Big Rock / TN / 18.7 mi. | 81 | 615 | 13.2 | $33,684 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | |
42286 / Trenton / KY / 13.5 mi. | 61 | 471 | 13.0 | $33,542 | 7.7 | 0.8 | 5.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
37015 / Ashland City / TN / 21.4 mi. | 33 | 6,000 | 0.6 | $41,209 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |
37035 / Chapmansboro / TN / 15.1 mi. | 23 | 1,031 | 2.2 | $45,095 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
37146 / Pleasant View / TN / 18.7 mi. | 15 | 1,470 | 1.0 | $54,023 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
37181 / Vanleer / TN / 20.6 mi. | 8 | 598 | 1.3 | $34,545 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |
37028 / Bumpus Mills / TN / 26.2 mi. | 4 | 203 | 2.0 | $35,078 | 5.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
37175 / Stewart / TN / 31.3 mi. | 4 | 452 | 0.9 | $23,813 | 9.5 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.2 | |
37032 / Cedar Hill / TN / 17 mi. | 3 | 1,160 | 0.3 | $43,636 | 6.9 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
37172 / Springfield / TN / 24.8 mi. | 2 | 9,304 | 0.0 | $40,651 | 21.8 | 4.5 | 15.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
42220 / Elkton / KY / 23.9 mi. | 1 | 2,383 | 0.0 | $28,445 | 8.1 | 1.7 | 5.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
42240 / Hopkinsville / KY / 22.8 mi. | 1 | 15,904 | 0.0 | $32,343 | 29.8 | 1.6 | 26.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
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