Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
Casper Star-Tribune | ||||||||||
Casper, Wyoming | ||||||||||
Owner: Lee Enterprises (Iowa) | ||||||||||
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 | 3.3 | |||||||||
2004 | 6.1 | |||||||||
2003 | 11.1 | |||||||||
2002 | 9.1 | |||||||||
2001 | 7.3 | |||||||||
2000 | 6.3 | |||||||||
1999 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1998 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1997 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1996 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1995 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1994 | 3.8 | |||||||||
1993 | 7.4 | |||||||||
1992 | 4.0 | |||||||||
1991 | 2.6 | |||||||||
1990 | Did not report | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 2003 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for Casper Star-Tribune | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | 3.3 | 11.0 | 30 | |||||||
2004 | 6.1 | 10.4 | 58 | |||||||
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, Lee Enterprises (Iowa), | ||||||||||
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 47. | ||||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Peer group comparison | ||||||||||
for Casper Star-Tribune | ||||||||||
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 30. | 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 105 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 30,790 ranks 331 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 Casper Star-Tribune | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 5.9 | 15,725 | ||||||||
Black | 0.4 | 1,168 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5 | 1,217 | ||||||||
Native-American | 2.3 | 6,130 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 255 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.3 | 3,349 | ||||||||
Non-white | 10.4 | 27,844 | ||||||||
White | 89.6 | 239,234 | ||||||||
Total | 267,078 | |||||||||
Home county: Natrona | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
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Hispanic | 4.9 | 3,257 | ||||||||
Black | 0.7 | 473 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4 | 289 | ||||||||
Native-American | 0.9 | 575 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 73 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.3 | 843 | ||||||||
Non-white | 8.3 | 5,510 | ||||||||
White | 91.7 | 61,023 | ||||||||
Total | 66,533 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Natrona. | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Casper Star-Tribune | ||||||||||
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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82601 / Casper / WY / 0.8 mi. | 5,023 | 9,678 | 51.9 | $31,219 | 11.0 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 | |
82604 / Moneta / WY / 2.3 mi. | 4,804 | 9,286 | 51.7 | $40,675 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | |
82609 / Casper / WY / 3.1 mi. | 3,249 | 6,563 | 49.5 | $39,717 | 8.6 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | |
82501 / Sand Draw / WY / 99.3 mi. | 1,061 | 6,279 | 16.9 | $32,293 | 20.4 | 6.1 | 0.2 | 12.0 | 0.3 | |
82901 / Rock Springs / WY / 159.8 mi. | 1,008 | 8,867 | 11.4 | $43,355 | 13.5 | 9.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | |
82633 / Orin / WY / 44.3 mi. | 906 | 3,204 | 28.3 | $39,666 | 8.6 | 6.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | |
82520 / Sweetwater Stati / WY / 112.2 mi. | 890 | 4,331 | 20.5 | $35,354 | 23.4 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 18.5 | 0.4 | |
82718 / Gillette / WY / 99.2 mi. | 737 | 5,488 | 13.4 | $55,359 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | |
82070 / Laramie / WY / 105.9 mi. | 627 | 6,759 | 9.3 | $32,155 | 11.1 | 6.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.3 | |
82801 / Sheridan / WY / 128.6 mi. | 616 | 9,316 | 6.6 | $34,307 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | |
82201 / Wheatland / WY / 83.2 mi. | 577 | 2,675 | 21.6 | $35,114 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
82935 / Green River / WY / 172.3 mi. | 562 | 4,409 | 12.7 | $52,917 | 12.6 | 10.0 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | |
82301 / Riner / WY / 79.4 mi. | 559 | 3,650 | 15.3 | $37,500 | 24.0 | 19.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | |
82636 / Evansville / WY / 6.5 mi. | 554 | 426 | 130.0 | $50,625 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.1 | |
82637 / Rolling Hills / WY / 23.5 mi. | 537 | 1,473 | 36.5 | $39,524 | 7.0 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | |
82240 / Torrington / WY / 114.1 mi. | 507 | 3,775 | 13.4 | $33,036 | 12.7 | 10.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | |
82001 / FE Warren AFB / WY / 132.4 mi. | 476 | 14,000 | 3.4 | $35,080 | 18.0 | 10.8 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | |
82930 / Evanston / WY / 243.8 mi. | 440 | 4,752 | 9.3 | $42,803 | 9.5 | 6.7 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | |
82834 / Buffalo / WY / 98.1 mi. | 439 | 2,623 | 16.7 | $33,455 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | |
82443 / Thermopolis / WY / 102.1 mi. | 419 | 2,071 | 20.2 | $29,850 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.2 | |
83001 / Jackson Hole / WY / 212 mi. | 399 | 5,674 | 7.0 | $55,196 | 10.4 | 8.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | |
82414 / Cody / WY / 169 mi. | 348 | 5,949 | 5.8 | $37,361 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | |
82716 / Weston / WY / 98.8 mi. | 332 | 5,609 | 5.9 | $42,385 | 6.8 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | |
82072 / Mountain Home / WY / 105.1 mi. | 308 | 6,129 | 5.0 | $25,838 | 14.5 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 2.3 | |
82941 / Pinedale / WY / 166.9 mi. | 278 | 1,058 | 26.3 | $39,531 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | |
