The Index-Journal, Greenwood... 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 Index-Journal, Greenwood

Greenwood, South Carolina

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

Did not report

2003

14.3

2002

13.3

2001

6.3

2000

0.0

1999

20.0

1998

16.7

1997

16.7

1996

0.0

1995

0.0

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

1999

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

Newsroom Diversity Index

for The Index-Journal, Greenwood

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

N/A

36.6

N/A

2004

N/A

36.6

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.)

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

Peer group comparison

for The Index-Journal, Greenwood

This paper

Peer group

The median Diversity Index is 33 for all newspapers

reporting in this circulation category of 10,001 to 25,000 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 Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times-Democrat, Oklahoma, with a 43.5 percent non-white staff in a community that is 36.9 percent non-white. Its index is 118.

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

approximately 14,132 ranks 642 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 Index-Journal, Greenwood

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

2.2

2,202

Black

33.1

33,915

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.6

560

Native-American

0.1

133

Other non-white

0.1

Multi-racial

0.5

555

Non-white

36.6

37,439

White

63.4

64,978

Total

102,417

Home county: Greenwood

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

2.9

1,902

Black

31.5

20,893

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.7

471

Native-American

0.1

Other non-white

0.1

Multi-racial

0.6

381

Non-white

35.9

23,782

White

64.1

42,489

Total

66,271

The home county of this newspaper is Greenwood.

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 Index-Journal, Greenwood

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

29646 / Greenwood / SC / 0.4 mi.

4,603

10,755

42.8

$31,135

48.6

5.1

42.4

0.1

0.4

29649 / Greenwood / SC / 2 mi.

3,885

9,027

43.0

$38,409

26.4

1.8

22.3

0.2

1.6

29620 / Abbeville / SC / 12 mi.

1,511

5,314

28.4

$32,584

36.2

0.6

34.7

0.1

0.3

29666 / Ninety Six / SC / 7.5 mi.

1,253

2,577

48.6

$36,208

20.9

0.5

19.8

0.1

29835 / Willington / SC / 19.3 mi.

722

2,508

28.8

$32,151

56.6

0.7

54.9

0.1

0.3

29653 / Hodges / SC / 7.1 mi.

529

1,730

30.6

$36,500

32.6

0.5

31.0

0.1

29692 / Ware Shoals / SC / 13.8 mi.

515

2,027

25.4

$28,145

17.0

0.9

15.0

0.0

0.3

29138 / Saluda / SC / 23.8 mi.

254

3,607

7.0

$35,780

44.6

10.6

33.3

0.2

0.1

29384 / Waterloo / SC / 10.1 mi.

194

1,789

10.8

$33,345

16.9

0.9

15.4

0.1

29628 / Calhoun Falls / SC / 23.9 mi.

145

1,305

11.1

$27,843

48.8

1.8

45.7

0.1

0.2

29819 / Promised Land / SC / 6.6 mi.

143

501

28.5

$40,403

36.7

0.9

34.5

0.2

0.3

29332 / Cross Hill / SC / 11 mi.

109

1,023

10.7

$34,961

32.9

0.4

31.0

0.5

0.1

29638 / Shoals Junction / SC / 13.4 mi.

1,217

6.5

$35,294

23.5

0.8

22.0

0.1

29845 / Plum Branch / SC / 24.4 mi.

478

12.1

$21,838

66.2

1.2

64.5

0.2

29848 / Troy / SC / 15.9 mi.

360

16.1

$35,500

33.4

0.0

32.2

0.3

0.0

29037 / Chappells / SC / 17.2 mi.

354

11.9

$38,438

21.3

1.0

20.2

0.0

29639 / Due West / SC / 15.3 mi.

459

8.7

$35,197

26.8

1.5

23.7

0.1

0.7

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