Cape Cod Times, Hyannis... 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

Cape Cod Times, Hyannis

Hyannis, Massachusetts

Owner: Dow Jones (N.Y.)

From a report for the Knight Foundation

by Bill Dedman and Stephen K. Doig, June 2005

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Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

2005

1.5

2004

Did not report

2003

7.2

2002

6.3

2001

2.8

2000

2.9

1999

3.2

1998

4.9

1997

4.8

1996

4.8

1995

3.5

1994

3.8

1993

2.2

1992

1.9

1991

1.7

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 Cape Cod Times, Hyannis

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

1.5

6.6

2004

N/A

6.6

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, Dow Jones (N.Y.),

has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 53.

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

Peer group comparison

for Cape Cod Times, Hyannis

This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 23.

This paper

Peer group

Compare that with 50, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers

reporting in this circulation category of 50,001 to 100,000 daily sales.

In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 76 out of 90

newspapers reporting in the category of 50,001 to 100,000 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 Lincoln Journal Star, Nebraska, with a 9.9 percent non-white staff in a community that is 8.3 percent non-white. Its index is 119.

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

approximately 50,896 ranks 199 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 Cape Cod Times, Hyannis

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

1.3

3,016

Black

1.7

3,883

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.6

1,422

Native-American

0.5

1,153

Other non-white

0.9

1,899

Multi-racial

1.6

3,509

Non-white

6.6

14,882

White

93.4

209,542

Total

224,424

Home county: Barnstable

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

1.4

3,000

Black

1.7

3,848

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.6

1,413

Native-American

0.5

1,148

Other non-white

0.8

1,842

Multi-racial

1.6

3,461

Non-white

6.6

14,712

White

93.4

207,518

Total

222,230

The home county of this newspaper is Barnstable.

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

Cape Cod Times, Hyannis

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

02601 / Hyannis / MA / 0 mi.

4,050

6,822

59.4

$32,199

18.4

3.1

5.9

0.9

1.4

02664 / South Yarmouth / MA / 5.1 mi.

3,400

4,714

72.1

$37,929

5.6

1.6

1.3

0.2

0.7

02645 / Harwich / MA / 12.2 mi.

2,427

4,068

59.7

$42,677

5.8

1.0

0.6

0.2

0.3

02632 / Centerville / MA / 2.8 mi.

2,388

4,638

51.5

$50,666

5.0

1.2

1.3

0.4

0.7

02649 / Mashpee / MA / 10.7 mi.

2,325

5,258

44.2

$50,879

10.6

1.6

2.8

0.6

02631 / Brewster / MA / 13 mi.

2,290

4,060

56.4

$48,640

3.6

1.1

0.7

0.2

0.7

02536 / East Falmouth / MA / 14.7 mi.

2,269

7,853

28.9

$47,494

9.0

1.5

2.1

0.7

02563 / Sandwich / MA / 10.4 mi.

2,129

4,037

52.7

$57,815

2.9

0.6

0.4

0.3

0.6

02673 / West Yarmouth / MA / 2.6 mi.

1,896

3,670

51.7

$36,909

7.9

1.8

2.1

0.5

0.4

02660 / South Dennis / MA / 8.1 mi.

1,764

3,342

52.8

$42,864

4.6

1.1

1.3

0.3

0.2

02675 / Yarmouth Port / MA / 4.4 mi.

1,707

3,151

54.2

$50,421

2.4

0.7

0.4

0.1

0.4

02653 / Orleans / MA / 18.2 mi.

1,638

3,093

53.0

$42,609

3.0

0.8

0.6

0.2

0.5

02540 / Falmouth / MA / 18.4 mi.

1,603

4,252

37.7

$46,708

5.6

1.0

1.3

0.2

1.4

02532 / Buzzards Bay / MA / 16.7 mi.

1,356

5,879

23.1

$44,114

6.3

1.2

0.5

0.8

02648 / Marstons Mills / MA / 6.4 mi.

1,350

2,735

49.4

$52,142

5.9

1.1

1.4

0.5

02639 / Dennis Port / MA / 8.1 mi.

1,266

1,568

80.7

$34,811

11.8

2.9

4.7

0.3

0.4

02633 / Chatham / MA / 16.2 mi.