82401 / Worland / WY / 107.2 mi. | 257 | 2,954 | 8.7 | $35,968 | 14.9 | 12.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | |
83101 / Kemmerer / WY / 211.3 mi. | 256 | 1,057 | 24.2 | $47,703 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | |
82009 / Iron Mountain / WY / 128 mi. | 252 | 10,337 | 2.4 | $54,591 | 10.6 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 | |
82225 / Node / WY / 94.6 mi. | 250 | 827 | 30.2 | $30,351 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
82701 / Newcastle / WY / 115.2 mi. | 232 | 1,965 | 11.8 | $32,828 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.2 | |
82331 / Saratoga / WY / 92.6 mi. | 217 | 999 | 21.7 | $36,719 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | |
82937 / Urie / WY / 213.4 mi. | 214 | 1,012 | 21.1 | $51,211 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
82007 / Cheyenne / WY / 132.3 mi. | 197 | 6,058 | 3.3 | $30,956 | 27.2 | 20.6 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.4 | |
82644 / Mills / WY / 3.6 mi. | 197 | 481 | 41.0 | $26,653 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | |
82513 / Dubois / WY / 162.6 mi. | 159 | 807 | 19.7 | $32,763 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.2 | |
82214 / Guernsey / WY / 83.2 mi. | 150 | 557 | 26.9 | $31,932 | 11.1 | 7.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |
82435 / Willwood / WY / 166.9 mi. | 138 | 3,917 | 3.5 | $33,231 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | |
83113 / Marbleton / WY / 178.2 mi. | 131 | 734 | 17.8 | $40,052 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |
82732 / Wright / WY / 71.3 mi. | 124 | 525 | 23.6 | $53,393 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
83110 / Turnerville / WY / 218 mi. | 114 | 1,320 | 8.6 | $37,243 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | |
82729 / Sundance / WY / 135.9 mi. | 106 | 793 | 13.4 | $39,688 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | |
82721 / Pine Haven / WY / 118.2 mi. | 101 | 871 | 11.6 | $42,292 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | |
82730 / Upton / WY / 110.5 mi. | 97 | 527 | 18.4 | $34,875 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | |
82649 / Shoshoni / WY / 91.2 mi. | 96 | 422 | 22.7 | $35,096 | 7.4 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | |
82426 / Greybull / WY / 132.7 mi. | 86 | 1,091 | 7.9 | $31,583 | 7.8 | 5.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | |
82639 / Sussex / WY / 59.1 mi. | 77 | 312 | 24.7 | $35,875 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
82431 / Lovell / WY / 156.9 mi. | 76 | 1,253 | 6.1 | $33,652 | 9.1 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |
82410 / Basin / WY / 126.8 mi. | 67 | 667 | 10.0 | $33,485 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | |
82327 / Leo / WY / 63.7 mi. | 64 | 396 | 16.2 | $35,227 | 7.6 | 5.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
83127 / Thayne / WY / 218.8 mi. | 64 | 696 | 9.2 | $44,458 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | |
82213 / Glendo / WY / 71.9 mi. | 63 | 256 | 24.6 | $23,000 | 6.8 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
82514 / Fort Washakie / WY / 120.3 mi. | 61 | 520 | 11.7 | $19,145 | 93.2 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 89.6 | 0.0 | |
82939 / Mountain View / WY / 219.6 mi. | 59 | 636 | 9.3 | $49,464 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
82635 / Edgerton / WY / 36.6 mi. | 54 | 84 | 64.3 | $29,750 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | |
82720 / New Haven / WY / 140.4 mi. | 52 | 383 | 13.6 | $27,958 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | |
83013 / Moran / WY / 199 mi. | 49 | 219 | 22.4 | $30,250 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | |
83116 / Diamondville / WY / 211.6 mi. | 48 | 374 | 12.8 | $38,500 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
83114 / Raymond / WY / 228.4 mi. | 46 | 272 | 16.9 | $36,333 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
82325 / Riverside / WY / 107.6 mi. | 45 | 403 | 11.2 | $36,375 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
82942 / Rock Springs / WY / 138.7 mi. | 44 | 27 | 163.0 | $40,125 | 16.1 | 11.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
82643 / Midwest / WY / 36.4 mi. | 43 | 161 | 26.7 | $32,250 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | |
82223 / Rockeagle / WY / 105.5 mi. | 41 | 436 | 9.4 | $36,607 | 5.9 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |
82329 / Medicine Bow / WY / 61.3 mi. | 37 | 162 | 22.8 | $28,750 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | |
82515 / Hudson / WY / 105.2 mi. | 34 | 211 | 16.1 | $25,833 | 11.5 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 0.2 | |
82321 / Baggs / WY / 131.8 mi. | 33 | 257 | 12.8 | $35,625 | 10.1 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 | |
82336 / Wamsutter / WY / 108.8 mi. | 30 | 129 | 23.3 | $39,375 | 16.4 | 11.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | |
82212 / Fort Laramie / WY / 95.7 mi. | 26 | 224 | 11.6 | $26,875 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
82322 / Lamont / WY / 69.9 mi. | 25 | 49 | 51.0 | $42,969 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
82933 / Piedmont / WY / 217.9 mi. | 25 | 338 | 7.4 | $47,188 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
82227 / Manville / WY / 81.5 mi. | 23 | 103 | 22.3 | $20,938 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
82324 / Elk Mountain / WY / 74.5 mi. | 21 | 113 | 18.6 | $31,875 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
82516 / Kinnear / WY / 119.4 mi. | 21 | 225 | 9.3 | $28,393 | 43.2 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 33.2 | 0.0 | |
82842 / Story / WY / 114.7 mi. | 21 | 420 | 5.0 | $33,125 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
82620 / Alcova / WY / 29.2 mi. | 16 | 109 | 14.7 | $81,250 | 5.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 | |
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