Telegram & Gazette, Worcester... 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

Telegram & Gazette, Worcester

Worcester, Massachusetts

Owner: New York Times Co.

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

3.3

2004

4.3

2003

3.7

2002

3.8

2001

3.4

2000

3.1

1999

3.6

1998

3.1

1997

3.1

1996

2.3

1995

2.3

1994

2.3

1993

Did not report

1992

0.9

1991

Did not report

1990

Did not report

The latest year at peak is

2004

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

Newsroom Diversity Index

for Telegram & Gazette, Worcester

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

3.3

14.0

2004

4.3

14.0

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, New York Times Co.,

has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 69.

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

Peer group comparison

for Telegram & Gazette, Worcester

This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 24.

This paper

Peer group

Compare that with 64, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers

reporting in this circulation category of 100,001 to 250,000 daily sales.

In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 57 out of 58

newspapers reporting in the category of 100,001 to 250,000 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 Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, with a 20.8 percent non-white staff in a community that is 11.8 percent non-white. Its index is 177.

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

approximately 103,113 ranks 97 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 Telegram & Gazette, Worcester

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

7.0

49,051

Black

2.5

17,572

Asian and Pacific Islander

2.7

18,734

Native-American

0.2

1,458

Other non-white

0.2

1,517

Multi-racial

1.3

9,050

Non-white

14.0

97,382

White

86.0

598,990

Total

696,372

Home county: Worcester

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

6.8

50,864

Black

2.4

18,257

Asian and Pacific Islander

2.6

19,749

Native-American

0.2

1,499

Other non-white

0.2

1,686

Multi-racial

1.3

9,681

Non-white

13.6

101,736

White

86.5

649,227

Total

750,963

The home county of this newspaper is Worcester.

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

Telegram & Gazette, Worcester

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

01604 / Worcester / MA / 1.9 mi.

6,418

14,051

45.7

$37,497

20.7

8.8

4.3

0.3

5.1

01545 / Shrewsbury / MA / 4.7 mi.

5,316

12,376

43.0

$64,175

11.9

1.6

1.4

0.1

7.6

01602 / Worcester / MA / 2.6 mi.

4,622

9,254

49.9

$47,906

16.4

6.6

4.3

0.3

2.9

01605 / Worcester / MA / 2 mi.

4,287

9,536

45.0

$29,348

42.8

24.8

11.1

0.4

3.5

01606 / Worcester / MA / 3.7 mi.

4,270

7,853

54.4

$44,689

17.1

8.1

5.3

0.2

2.1

01501 / Auburn / MA / 5 mi.

3,708

6,302

58.8

$52,030

3.2

1.1

0.6

0.1

0.9

01603 / Worcester / MA / 2.5 mi.

3,392

6,653

51.0

$36,092

31.4

14.9

4.8

0.3

8.7

01453 / Leominster / MA / 18 mi.

2,982

16,529

18.0

$44,925

18.4

11.0

3.0

0.1

2.4

01570 / Webster / MA / 14.7 mi.

2,935

6,554

44.8

$38,311

7.0

3.9

1.0

0.3

0.9

01609 / Worcester / MA / 2 mi.

2,704

7,537

35.9

$31,521

28.7

15.5

5.9

0.3

4.2

01520 / Holden / MA / 5.8 mi.

2,662

4,645

57.3

$64,379

3.4

1.0

0.5

0.1

1.1

01527 / Millbury / MA / 5 mi.

2,404

4,927

48.8

$51,415

3.5

1.0

0.5

0.2

1.1

01440 / Gardner / MA / 24.2 mi.

2,193

8,424

26.0

$37,318

9.0

4.0

2.1

0.3

1.4

01420 / Fitchburg / MA / 22.9 mi.

2,017

14,942

13.5

$37,004

24.8

15.0

3.1

0.3

4.3

01540 / Oxford / MA / 10.3 mi.

1,983

4,189

47.3

$54,466

4.7

2.0

0.8

0.3

0.8

01510 / Clinton / MA / 12.2 mi.

1,978

5,597

35.3

$44,740

16.3

11.6

1.8

0.1

0.9

01562 / Spencer / MA / 9.8 mi.

1,932

4,583

42.2

$46,598

2.9

1.3

0.6

0.2

0.3

01581 / Westborough / MA / 9.6 mi.

1,864

6,536

28.5

$73,418

14.2

3.3

1.4

0.1

8.1

01550 / Southbridge / MA / 18.3 mi.

