The News-Gazette, Champaign... Racial diversity of its news staff and community

Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists

at America's daily newspapers

with the communities that they serve

Newsroom diversity report for

The News-Gazette, Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

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

5.5

2004

1.9

2003

3.6

2002

3.2

2001

1.6

2000

1.8

1999

3.4

1998

0.0

1997

3.2

1996

3.4

1995

5.4

1994

3.6

1993

3.5

1992

3.6

1991

Did not report

1990

Did not report

The latest year at peak is

2005

See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.

Newsroom Diversity Index

for The News-Gazette, Champaign

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

5.5

16.9

2004

1.9

17.2

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 News-Gazette, Champaign

This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 33.

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 98 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 The Jackson Sun, Tennessee, with a 37.5 percent non-white staff in a community that is 24.7 percent non-white. Its index is 152.

FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of

approximately 38,725 ranks 270 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 News-Gazette, Champaign

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

2.8

7,821

Black

8.9

24,462

Asian and Pacific Islander

3.8

10,486

Native-American

0.2

480

Other non-white

0.1

346

Multi-racial

1.3

3,648

Non-white

17.2

47,243

White

82.9

228,258

Total

275,501

Home county: Champaign

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

2.9

5,203

Black

11.1

19,881

Asian and Pacific Islander

6.5

11,617

Native-American

0.2

345

Other non-white

0.2

325

Multi-racial

1.8

3,155

Non-white

22.6

40,526

White

77.4

139,143

Total

179,669

The home county of this newspaper is Champaign.

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 News-Gazette, Champaign

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

61821 / Champaign / IL / 1.7 mi.

7,338

12,248

59.9

$44,435

23.9

2.4

15.3

0.2

4.0

61801 / Urbana / IL / 2.4 mi.

5,333

11,200

47.6

$26,135

35.5

3.8

13.2

0.1

16.0

61820 / Champaign / IL / 0 mi.

4,391

12,638

34.7

$19,591

32.9

5.5

16.0

0.2

9.1

61832 / Hegeler / IL / 30.4 mi.

2,722

16,352

16.6

$30,651

25.2

3.7

18.6

0.2

1.1

61853 / Mahomet / IL / 9.1 mi.

1,973

3,672

53.7

$55,000

2.8

0.9

0.4

0.2

0.6

61866 / Rantoul / IL / 13.6 mi.

1,930

5,856

33.0

$37,142

23.7

2.9

15.6

0.4

1.8

61856 / Monticello / IL / 17.1 mi.

1,280

2,725

47.0

$48,598

1.6

0.7

0.1

0.2

61953 / Tuscola / IL / 20.3 mi.

887

2,506

35.4

$40,714

2.4

1.0

0.3

0.4

61873 / Saint Joseph / IL / 10 mi.

864

1,887

45.8

$55,069

1.9

0.9

0.1

0.2

60957 / Paxton / IL / 23.6 mi.

659

2,190

30.1

$38,381

2.6

1.4

0.2

0.1

0.3

61880 / Tolono / IL / 8 mi.

619

1,356

45.6

$46,250

2.5

0.8

0.4

0.3

61874 / Savoy / IL / 3.1 mi.

504

2,001

25.2

$47,750

19.7

2.1

4.5

0.1

10.7

61864 / Philo / IL / 8.2 mi.

449

563

79.8

$58,938

1.2

0.3

0.0

61956 / Villa Grove / IL / 16.7 mi.

370

1,154

32.1

$38,005

2.2

0.8

0.3

0.0

0.1

61849 / Homer / IL / 14.9 mi.

365

708

51.6

$40,439

1.1

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.3

60942 / Hoopeston / IL / 36.3 mi.

362

2,650

13.7

$32,793

9.4

7.5

0.7

0.3

61843 / Fisher / IL / 14.2 mi.

362

787

46.0

$44,414

1.5

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.0

60936 / Gibson City / IL / 23.7 mi.

