Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
The Courier Herald, Dublin
Dublin, Georgia
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
2005	12.5
2004	Did not report
2003	8.7
2002	20.0
2001	0.0
2000	6.7
1999	Did not report
1998	Did not report
1997	10.0
1996	20.0
1995	0.0
1994	Did not report
1993	Did not report
1992	8.2
1991	Did not report
1990	11.1
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 Courier Herald, Dublin
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff	Non-white % of circulation area	Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005	12.5	36.4	34
2004	N/A	36.4	N/A
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.)
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for The Courier Herald, Dublin
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 34.				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 123 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 Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times-Democrat, Oklahoma, with a 43.5 percent non-white staff in a community that is 36.9 percent non-white. Its index is 118.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 10,166 ranks 787 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 Courier Herald, Dublin
	Circulation area
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	1.4	910
Black	33.6	21,906
Asian and Pacific Islander	0.6	416
Native-American	0.2	104
Other non-white	0.1	53
Multi-racial	0.5	308
Non-white	36.4	23,697
White	63.6	41,465
Total		65,162
	Home county:  Laurens
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	1.2	529
Black	34.4	15,417
Asian and Pacific Islander	0.8	373
Native-American	0.2	80
Other non-white	0.1	44
Multi-racial	0.5	232
Non-white	37.2	16,675
White	62.8	28,199
Total		44,874
The home county of this newspaper is Laurens.
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 Courier Herald, Dublin
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
31021 / Dublin / GA / 0 mi.	5,477	10,395	52.7	$32,124	43.2	1.2	40.0	0.2	1.3
31027 / East Dublin / GA / 4.4 mi.	1,726	3,703	46.6	$30,027	32.2	1.7	29.4	0.2	0.1
31096 / Wrightsville / GA / 11.8 mi.	531	2,419	22.0	$24,292	45.4	1.0	43.9	0.1	0.2
30457 / Soperton / GA / 17.1 mi.	454	2,372	19.1	$24,808	36.9	1.0	34.9	0.1	0.3
31019 / Dexter / GA / 18 mi.	326	790	41.3	$32,589	11.4	0.3	10.4	0.2	0.1
31075 / Rentz / GA / 16.8 mi.	293	658	44.5	$36,563	19.4	0.6	17.8	0.2	0.2
31002 / Adrian / GA / 13.7 mi.	283	919	30.8	$21,508	16.2	3.9	11.7	0.2	0.0
31022 / Dudley / GA / 17.9 mi.	211	414	51.0	$39,028	30.1	0.5	28.8	0.0	0.0
31065 / Montrose / GA / 21.5 mi.	137	343	39.9	$37,059	57.0	0.5	54.3	0.1	1.0
31009 / Cadwell / GA / 23.6 mi.	132	466	28.3	$30,625	17.3	1.0	15.7	0.0	0.1
30428 / Glenwood / GA / 32.2 mi.	120	965	12.4	$22,208	28.2	5.9	21.2	0.2	0.2
30454 / Rockledge / GA / 11.2 mi.	103	153	67.3	$29,922	0.8	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0
31017 / Danville / GA / 30.5 mi.	67	801	8.4	$29,865	31.2	0.2	30.3	0.4	0.1
30411 / Alamo / GA / 30.4 mi.	63	993	6.3	$25,532	44.0	0.8	42.7	0.0	0.0
31049 / Kite / GA / 18.5 mi.	62	568	10.9	$19,432	3.6	0.9	2.4	0.1	0.0
31090 / Toomsboro / GA / 22.6 mi.	44	373	11.8	$29,861	43.1	0.7	42.2	0.0	0.0
31003 / Allentown / GA / 23.4 mi.	35	98	35.7	$47,813	22.3	0.9	20.9	0.0	0.0
31012 / Chester / GA / 26.3 mi.	35	488	7.2	$30,625	40.3	1.0	38.3	0.3	0.0
31042 / Irwinton / GA / 26.8 mi.	30	772	3.9	$29,063	67.4	0.8	66.4	0.0	0.0
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