1,862

7,077

26.3

$33,913

24.3

20.2

0.7

0.3

1.5

01610 / Worcester / MA / 1.1 mi.

1,816

7,710

23.6

$26,152

43.4

23.8

8.2

0.6

7.3

01532 / Northborough / MA / 9 mi.

1,639

4,904

33.4

$79,781

7.9

1.3

0.6

0.1

5.1

01583 / West Boylston / MA / 7.6 mi.

1,596

2,391

66.8

$54,402

2.3

0.8

0.2

0.0

0.7

01571 / Dudley / MA / 15.6 mi.

1,587

4,088

38.8

$46,753

4.5

2.2

0.5

0.2

0.7

01507 / Charlton / MA / 12.2 mi.

1,537

3,788

40.6

$63,033

2.5

1.0

0.2

0.5

01590 / Sutton / MA / 9.2 mi.

1,374

2,808

48.9

$75,141

2.3

0.7

0.3

0.1

0.6

01607 / Worcester / MA / 2.4 mi.

1,295

3,230

40.1

$30,707

30.2

12.8

8.1

0.3

5.5

01524 / Leicester / MA / 6.2 mi.

1,289

2,177

59.2

$55,838

4.9

1.7

1.0

0.2

0.9

01608 / Worcester / MA / 0 mi.

1,270

1,260

100.8

$17,688

79.3

58.5

10.2

0.3

6.6

01588 / Whitinsville / MA / 11.9 mi.

1,251

3,214

38.9

$47,448

5.3

2.0

0.8

0.2

0.4

01569 / Uxbridge / MA / 16.4 mi.

1,173

3,959

29.6

$62,231

2.7

1.0

0.1

0.7

01566 / Sturbridge / MA / 17.8 mi.

1,076

2,163

49.7

$57,989

3.1

0.9

0.2

1.4

01519 / Grafton / MA / 7.4 mi.

1,069

2,070

51.6

$66,534

4.5

1.1

0.3

0.1

1.9

01564 / Sterling / MA / 12.5 mi.

1,054

2,573

41.0

$67,188

2.4

0.8

0.5

0.1

0.4

01536 / North Grafton / MA / 6 mi.

1,011

2,460

41.1

$54,583

7.6

3.1

2.3

0.1

1.5

01543 / Rutland / MA / 12 mi.

951

2,253

42.2

$62,846

4.2

1.3

1.0

0.1

0.5

01612 / Paxton / MA / 7.5 mi.

883

1,434

61.6

$72,039

3.9

1.5

0.5

0.1

1.1

01331 / Athol / MA / 31.4 mi.

871

5,070

17.2

$35,479

4.4

1.8

0.6

0.2

0.4

01516 / Douglas / MA / 14.7 mi.

866

2,488

34.8

$60,369

3.1

1.0

0.4

0.1

0.7

01535 / North Brookfield / MA / 14.2 mi.

759

1,811

41.9

$44,286

2.9

1.1

0.3

0.2

01752 / Marlborough / MA / 14.3 mi.

739

14,501

5.1

$56,879

15.1

6.1

2.0

0.1

3.8

01475 / Winchendon / MA / 30.7 mi.

706

3,436

20.5

$43,516

5.0

2.0

0.7

0.3

0.7

01473 / Westminster / MA / 20.5 mi.

690

2,527

27.3

$57,755

3.4

1.1

0.4

0.1

1.1

01005 / Barre / MA / 19 mi.

683

1,880

36.3

$50,395

2.8

0.8

0.5

0.1

0.3

01505 / Boylston / MA / 7.5 mi.

669

1,573

42.5

$67,703

3.6

0.6

0.7

0.2

1.4

01534 / Northbridge / MA / 11.8 mi.

627

1,606

39.0

$59,279

3.1

1.6

0.3

0.0

0.2

01462 / Lunenburg / MA / 23.1 mi.

617

3,536

17.4

$56,813

3.8

1.2

0.6

0.2

0.8

01585 / West Brookfield / MA / 18.4 mi.

609

2,121

28.7

$42,543

2.9

1.1

0.3

0.4

0.1

01522 / Jefferson / MA / 9.2 mi.

526

1,064

49.4

$63,529

2.1

0.7

0.3

0.0

0.5

01523 / Lancaster / MA / 15.6 mi.

526

2,011

26.2

$60,885

19.7

7.6

9.6

0.2

1.2

01749 / Hudson / MA / 16.2 mi.

499

6,990

7.1

$58,549

7.7

3.1

0.8

0.1

1.4

01541 / Princeton / MA / 14.1 mi.