342

1,794

19.1

$35,189

2.3

0.8

0.5

0.0

0.5

61883 / Westville / IL / 30.3 mi.

328

1,981

16.6

$33,792

2.1

0.8

0.3

0.1

61859 / Ogden / IL / 14.2 mi.

315

480

65.6

$47,188

2.5

0.7

0.2

0.0

0.5

61842 / Farmer City / IL / 21.3 mi.

277

1,147

24.2

$44,051

1.4

0.7

0.2

0.0

61846 / Georgetown / IL / 31.4 mi.

276

2,072

13.3

$34,356

4.8

1.1

2.2

0.3

0.1

61813 / Bement / IL / 20.3 mi.

267

822

32.5

$41,141

2.1

0.5

0.9

0.0

0.2

61858 / Oakwood / IL / 23.2 mi.

256

1,145

22.4

$41,108

1.0

0.5

0.1

0.0

61938 / Mattoon / IL / 41 mi.

247

9,617

2.6

$34,437

3.9

1.2

1.3

0.2

0.5

60948 / Loda / IL / 27.8 mi.

213

608

35.0

$49,750

3.1

1.8

0.8

0.0

0.1

61802 / Urbana / IL / 3.7 mi.

212

7,160

3.0

$35,549

22.1

2.1

13.0

0.3

4.7

61877 / Sidney / IL / 10.4 mi.

209

588

35.5

$54,323

2.2

0.3

0.6

61817 / Catlin / IL / 26.6 mi.

205

1,059

19.4

$46,743

1.3

0.4

0.2

0.0

61920 / Rardin / IL / 40.4 mi.

191

9,035

2.1

$28,034

7.7

1.7

3.7

0.2

1.3

61878 / Thomasboro / IL / 9 mi.

190

630

30.2

$42,321

4.1

1.0

0.1

0.7

61852 / Longview / IL / 17.1 mi.

179

104

172.1

$35,833

5.3

2.1

0.0

0.4

0.7

61910 / Arcola / IL / 27.8 mi.

179

1,498

11.9

$39,794

14.4

12.9

0.3

0.1

0.5

61872 / Sadorus / IL / 10.6 mi.

168

268

62.7

$47,813

3.1

0.0

0.1

0.4

0.0

61942 / Newman / IL / 23.9 mi.

168

538

31.2

$36,827

2.3

0.4

1.3

0.2

0.1

61847 / Gifford / IL / 16.7 mi.

148

445

33.3

$47,159

1.7

0.3

0.7

0.2

0.4

61854 / Mansfield / IL / 14.3 mi.

144

635

22.7

$46,250

1.7

0.5

0.2

0.0

0.3

61911 / Chesterville / IL / 27.8 mi.

141

1,395

10.1

$38,789

1.0

0.6

0.0

0.2

0.1

61833 / Tilton / IL / 29.8 mi.

135

939

14.4

$32,267

2.4

1.2

0.1

61875 / Seymour / IL / 9.8 mi.

126

279

45.2

$68,750

2.6

0.9

0.3

0.0

0.6

60918 / Buckley / IL / 33 mi.

119

381

31.2

$42,386

3.2

2.4

0.1

0.0

0.6

61924 / Chrisman / IL / 34.6 mi.

111

985

11.3

$39,525

1.1

0.2

0.4

0.1

61865 / Potomac / IL / 25.3 mi.

109

482

22.6

$41,632

2.3

1.2

0.2

0.4

60924 / Cissna Park / IL / 34.1 mi.

103

686

15.0

$38,029

2.0

1.1

0.2

0.1

0.4

61814 / Bismarck / IL / 32.7 mi.

103

477

21.6

$48,984

2.4

1.1

0.5

0.4

0.0

61863 / Pesotum / IL / 12.7 mi.

103

334

30.8

$53,056

1.1

0.5

0.0

0.2

61913 / Garrett / IL / 22.8 mi.

101

751

13.4

$35,792

1.6

1.0

0.2

0.1

61871 / Royal / IL / 14.7 mi.

