Lancaster New Era... 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

Lancaster New Era

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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

Did not report

2004

0.0

2003

0.0

2002

0.0

2001

0.0

2000

Did not report

1999

Did not report

1998

Did not report

1997

Did not report

1996

Did not report

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

2004

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

Newsroom Diversity Index

for Lancaster New Era

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

N/A

10.7

N/A

2004

0.0

10.7

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 Lancaster New Era

This paper

Peer group

The median Diversity Index is 44 for all newspapers

reporting in this circulation 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 Herald & Review, Decatur, Illinois, with a 11.1 percent non-white staff in a community that is 11 percent non-white. Its index is 101.

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

approximately 42,203 ranks 247 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 Lancaster New Era

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

5.7

26,707

Black

2.5

11,842

Asian and Pacific Islander

1.5

6,835

Native-American

0.1

491

Other non-white

0.1

394

Multi-racial

0.9

4,006

Non-white

10.7

50,275

White

89.3

418,803

Total

469,078

Home county: Lancaster

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

5.7

26,742

Black

2.5

11,837

Asian and Pacific Islander

1.5

6,833

Native-American

0.1

490

Other non-white

0.1

390

Multi-racial

0.9

4,000

Non-white

10.7

50,292

White

89.3

420,366

Total

470,658

The home county of this newspaper is Lancaster.

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

Lancaster New Era

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

17601 / Roseville / PA / 2.5 mi.

5,651

17,996

31.4

$54,470

8.2

2.8

1.4

0.1

3.1

17603 / West Lancaster / PA / 0.4 mi.

5,625

23,271

24.2

$38,086

24.7

14.6

6.3

0.2

2.0

17602 / Zooks Corner / PA / 4.1 mi.

4,023

17,256

23.3

$36,193

39.0

24.3

10.4

0.2

2.5

17543 / Speedwell / PA / 8.8 mi.

3,694

13,369

27.6

$51,165

4.1

1.6

0.7

0.1

1.0

17522 / Weidmanville / PA / 12.6 mi.

2,427

10,847

22.4

$44,777

4.8

2.0

0.5

0.1

1.4

17545 / Sporting Hill / PA / 9.3 mi.

1,890

7,209

26.2

$46,481

3.1

1.0

0.5

0.1

0.8

17512 / Kinderhook / PA / 6.6 mi.

1,311

6,810

19.3

$38,586

10.4

5.2

3.1

0.1

0.6

17022 / West Donegal / PA / 14.3 mi.

1,299

9,919

13.1

$47,525

3.5

1.1

0.6

0.1

1.0

17552 / Mount Joy / PA / 9.1 mi.

1,244

5,499

22.6

$49,383

5.2

2.5

1.1

0.1

0.7

17557 / New Holland / PA / 14 mi.

1,109

4,588

24.2

$43,315

6.9

3.2

0.7

0.1

2.1

17584 / Willow Street / PA / 5.9 mi.

999

3,286

30.4

$48,134

2.7

1.1

0.3

0.1

0.5

17551 / Slackwater / PA / 2.4 mi.

989

2,993

33.0

$43,088

7.6

2.1

3.6

0.1

1.2

17566 / Quarryville / PA / 14.1 mi.

883

3,475

25.4

$44,574

2.3

1.1

0.6

0.0

0.1

17517 / Fivepointville / PA / 17 mi.

857

4,941

17.3

$51,126

3.9

1.3

0.5

0.1

1.4

17540 / Rockrimmin Ridge / PA / 8.9 mi.

752

3,212

23.4

$47,950

9.7

3.4

1.1

0.1

4.0

17538 / Salunga / PA / 4.7 mi.

669

2,243

29.8

$59,269

4.4

1.4

0.8

0.0

1.7

17520 / East Petersburg / PA / 4.2 mi.

568

1,802

31.5

$53,083

6.1

2.7

1.2

0.1

1.1

17554 / Mountville / PA / 3.9 mi.

564

2,240

25.2

$46,803

7.5

3.4

1.5

0.1

1.5

17579 / Strasburg / PA / 9.5 mi.

563

2,019

27.9

$52,776

1.8

0.3

0.4

0.0

0.4

17578 / Stevens / PA / 15.1 mi.

473

2,274

20.8

$51,890

3.8

1.3

0.2

0.1

1.3

17501 / Akron / PA / 10.6 mi.

470

1,824

25.8

$44,750

4.6

2.1

0.5

0.0

1.5

17516 / Safe Harbor / PA / 6.2 mi.