460

1,166

39.5

$80,993

3.8

1.5

0.2

1.0

01757 / Milford / MA / 16.2 mi.

422

10,490

4.0

$50,840

9.5

4.4

1.3

0.1

1.8

06277 / Thompson / CT / 20.1 mi.

414

1,420

29.2

$49,129

2.5

0.7

0.3

0.1

0.7

01515 / East Brookfield / MA / 13.1 mi.

378

778

48.6

$51,860

2.1

0.8

0.4

0.1

01430 / Ashburnham / MA / 28.2 mi.

376

1,932

19.5

$55,795

3.5

1.7

0.2

0.0

0.6

01506 / Brookfield / MA / 16.7 mi.

366

1,204

30.4

$45,655

2.4

0.6

0.2

0.5

0.3

01452 / Hubbardston / MA / 18.5 mi.

356

1,308

27.2

$61,462

2.4

1.3

0.1

0.5

01560 / South Grafton / MA / 8.1 mi.

353

1,166

30.3

$44,730

3.0

1.0

0.5

0.3

0.5

01537 / North Oxford / MA / 8.4 mi.

338

851

39.7

$48,064

5.1

2.0

0.5

0.2

1.3

06260 / Putnam / CT / 24.6 mi.

322

3,659

8.8

$42,912

5.8

1.9

1.2

0.8

0.4

01611 / Cherry Valley / MA / 4.3 mi.

306

875

35.0

$47,396

6.2

2.0

2.4

0.2

0.5

01503 / Berlin / MA / 12 mi.

300

872

34.4

$65,667

2.7

0.5

0.2

0.1

1.0

06255 / North Grosvenordale / CT / 19.7 mi.

300

1,856

16.2

$44,596

2.5

0.9

0.6

0.3

0.2

01083 / Warren / MA / 19.4 mi.

282

855

33.0

$37,250

3.0

0.7

0.5

0.0

0.5

01436 / Baldwinville / MA / 27.7 mi.

266

1,085

24.5

$42,466

3.2

2.0

0.3

0.1

0.4

01542 / Rochdale / MA / 6.9 mi.

262

649

40.4

$61,691

3.8

1.4

0.7

0.3

0.9

01468 / Templeton / MA / 24 mi.

253

1,150

22.0

$52,561

2.1

0.9

0.4

0.2

01568 / Upton / MA / 11.7 mi.

238

2,040

11.7

$78,410

2.9

0.7

0.5

0.1

1.0

01068 / Oakham / MA / 13.9 mi.

227

590

38.5

$60,781

2.5

1.0

0.4

0.1

0.6

01518 / Fiskdale / MA / 19.1 mi.

212

903

23.5

$53,750

5.4

2.4

0.6

0.5

0.8

06281 / Woodstock / CT / 22.9 mi.

205

2,314

8.9

$55,375

2.8

0.7

0.1

0.2

0.5

01740 / Bolton / MA / 15.6 mi.

184

1,424

12.9

$102,798

2.9

0.8

0.1

1.3

01364 / Orange / MA / 35.2 mi.

179

3,070

5.8

$36,836

4.7

1.7

1.0

0.2

0.5

01082 / Ware / MA / 24.4 mi.

178

4,113

4.3

$37,438

4.5

2.0

0.6

0.2

0.6

01031 / Gilbertville / MA / 21.9 mi.

163

492

33.1

$44,333

2.8

1.2

0.2

0.0

01772 / Southborough / MA / 14 mi.

160

2,779

5.8

$105,160

6.6

1.4

0.5

0.1

3.7

01438 / East Templeton / MA / 24.1 mi.

145

322.2

$70,250

4.4

2.2

0.7

0.0

01469 / Townsend / MA / 28.5 mi.

142

2,067

6.9

$64,583

3.1

1.2

0.7

0.3

0.2

01756 / Mendon / MA / 17.3 mi.

124

1,815

6.8

$71,164

2.7

1.0

0.4

0.0

0.6

01431 / Ashby / MA / 28.7 mi.

117

978

12.0

$61,000

2.5

0.8

0.3

0.1

0.4

01531 / New Braintree / MA / 17.2 mi.

114

312

36.5

$55,250

1.2

0.3

0.2

0.1

01010 / Brimfield / MA / 22.1 mi.

110

1,254

8.8

$50,181

2.9

1.3

0.5

0.3

0.1

06262 / Quinebaug / CT / 18.8 mi.

212

42.5

$27,171

0.9

0.2

0.0

0.4

0.2

01701 / Framingham / MA / 18.9 mi.