121.3

$53,438

0.0

60963 / Rossville / IL / 33.5 mi.

719

13.4

$38,491

2.6

1.8

0.2

0.1

61932 / Hume / IL / 27.6 mi.

208

41.8

$35,833

1.5

0.0

60960 / Rankin / IL / 28.4 mi.

425

20.2

$28,798

5.2

4.1

0.3

0.2

0.5

61841 / Fairmount / IL / 21 mi.

532

16.2

$45,208

0.9

0.4

0.2

0.0

0.1

61816 / Broadlands / IL / 18.1 mi.

189

38.6

$37,891

1.9

0.0

0.4

0.8

0.0

61857 / Muncie / IL / 19.9 mi.

95.9

$38,125

0.0

61951 / Sullivan / IL / 37.6 mi.

2,808

2.5

$39,528

1.5

0.4

0.2

0.1

61839 / De Land / IL / 19.7 mi.

235

29.4

$41,685

1.7

1.0

0.2

0.0

0.2

61815 / Bondville / IL / 6.1 mi.

88.4

$38,393

5.8

1.2

0.6

3.5

0.6

61851 / Ivesdale / IL / 14.9 mi.

194

30.9

$53,750

1.0

0.4

0.0

61876 / Sidell / IL / 24.6 mi.

323

18.6

$34,342

0.9

0.5

0.1

0.2

0.0

60952 / Melvin / IL / 29.9 mi.

278

20.1

$45,982

1.9

1.2

0.0

0.3

0.0

61812 / Armstrong / IL / 18.6 mi.

170

27.6

$34,091

3.3

1.2

1.4

0.2

0.0

61943 / Oakland / IL / 31.4 mi.

714

6.6

$34,184

2.2

1.0

0.6

0.0

0.1

61840 / Dewey / IL / 13.4 mi.

262

17.6

$52,381

3.0

2.4

0.1

0.0

0.1

60955 / Onarga / IL / 41.2 mi.

677

6.6

$38,438

29.4

26.6

1.7

0.2

61727 / Texas Township / IL / 35.2 mi.

4,171

1.1

$39,868

3.7

1.7

0.6

0.1

0.3

61884 / White Heath / IL / 12.9 mi.

415

10.4

$53,819

2.0

1.0

0.0

60970 / Watseka / IL / 49.6 mi.

3,063

1.4

$33,193

4.4

2.2

0.5

0.2

0.6

60949 / Ludlow / IL / 18.7 mi.

302

13.6

$33,000

8.0

4.5

1.2

0.5

0.4

61752 / Le Roy / IL / 29.7 mi.

1,597

2.4

$48,951

1.3

1.0

0.1

61919 / Camargo / IL / 20.7 mi.

318

11.9

$47,955

0.6

0.1

0.0

61862 / Penfield / IL / 14.4 mi.

174

21.3

$47,000

3.7

2.7

0.0

0.8

60962 / Roberts / IL / 32.6 mi.

246

13.4

$41,635

1.7

0.9

0.0

0.7

0.0

61810 / Allerton / IL / 20.1 mi.

147

22.4

$43,750

3.3

1.8

0.0

0.5

0.0

60938 / Gilman / IL / 44.2 mi.

881

3.6

$35,898

9.1

8.1

0.3

0.0

0.3

60933 / Elliott / IL / 22.7 mi.

130

21.5

$41,750

1.7

0.3

0.0

62523 / Decatur / IL / 38.8 mi.

349

8.0

$8,182

56.2

0.9

53.0

0.3

0.1

61724 / Kumler / IL / 19.9 mi.

235

11.5

$44,583

1.9

0.0

1.3

0.0

0.2

61917 / Brocton / IL / 39.2 mi.

268

9.7

$33,333

1.1

0.6

0.0

0.2

61930 / Hindsboro / IL / 28 mi.

231

7.4

$37,500

2.8

2.3

0.0

0.2

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