1,111

2,090

53.2

$45,817

4.6

1.2

1.3

0.1

0.3

02537 / East Sandwich / MA / 8.9 mi.

1,054

2,224

47.4

$66,166

2.2

0.8

0.1

0.4

02642 / Eastham / MA / 20.4 mi.

1,008

2,396

42.1

$42,618

4.4

0.8

1.5

0.1

0.3

02655 / Osterville / MA / 5.1 mi.

935

1,859

50.3

$52,500

4.8

1.4

1.2

0.2

0.4

02638 / Dennis / MA / 7.1 mi.

920

1,759

52.3

$51,699

4.3

1.8

0.3

0.2

0.6

02646 / Harwich Port / MA / 11.5 mi.

728

973

74.8

$37,315

2.7

0.7

0.5

0.1

02635 / Cotuit / MA / 8 mi.

724

1,421

51.0

$53,824

3.2

0.8

0.4

0.5

0.3

02668 / West Barnstable / MA / 4.9 mi.

684

1,139

60.1

$68,164

1.9

0.3

0.4

0.1

0.5

02657 / Provincetown / MA / 28.1 mi.

586

1,837

31.9

$32,716

13.9

2.2

7.4

0.2

0.5

02559 / Pocasset / MA / 16.8 mi.

538

1,476

36.4

$48,156

3.8

0.4

1.2

0.4

0.3

02667 / Wellfleet / MA / 23.4 mi.

490

1,303

37.6

$43,365

3.9

0.7

0.9

0.3

0.4

02630 / Barnstable / MA / 2.8 mi.

461

824

55.9

$63,409

1.8

0.3

0.4

0.0

0.2

02556 / North Falmouth / MA / 17.2 mi.

436

1,368

31.9

$57,841

4.6

0.9

1.0

0.2

0.8

02644 / Forestdale / MA / 12.7 mi.

416

1,258

33.1

$61,981

4.0

1.3

0.8

0.5

02571 / Wareham / MA / 22.8 mi.

388

4,073

9.5

$40,988

13.1

1.5

2.8

0.5

02670 / West Dennis / MA / 6.4 mi.

370

834

44.4

$36,053

5.4

1.2

2.4

0.6

0.4

02671 / West Harwich / MA / 9.3 mi.

325

484

67.1

$36,711

4.8

1.2

1.5

0.5

0.1

02554 / Nantucket / MA / 29 mi.

284

3,699

7.7

$55,522

13.1

2.2

8.2

0.0

0.7

02568 / Vineyard Haven / MA / 21.8 mi.

279

4,082

6.8

$42,386

10.7

1.0

2.9

1.2

0.6

02659 / South Chatham / MA / 14 mi.

267

558

47.8

$36,989

3.2

0.9

0.7

0.1

02669 / West Chatham / MA / 15.8 mi.

249

286.2

$55,625

9.0

0.6

3.9

1.3

0.6

02652 / North Truro / MA / 28.3 mi.

248

556

44.6

$39,423

4.9

1.0

2.5

0.1

0.2

02650 / North Chatham / MA / 17.2 mi.

221

425

52.0

$51,060

6.2

0.4

4.6

0.5

0.2

02360 / Plymouth / MA / 23.1 mi.

210

18,422

1.1

$54,677

5.9

1.7

0.2

0.6

02539 / Edgartown / MA / 23.4 mi.

142

1,581

9.0

$50,407

7.4

1.2

1.6

0.5

02666 / Truro / MA / 26 mi.

125

349

35.8

$46,985

6.4

1.5

0.7

0.4

0.8

02534 / Cataumet / MA / 16.3 mi.

121

363

33.3

$61,607

3.6

0.5

0.7

0.6

0.0

02672 / West Hyannisport / MA / 2.2 mi.

105

128

82.0

$76,467

10.5

1.6

1.2

0.4

0.0

02543 / Woods Hole / MA / 21.3 mi.

385

20.8

$50,446

5.9

1.0

1.8

0.6

1.0

02661 / South Harwich / MA / 14.2 mi.

1440.0

$16,250

0.0

02542 / Buzzards Bay / MA / 14.4 mi.

504

11.5

$41,875

12.0

5.4

3.4

0.2

0.9

02647 / Hyannis Port / MA / 2.2 mi.

87.0

$58,542

2.6

0.9

0.0

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