The Post-Star, Glens Falls... 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 Post-Star, Glens Falls

Glens Falls, New York

Owner: Lee Enterprises (Iowa)

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

4.8

2004

0.0

2003

0.0

2002

0.0

2001

0.0

2000

0.0

1999

0.0

1998

0.0

1997

0.0

1996

0.0

1995

0.0

1994

0.0

1993

0.0

1992

0.0

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 Post-Star, Glens Falls

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

4.8

4.2

115

2004

0.0

4.2

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.)

Company index

This newspaper's owner, Lee Enterprises (Iowa),

has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 47.

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

Peer group comparison

for The Post-Star, Glens Falls

This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 115.

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 12 out of 140

newspapers reporting in the category of 25,001 to 50,000 daily sales.

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

approximately 34,447 ranks 295 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 Post-Star, Glens Falls

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

1.4

2,072

Black

1.4

2,188

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.4

578

Native-American

0.2

279

Other non-white

0.1

Multi-racial

0.8

1,149

Non-white

4.2

6,352

White

95.8

146,433

Total

152,785

Home county: Warren

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

1.1

663

Black

0.6

371

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.6

345

Native-American

0.2

116

Other non-white

0.1

Multi-racial

0.8

500

Non-white

3.2

2,027

White

96.8

61,276

Total

63,303

The home county of this newspaper is Warren.

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 Post-Star, Glens Falls

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

12804 / Queensbury / NY / 0.9 mi.

6,196

9,377

66.1

$47,177

3.2

1.1

0.5

0.2

0.7

12801 / West Glens Falls / NY / 0 mi.

3,970

6,273

63.3

$30,295

4.3

1.4

1.2

0.2

0.4

12839 / Smiths Basin / NY / 3.9 mi.

2,669

4,791

55.7

$34,610

2.2

0.7

0.3

0.2

12803 / South Glens Falls / NY / 2.2 mi.

2,516

3,048

82.5

$36,543

1.7

0.6

0.4

0.1

0.2

12828 / Fort Miller / NY / 4.7 mi.

1,501

3,172

47.3

$37,927

2.0

0.5

0.3

0.2

0.3

12845 / Lake George / NY / 7.1 mi.

1,449

2,036

71.2

$43,198

2.7

1.0

0.5

0.2

0.5

12866 / Saratoga Springs / NY / 16.5 mi.

1,358

13,991

9.7

$46,463

6.5

1.7

2.5

0.2

0.9

12887 / Whitehall / NY / 18.7 mi.

1,038

1,863

55.7

$36,042

2.5

1.2

0.2

0.3

12809 / South Argyle / NY / 10.2 mi.

993

1,312

75.7

$41,183

2.1

1.3

0.2

0.0

12822 / Palmer / NY / 9.7 mi.

980

2,249

43.6

$35,048

2.3

0.7

0.4

0.1

0.2

12834 / Thomson / NY / 16.6 mi.

952

2,597

36.7

$40,248

2.6

0.6

0.3

0.0

0.7

12885 / Warrensburg / NY / 13.1 mi.

933

1,865

50.0

$31,476

2.4

0.5

0.2

0.3

0.5

12832 / Truthville / NY / 19.3 mi.

818

2,712

30.2

$36,437

2.4

0.5

0.4

0.2

0.3

12846 / Luzerne / NY / 7.5 mi.

592

1,245

47.6

$36,356

3.0

1.0

0.3

0.4

0.3

12871 / Schuylerville / NY / 14.6 mi.

525

1,589

33.0

$40,230

2.7

1.0

0.1

12814 / Bolton Landing / NY / 15.3 mi.

490

699

70.1

$45,313

2.4

0.6

0.7

0.1

0.4

12816 / Coila / NY / 22.9 mi.

474

1,890

25.1

$39,543

3.1

1.2

0.5

0.3

0.4

12817 / Chestertown / NY / 21.4 mi.

465

926

50.2

$36,505

1.2

0.2

0.1

0.2

12883 / Ticonderoga / NY / 35.5 mi.

436

2,025

21.5

$34,160

2.3

0.4

0.5

0.3

12835 / Hadley / NY / 11.6 mi.

401

1,139

35.2

$36,568

1.8

0.5

0.4

0.1

0.0

12838 / Hartford / NY / 12.1 mi.

361

234

154.3

$34,205

2.3

0.3

0.8

0.0

12865 / West Hebron / NY / 18.5 mi.

334

1,204

27.7

$39,722

2.6

0.7

0.8

0.1

0.3

12827 / West Fort Ann / NY / 9.1 mi.

