Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
Times-Mail, Bedford
Bedford, Indiana
Owner: Schurz Communications (Ind.)
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	7.7
2004	Did not report
2003	0.0
2002	0.0
2001	Did not report
2000	0.0
1999	0.0
1998	Did not report
1997	0.0
1996	0.0
1995	Did not report
1994	Did not report
1993	Did not report
1992	Did not report
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 Times-Mail, Bedford
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff	Non-white % of circulation area	Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005	7.7	2.5	307
2004	N/A	2.5	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.)
Company index
This newspaper's owner, Schurz Communications (Ind.),
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 105.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for Times-Mail, Bedford
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 307.				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 10 out of 259
newspapers reporting in the category of 10,001 to 25,000 daily sales.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 13,455 ranks 667 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 Times-Mail, Bedford
	Circulation area
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	0.8	595
Black	0.4	298
Asian and Pacific Islander	0.2	177
Native-American	0.3	207
Other non-white	0.1	62
Multi-racial	0.7	517
Non-white	2.5	1,856
White	97.5	72,035
Total		73,891
	Home county:  Lawrence
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	0.9	416
Black	0.4	177
Asian and Pacific Islander	0.3	133
Native-American	0.3	122
Other non-white	0.1	30
Multi-racial	0.7	333
Non-white	2.6	1,211
White	97.4	44,711
Total		45,922
The home county of this newspaper is Lawrence.
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
Times-Mail, Bedford
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
47421 / Bedford / IN / 0 mi.	6,843	11,452	59.8	$35,916	3.0	1.1	0.5	0.3	0.4
47446 / Mitchell / IN / 9.5 mi.	2,133	4,118	51.8	$34,189	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.1
47454 / Paoli / IN / 22.7 mi.	756	2,916	25.9	$30,061	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.2
47452 / Orleans / IN / 15.9 mi.	674	1,938	34.8	$34,063	2.2	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.0
47462 / Springville / IN / 10.6 mi.	450	1,766	25.5	$41,930	3.0	1.3	0.1	0.4	0.2
47451 / Oolitic / IN / 4 mi.	372	570	65.3	$31,736	1.5	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.1
47581 / Shoals / IN / 23.7 mi.	285	1,562	18.2	$34,242	1.6	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.1
47432 / French Lick / IN / 27.6 mi.	250	1,788	14.0	$33,314	3.6	0.3	1.8	0.4	0.2
47436 / Heltonville / IN / 7.9 mi.	218	493	44.2	$40,481	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.3
47470 / Williams / IN / 12.4 mi.	216	630	34.3	$36,389	2.2	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.3
47469 / West Baden Springs / IN / 20 mi.	199	747	26.6	$34,531	3.6	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.3
47108 / Campbellsburg / IN / 18.4 mi.	132	908	14.5	$34,274	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.2
47167 / Salem / IN / 28.9 mi.	111	5,657	2.0	$36,250	1.6	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.2
47264 / Norman / IN / 11.2 mi.	71	561	12.7	$35,625	1.5	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.1
47220 / Brownstown / IN / 23.8 mi.	62	1,975	3.1	$40,061	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.3
47260 / Medora / IN / 13.6 mi.	57	716	8.0	$35,793	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.2	0.3
47553 / Loogootee / IN / 31.2 mi.	56	3,043	1.8	$38,988	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.2
47420 / Avoca / IN / 5.9 mi.	54	49	110.2	$41,688	8.9	1.8	0.9	2.7	0.9
47401 / Bloomington / IN / 16.6 mi.	40	14,903	0.3	$37,634	10.5	2.0	2.3	0.2	4.2
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