The Intelligencer, Doylestown... 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 Intelligencer, Doylestown

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Owner: Calkins Media (Pa.)

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

3.9

2004

3.6

2003

4.2

2002

5.3

2001

Did not report

2000

5.8

1999

Did not report

1998

2.0

1997

0.0

1996

0.0

1995

0.0

1994

2.7

1993

Did not report

1992

Did not report

1991

Did not report

1990

Did not report

The latest year at peak is

2000

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

Newsroom Diversity Index

for The Intelligencer, Doylestown

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

3.9

7.8

2004

3.6

7.7

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.)

Company index

This newspaper's owner, Calkins Media (Pa.),

has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 80.

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

Peer group comparison

for The Intelligencer, Doylestown

This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 50.

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 56 out of 140

newspapers reporting in the 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 41,227 ranks 254 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 Intelligencer, Doylestown

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

1.8

5,564

Black

3.2

9,961

Asian and Pacific Islander

1.9

5,856

Native-American

0.1

319

Other non-white

0.1

281

Multi-racial

0.7

2,293

Non-white

7.7

24,274

White

92.3

289,174

Total

313,448

Home county: Bucks

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

2.3

14,005

Black

3.2

18,970

Asian and Pacific Islander

2.3

13,686

Native-American

0.1

644

Other non-white

0.1

563

Multi-racial

0.8

5,034

Non-white

8.9

52,902

White

91.2

544,733

Total

597,635

The home county of this newspaper is Bucks.

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 Intelligencer, Doylestown

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

18901 / New Britain / PA / 0 mi.

9,834

17,087

57.6

$72,965

5.3

1.5

1.7

0.1

1.3

18974 / Warwick / PA / 7.3 mi.

4,093

13,429

30.5

$56,580

10.0

4.1

2.8

0.1

2.0

18976 / Warrington / PA / 4.8 mi.

2,480

5,465

45.4

$65,332

6.3

1.7

1.8

0.1

2.1

18914 / Chalfont / PA / 4.4 mi.

2,364

6,271

37.7

$71,549

5.0

1.1

1.3

0.0

1.7

19040 / Hatboro / PA / 9 mi.

2,143

7,948

27.0

$52,200

4.6

1.4

0.1

1.3

18944 / Perkasie / PA / 7.4 mi.

2,129

7,625

27.9

$58,868

2.8

1.0

0.5

0.1

0.6

18951 / Quakertown / PA / 14.2 mi.

1,713

11,502

14.9

$49,924

4.6

1.6

0.9

0.1

1.1

19090 / Willow Grove / PA / 11 mi.

1,281

7,485

17.1

$51,042

21.8

1.6

15.8

0.1

2.9

19044 / Horsham / PA / 8.7 mi.

1,226

6,606

18.6

$55,901

14.4

1.8

5.3

0.1

6.0

18938 / New Hope / PA / 6.7 mi.

1,104

5,594

19.7

$72,983

4.3

2.0

0.6

0.1

0.8

19001 / Roslyn / PA / 12.3 mi.

1,079

6,346

17.0

$57,284

18.3

2.0

12.1

0.1

2.9

18960 / Sellersville / PA / 9 mi.

1,044

4,307

24.2

$51,310

2.8

1.2

0.5

0.2

0.3

18929 / Jamison / PA / 4.5 mi.

993

2,476

40.1

$89,453

4.8

0.9

1.0

0.1

2.3

18947 / Pipersville / PA / 6.6 mi.

782

2,136

36.6

$65,625

4.7

1.9

1.1

0.1

0.8

19038 / Wyndmoor / PA / 14.1 mi.

758

11,907

6.4

$62,822

17.2

1.3

12.2

0.1

2.6

19002 / Prospectville / PA / 10.5 mi.

615

11,273

5.5

$70,504

12.5

1.3

5.7

0.1

4.6

19006 / Huntingdon Valley / PA / 12.3 mi.

613

7,752

7.9

$73,385

6.5

1.2

0.7

0.0

3.9

19446 / Lansdale / PA / 9.9 mi.

502

20,014

2.5

$60,797

14.0

2.0

3.5

0.1

7.2

19046 / Rydal / PA / 13.9 mi.

447

8,116

5.5

$58,960

7.9

1.2

2.5

0.0

3.4

18925 / Furlong / PA / 3.4 mi.

437

1,023

42.7

$89,286

3.4

1.1

0.5

0.0

1.2

18930 / Kintnersville / PA / 13.6 mi.

429

971

44.2

$61,512

1.6

1.0

0.1

0.0

0.2

18942 / Ottsville / PA / 9.7 mi.

421

1,377

30.6

$61,506

2.7

1.3

0.3

0.1

0.3

19454 / North Wales / PA / 9.3 mi.