12,182

0.7

$70,613

13.0

2.8

2.5

0.1

5.6

01432 / Ayer / MA / 23.9 mi.

2,985

2.9

$46,619

21.0

8.1

7.6

0.2

2.9

01464 / Shirley / MA / 22.9 mi.

2,067

4.0

$53,344

17.6

6.9

6.5

0.4

2.2

01366 / Petersham / MA / 25.2 mi.

433

18.5

$47,917

3.4

1.1

0.7

0.3

01521 / Holland / MA / 23.4 mi.

897

8.9

$52,073

3.7

1.4

0.1

0.5

0.3

06239 / Danielson / CT / 32.5 mi.

5,027

1.6

$39,894

7.7

2.7

1.4

0.4

1.5

01747 / Hopedale / MA / 16.6 mi.

2,170

3.5

$60,651

2.9

1.1

0.6

0.0

0.7

02664 / South Yarmouth / MA / 91.9 mi.

4,714

1.5

$37,929

5.6

1.6

1.3

0.2

0.7

01451 / Harvard / MA / 20.1 mi.

1,741

4.0

$108,024

5.1

1.1

0.6

0.1

2.1

03461 / Rindge / NH / 35.6 mi.

1,499

4.4

$50,494

3.4

0.9

1.1

0.2

0.4

01368 / Royalston / MA / 31.7 mi.

447

12.8

$44,856

2.2

1.1

0.0

0.6

01843 / Lawrence / MA / 44 mi.

8,359

0.7

$34,851

50.9

41.9

2.2

0.2

5.3

02660 / South Dennis / MA / 92.7 mi.

3,342

1.7

$42,864

4.6

1.1

1.3

0.3

0.2

06241 / Dayville / CT / 28 mi.

2,493

1.8

$39,475

6.6

1.4

1.0

0.6

1.3

01748 / Hopkinton / MA / 13.7 mi.

4,444

1.0

$89,281

4.7

1.3

0.6

0.1

1.7

01504 / Blackstone / MA / 20.2 mi.

3,235

1.3

$55,163

3.4

1.0

0.3

0.2

0.8

01069 / Palmer / MA / 25.2 mi.

4,033

1.0

$42,154

4.0

1.3

0.8

0.1

0.7

02601 / Hyannis / MA / 88 mi.

6,822

0.6

$32,199

18.4

3.1

5.9

0.9

1.4

01460 / Littleton / MA / 24.7 mi.

2,958

1.2

$71,384

4.1

1.0

0.3

0.1

1.7

02540 / Falmouth / MA / 76.9 mi.

4,252

0.8

$46,708

5.6

1.0

1.3

0.2

1.4

01754 / Maynard / MA / 20.6 mi.

4,292

0.7

$60,812

6.7

2.8

1.0

0.2

1.6

01720 / Acton / MA / 24.1 mi.

7,293

0.4

$91,492

12.7

1.8

0.7

0.1

8.6

01474 / West Townsend / MA / 28.3 mi.

1,043

2.6

$58,306

3.0

1.1

0.7

0.1

0.2

02645 / Harwich / MA / 97.3 mi.

4,068

0.6

$42,677

5.8

1.0

0.6

0.2

0.3

04090 / Wells / ME / 95.6 mi.

4,003

0.6

$46,229

2.2

0.6

0.2

0.5

01092 / West Warren / MA / 21 mi.

451

5.3

$33,750

1.7

0.5

0.2

0.1

01529 / Millville / MA / 20.3 mi.

923

2.5

$57,000

2.8

0.6

0.8

0.0

0.2

02895 / Woonsocket / RI / 23.9 mi.

17,750

0.1

$30,819

20.2

9.3

3.9

0.2

4.0

01463 / Pepperell / MA / 30.1 mi.

3,847

0.5

$65,163

3.4

1.0

0.5

0.1

0.7

02642 / Eastham / MA / 97.8 mi.

2,396

0.7

$42,618

4.4

0.8

1.5

0.1

0.3

01081 / Wales / MA / 25.2 mi.

624

2.4

$48,125

2.6

0.6

0.3

0.2

02019 / Bellingham / MA / 21.1 mi.

5,557

0.3

$64,496

3.9

1.2

0.9

0.1

0.9

02038 / Franklin / MA / 23.4 mi.

10,152

0.1

$71,174

4.7

1.1

1.0

0.1

1.7

01355 / New Salem / MA / 30 mi.

357

2.0

$49,500

5.0

0.8

0.6

0.8

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