Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
The Garden Island, Lihue
Lihue, Hawaii
Owner: Pulitzer (Mo.)
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	37.5
2004	60.0
2003	70.0
2002	Did not report
2001	16.7
2000	Did not report
1999	Did not report
1998	Did not report
1997	Did not report
1996	Did not report
1995	33.3
1994	Did not report
1993	21.7
1992	Did not report
1991	Did not report
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 The Garden Island, Lihue
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff	Non-white % of circulation area	Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005	37.5	72.1	52
2004	60.0	72.1	83
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, Pulitzer (Mo.),
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 59.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for The Garden Island, Lihue
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 52.				This paper
				Peer group
Compare that with 0, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers
reporting in this circulation category of 5,001 to 10,000 daily sales.
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 45 out of 211
newspapers reporting in the category of 5,001 to 10,000 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 Delta Democrat Times, Greenville, Mississippi, with a 44.4 percent non-white staff in a community that is 67.1 percent non-white. Its index is 66.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 8,677 ranks 875 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 Garden Island, Lihue
	Circulation area
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	8.2	4,779
Black	0.3	162
Asian and Pacific Islander	43.6	25,375
Native-American	0.2	137
Other non-white	0.1	82
Multi-racial	19.7	11,458
Non-white	72.1	41,993
White	27.9	16,231
Total		58,224
	Home county:  Kauai
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	8.2	4,803
Black	0.3	163
Asian and Pacific Islander	43.6	25,489
Native-American	0.2	138
Other non-white	0.1	82
Multi-racial	19.7	11,504
Non-white	72.2	42,179
White	27.9	16,284
Total		58,463
The home county of this newspaper is Kauai.
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 Garden Island, Lihue
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
96766 / Lihue / HI / 0 mi.	2,206	3,974	55.5	$48,053	84.4	7.0	0.2	0.2	57.9
96746 / Kapaa / HI / 6.5 mi.	2,015	5,588	36.1	$43,573	70.3	9.0	0.4	0.3	37.6
96756 / Koloa / HI / 8.5 mi.	1,021	1,955	52.2	$47,411	64.6	9.6	0.2	0.3	36.8
96741 / Kalaheo / HI / 10.2 mi.	616	2,268	27.2	$54,286	60.9	10.8	0.3	0.2	31.7
96754 / Kilauea / HI / 15.3 mi.	331	725	45.7	$40,845	46.4	5.8	0.3	0.2	26.0
96752 / Kekaha / HI / 20.4 mi.	307	1,001	30.7	$43,636	83.9	9.0	0.2	0.3	51.7
96722 / Princeville / HI / 17.2 mi.	300	553	54.2	$54,306	17.5	4.4	0.3	0.5	5.6
96796 / Waimea / HI / 18.1 mi.	297	756	39.3	$42,685	88.1	6.9	0.1	0.1	56.7
96705 / Eleele / HI / 14.1 mi.	271	614	44.1	$45,000	92.0	8.6	0.3	0.1	64.8
96716 / Hanapepe / HI / 13.8 mi.	249	795	31.3	$44,286	86.8	8.2	0.1	0.2	56.8
96714 / Princeville / HI / 16.8 mi.	220	824	26.7	$43,846	40.9	4.8	0.6	0.2	21.3
96703 / Anahola / HI / 9.6 mi.	92	652	14.1	$37,885	76.5	7.5	0.3	0.4	45.7
96747 / Kaumakani / HI / 15.8 mi.	62	207	30.0	$34,583	96.9	5.3	0.0	0.0	78.3
96769 / Makaweli / HI / 18 mi.	45	186	24.2	$25,781	89.5	5.6	0.2	0.0	65.7
96813 / Honolulu / HI / 100.4 mi.	24	8,949	0.3	$36,052	80.2	4.2	1.0	0.1	59.7
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