309

1,410

21.9

$42,118

1.7

0.8

0.2

0.1

12831 / Wilton / NY / 8.9 mi.

282

4,734

6.0

$54,138

7.9

2.5

3.7

0.2

0.6

12853 / North Creek / NY / 27.8 mi.

275

836

32.9

$30,357

1.6

0.9

0.1

0.0

0.1

12020 / West Milton / NY / 22.3 mi.

257

10,611

2.4

$49,751

4.4

1.7

1.0

0.2

0.6

12870 / Schroon Lake / NY / 34.5 mi.

230

699

32.9

$29,865

2.2

0.3

0.9

0.4

0.2

12810 / Athol / NY / 15.7 mi.

195

251

77.7

$36,979

2.5

0.5

0.3

0.5

12842 / Indian Lake / NY / 39.3 mi.

187

595

31.4

$32,850

2.9

1.3

0.4

0.2

0.1

12824 / Trout Lake / NY / 12.5 mi.

178

316

56.3

$53,750

3.5

1.1

0.3

0.0

1.0

12860 / Pottersville / NY / 24.8 mi.

174

258

67.4

$38,667

6.0

2.0

0.6

0.1

1.6

05743 / West Haven / VT / 25.4 mi.

167

1,755

9.5

$36,068

2.7

0.9

0.3

0.2

0.3

12821 / Comstock / NY / 16.4 mi.

129

173

74.6

$42,917

71.8

24.3

45.9

0.4

0.5

12836 / Hague / NY / 31.3 mi.

128

287

44.6

$36,467

2.2

0.6

0.0

0.2

12843 / Johnsburg / NY / 26.3 mi.

125

255

49.0

$31,845

2.7

0.0

0.6

0.0

0.6

12833 / Greenfield Center / NY / 15.4 mi.

107

1,650

6.5

$44,777

2.9

1.1

0.6

0.1

0.3

12808 / Adirondack / NY / 27.1 mi.

135

69.6

$41,458

2.8

0.7

0.4

12847 / Sabattis / NY / 54.7 mi.

323

28.8

$33,125

4.0

1.2

0.7

0.4

12857 / Olmstedville / NY / 39.8 mi.

199

41.7

$32,411

1.4

0.2

0.0

0.2

0.0

12878 / Stony Creek / NY / 15.8 mi.

287

27.9

$31,528

3.6

1.5

0.0

0.4

0.6

12815 / Horicon / NY / 24.2 mi.

410

19.3

$34,917

1.4

0.4

0.0

0.2

0.1

12170 / Stillwater / NY / 21.7 mi.

1,841

4.1

$46,536

2.2

0.4

0.1

0.6

12852 / Newcomb / NY / 50 mi.

211

35.5

$32,639

5.0

0.4

0.0

0.6

0.0

12874 / Silver Bay / NY / 25.6 mi.

79.8

$54,583

1.1

0.0

0.6

0.0

12855 / North Hudson / NY / 44.4 mi.

112

58.9

$28,977

5.3

0.0

1.1

0.4

12851 / Minerva / NY / 33 mi.

148

41.9

$27,083

5.2

0.0

0.6

0.3

12065 / Jonesville / NY / 30.8 mi.

15,677

0.4

$58,132

6.9

1.7

1.4

0.1

2.6

12856 / North River / NY / 32.5 mi.

107

47.7

$48,750

3.1

0.0

2.7

0.5

05764 / South Poultney / VT / 23.6 mi.

1,310

3.4

$31,798

3.2

0.7

0.5

0.8

12849 / Middle Granville / NY / 18.9 mi.

165

24.8

$44,459

3.2

1.8

0.5

0.0

0.7

05776 / West Rupert / VT / 22.4 mi.

45.9

$33,611

3.8

3.2

0.0

0.5

0.0

12812 / Blue Mountain Lake / NY / 48.8 mi.

55.4

$30,208

0.0

12090 / Walloomsac / NY / 30.7 mi.

2,426

1.2

$40,799

2.3

0.7

0.4

0.3

0.4

12858 / Ticonderoga / NY / 38.1 mi.

116.7

$16,094

6.3

0.0

05774 / Wells / VT / 22.9 mi.

448

5.8

$31,944

1.6

0.8

0.3

0.1

0.0

12886 / Wevertown / NY / 8 mi.

65.8

$17,292

0.0

12019 / Charlton / NY / 27.3 mi.

4,999

0.5

$64,673

3.6

0.8

0.7

0.1

1.2

12873 / Shushan / NY / 20.7 mi.

341

5.3

$40,500

2.5

0.9

0.1

0.3

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