409

9,530

4.3

$65,383

17.1

1.4

5.1

0.1

9.4

19025 / Jarrettown / PA / 12.5 mi.

405

1,808

22.4

$99,231

16.2

0.9

5.7

0.1

8.8

18964 / Souderton / PA / 10.1 mi.

364

4,814

7.6

$54,225

7.3

2.7

0.9

0.1

2.9

19440 / Hatfield / PA / 8.9 mi.

340

6,713

5.1

$57,372

18.1

2.4

3.1

0.1

10.8

18969 / Telford / PA / 12 mi.

330

5,400

6.1

$55,221

8.0

2.5

1.6

0.1

2.7

18917 / Dublin / PA / 5.5 mi.

277

851

32.5

$48,235

6.1

1.9

1.3

0.2

1.3

19027 / Melrose Park / PA / 19.1 mi.

204

7,669

2.7

$58,833

40.0

2.1

28.9

0.1

7.3

19075 / Oreland / PA / 13.5 mi.

193

2,781

6.9

$63,042

7.8

1.0

4.1

0.2

1.8

18972 / Upper Black Eddy / PA / 14.4 mi.

192

1,459

13.2

$53,835

2.0

0.7

0.5

0.1

0.2

19034 / Upper Dublin / PA / 12.4 mi.

150

2,123

7.1

$78,311

8.8

0.9

2.4

0.1

4.7

18927 / Hilltown / PA / 6.3 mi.

108

138.5

$69,205

7.5

2.1

4.8

0.0

0.5

18077 / Riegelsville / PA / 16.8 mi.

997

8.8

$59,444

1.9

0.6

0.3

0.0

0.4

18955 / Richlandtown / PA / 14.2 mi.

402

21.4

$45,750

2.5

0.7

0.5

0.0

0.8

18966 / Southampton / PA / 10 mi.

14,334

0.6

$69,140

3.6

0.8

0.5

0.1

1.6

18923 / Fountainville / PA / 7 mi.

80.8

$52,083

4.0

1.1

2.2

0.0

0.4

19095 / Wyncote / PA / 14.9 mi.

2,744

2.8

$64,940

30.4

1.1

25.0

0.1

2.7

18920 / Erwinna / PA / 11.4 mi.

232

29.3

$69,861

2.6

1.0

0.0

0.5

0.4

19031 / Flourtown / PA / 14.3 mi.

1,759

3.7

$65,700

6.8

0.9

3.3

0.0

2.0

18940 / Wrightstown / PA / 9.8 mi.

9,780

0.6

$81,571

6.6

1.3

1.0

0.0

3.4

18954 / Southampton / PA / 8.7 mi.

3,109

1.9

$94,228

3.7

0.7

0.5

0.0

1.9

18932 / Line Lexington / PA / 7 mi.

191

30.4

$61,094

2.4

1.2

0.0

1.2

18962 / Silverdale / PA / 7.6 mi.

168

32.7

$58,875

0.4

0.2

0.0

0.2

18970 / Trumbaversville / PA / 14.2 mi.

75.0

$39,500

2.9

0.0

1.7

0.0

0.6

18036 / Coopersburg / PA / 18.6 mi.

4,339

1.0

$62,590

3.4

1.1

0.6

0.1

0.9

18915 / Colmar / PA / 7.2 mi.

295

12.9

$62,250

8.5

2.9

1.7

0.8

1.7

18054 / Green Lane / PA / 15.7 mi.

1,589

2.2

$56,886

3.7

1.3

1.0

0.1

0.3

18936 / Montgomeryville / PA / 7.6 mi.

1750.0

$50,208

80.0

0.0

80.0

19438 / Harleysville / PA / 13.4 mi.

7,393

0.4

$68,485

7.6

1.3

2.6

0.1

2.7

19009 / Bryn Athyn / PA / 12.1 mi.

193.8

$112,500

3.7

0.0

19012 / Cheltenham / PA / 16.7 mi.

2,296

1.3

$63,583

27.3

2.7

14.0

0.1

8.9

08530 / West Amwell / NJ / 9.8 mi.

2,896

0.9

$62,137

14.9

3.1

10.0

0.1

0.9

18081 / Springtown / PA / 17.5 mi.

43.5

$44,464

3.5

0.0

0.6

0.0

18980 / Wycombe / PA / 5.6 mi.

124

21.8

$72,361

1.4

0.0

1.1

0.0

0.3

08559 / Stockton / NJ / 11 mi.

1,943

0.8

$83,819

3.5

1.4

0.5

0.0

1.0

08848 / Milford / NJ / 18.1 mi.

3,116

0.5

$70,876

3.4

1.8

0.5

0.1

0.4

18042 / Williams Township / PA / 24.5 mi.

14,776

0.1

$36,449

20.0

7.5

8.7

0.1

1.6

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