440

1,616

27.2

$52,264

2.3

1.0

0.5

0.1

0.3

17560 / Smithville / PA / 10.3 mi.

368

1,739

21.2

$45,291

2.9

0.8

0.2

0.3

17555 / South Hermitage / PA / 19.7 mi.

363

2,023

17.9

$50,625

1.8

0.5

0.4

0.0

0.4

17527 / White Horse / PA / 17.2 mi.

362

1,838

19.7

$45,750

3.3

0.9

0.5

0.1

0.7

17547 / Shocks Mills / PA / 10.6 mi.

357

2,373

15.0

$46,024

4.5

1.9

1.5

0.1

0.4

17572 / Ronks / PA / 9.9 mi.

340

1,220

27.9

$42,097

1.9

1.0

0.2

0.0

0.3

17519 / Weaverland / PA / 17.1 mi.

337

1,597

21.1

$49,282

2.2

0.8

0.6

0.0

0.4

17562 / Vintage / PA / 12.8 mi.

303

1,174

25.8

$43,299

1.6

0.4

0.5

0.0

0.2

17532 / Rawlinsville / PA / 11.5 mi.

266

1,158

23.0

$51,000

2.0

0.9

0.3

0.2

17569 / Vinemont / PA / 19.1 mi.

239

1,794

13.3

$48,659

2.7

1.2

0.3

0.0

0.6

17565 / Pequea / PA / 8.7 mi.

236

817

28.9

$54,042

2.9

1.6

0.5

0.1

0.2

17509 / Smyrna / PA / 17.5 mi.

234

1,349

17.3

$48,699

3.1

1.2

1.0

0.2

0.1

17529 / Gordonville / PA / 12 mi.

226

1,314

17.2

$38,669

2.8

0.6

0.1

0.8

17582 / Washington Boro / PA / 5.7 mi.

216

737

29.3

$47,337

2.3

1.6

0.1

0.2

17508 / Brownstown / PA / 9 mi.

188

289.2

$90,885

1.0

0.0

1.0

17563 / Wrightsdale / PA / 19.3 mi.

156

1,191

13.1

$40,746

2.8

1.1

0.0

0.2

17505 / Bird in Hand / PA / 8.4 mi.

150

403

37.2

$39,818

3.3

1.5

0.6

0.0

1.1

17535 / New Milltown / PA / 15.2 mi.

133

605

22.0

$41,992

3.3

1.7

0.4

0.1

0.3

17502 / Stack Town / PA / 16 mi.

115

891

12.9

$47,724

1.7

1.1

0.0

0.2

17581 / Terre Hill / PA / 16.8 mi.

104

360

28.9

$45,208

2.0

1.8

0.1

0.0

17536 / Kirkwood / PA / 17.7 mi.

783

10.7

$48,177

2.7

1.1

0.7

0.0

0.2

17368 / Wrightsville / PA / 9.1 mi.

2,825

2.8

$46,116

3.0

1.6

0.4

0.1

0.3

17518 / Liberty Square / PA / 14.8 mi.

375

18.7

$49,063

2.4

1.2

0.2

0.0

19365 / Parkesburg / PA / 21.5 mi.

2,262

2.6

$49,392

9.4

2.4

6.0

0.1

0.3

19363 / Oxford / PA / 25 mi.

4,648

1.0

$46,221

15.1

8.6

5.0

0.1

0.5

17576 / Smoketown / PA / 7.4 mi.

89.4

$46,094

4.2

3.4

0.0

19344 / Honey Brook / PA / 22.5 mi.

3,399

1.2

$49,484

3.5

1.1

0.2

0.3

19543 / Morgantown / PA / 24.4 mi.

1,296

3.2

$48,784

2.5

0.8

0.5

0.1

0.6

19310 / Atglen / PA / 19.4 mi.

955

4.2

$48,083

9.5

2.3

5.9

0.1

19540 / Mohnton / PA / 23.9 mi.

4,137

0.9

$52,994

3.4

1.5

0.7

0.1

0.4

19501 / Adamstown / PA / 19.7 mi.

395

9.4

$42,976

1.4

0.8

0.1

0.0

0.3

19330 / Cochranville / PA / 24.5 mi.

1,531

2.3

$53,261

7.6

4.9

1.3

0.1

0.4

17042 / Rocherty / PA / 19.6 mi.

13,429

0.2

$41,887

8.0

4.5

1.5

0.1

1.3

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