The Register-Herald, Beckley... 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 Register-Herald, Beckley

Beckley, West Virginia

Owner: Community Newspaper Holdings (Ala.)

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

3.1

2004

0.0

2003

0.0

2002

0.0

2001

Did not report

2000

3.7

1999

4.8

1998

8.1

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

1998

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

Newsroom Diversity Index

for The Register-Herald, Beckley

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

3.1

7.6

2004

0.0

7.8

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, Community Newspaper Holdings (Ala.),

has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 41.

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

Peer group comparison

for The Register-Herald, Beckley

This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 41.

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 77 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 28,567 ranks 357 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 Register-Herald, Beckley

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

0.8

1,466

Black

5.5

10,724

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.4

786

Native-American

0.2

437

Other non-white

0.1

Multi-racial

0.8

1,533

Non-white

7.8

15,034

White

92.2

178,595

Total

193,629

Home county: Raleigh

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

0.9

727

Black

8.5

6,719

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.7

574

Native-American

0.2

141

Other non-white

0.0

Multi-racial

0.8

608

Non-white

11.1

8,799

White

88.9

70,421

Total

79,220

The home county of this newspaper is Raleigh.

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 Register-Herald, Beckley

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

25801 / East Beckley / WV / 1.5 mi.

6,724

15,102

44.5

$28,401

16.9

0.7

13.8

0.2

1.2

25901 / Oak Hill / WV / 12.9 mi.

1,273

5,274

24.1

$24,293

8.6

0.7

6.1

0.3

0.4

25827 / Crab Orchard / WV / 3.8 mi.

1,047

1,191

87.9

$30,152

2.2

0.3

0.8

0.3

0.0

25951 / True / WV / 18.8 mi.

858

2,845

30.2

$20,000

4.9

0.7

2.7

0.3

0.2

25813 / Beaver / WV / 6.1 mi.

785

1,413

55.6

$33,393

29.2

4.7

23.3

0.3

0.6

25840 / Tourison / WV / 17.7 mi.

785

2,638

29.8

$30,402

4.9

0.9

3.1

0.3

0.1

24901 / Lewisburg / WV / 39.7 mi.

704

3,429

20.5

$29,272

6.4

0.7

3.7

0.3

0.5

25880 / Mount Hope / WV / 7 mi.

680

2,980

22.8

$27,290

10.3

0.6

7.3

0.2

0.6

25832 / Daniels / WV / 5.6 mi.

619

1,472

42.1

$34,643

3.8

1.1

0.9

0.1

1.3

24874 / Pineville / WV / 22 mi.

571

1,719

33.2

$24,480

1.3

0.4

0.3

0.1

25918 / Shady Spring / WV / 7.3 mi.

559

1,831

30.5

$26,485

1.3

0.5

0.2

0.1

0.0

25962 / Rainelle / WV / 25.5 mi.

518

1,815

28.5

$25,064

2.7

0.7

0.5

0.7

0.1

24870 / Toneyfork / WV / 17.4 mi.

476

1,657

28.7

$24,664

1.1

0.4

0.0

0.1

0.0

25921 / Tams / WV / 5.9 mi.

426

845

50.4

$25,027

2.9

0.5

1.0

0.3

0.4

25882 / Mullens / WV / 15.9 mi.

409

1,172

34.9

$26,122

4.4

0.5

2.7

0.1

0.3

25823 / Whitby / WV / 7.6 mi.

345

1,011

34.1

$22,557

2.4

0.8

0.5

0.0

25976 / Meadow Bridge / WV / 19.3 mi.

344

1,025

33.6

$23,021

1.5

0.6

0.0

0.3

0.2

24910 / Dawson / WV / 29.7 mi.

341

1,729

19.7

$24,387

17.8

1.2

15.1

0.4

0.3

25825 / Cool Ridge / WV / 10.6 mi.

338

607

55.7

$25,407

1.6

0.6

0.8

0.0

0.1

24986 / White Sulphur Springs / WV / 46.9 mi.

314

2,217

14.2

$27,014

9.6

0.8

7.3

0.1

0.2

24970 / Ronceverte / WV / 38.3 mi.

306

1,992

15.4

$26,857

7.2

1.1

4.6

0.3

0.2

26651 / Summersville / WV / 36.8 mi.

277

3,736

7.4

$30,201

1.8

0.8

0.0

0.1

0.3

24740 / Princeton / WV / 28.1 mi.

267

12,967

2.1

$26,984

4.7

0.4

2.7

0.2

0.6

25015 / Shrewsbury / WV / 32.4 mi.

265

2,179

12.2

$30,221

3.6

0.8

0.4

0.2

0.1

25844 / Glen Daniel / WV / 9.5 mi.

242

607

39.9

$32,193

1.6

0.9

0.0

0.1

25917 / Scarbro / WV / 11.6 mi.

211

1,025

20.6

$20,068

8.7

1.2

6.5

0.4

0.1

25818 / Bradley / WV / 4.5 mi.

196

363.0

$46,875

9.2

0.0

2.8

1.8

4.6

25839 / Fairdale / WV / 8.8 mi.

163

174

93.7

$50,050

2.0

0.5

0.0

0.9

0.0

25865 / Lester / WV / 7.9 mi.

157

685

22.9

$27,946

8.9

0.0

8.0

0.0

0.1

25984 / Rupert / WV / 28.6 mi.

155

831

18.7

$21,531

3.3

0.5

1.3

0.3

0.0

25140 / Sundial / WV / 17 mi.

154

673

22.9

$23,560

1.3

0.4

0.1

25871 / Mabscott / WV / 1.7 mi.

154

135

114.1

$17,143

11.8

0.7

10.8

0.0

0.3

25831 / Maplewood / WV / 13.8 mi.

152

550

27.6

$22,411

1.4

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.5

24983 / Willow Bend / WV / 39 mi.

151

990

15.3

$25,792

3.3

0.2

1.5

0.2

25969 / Streeter / WV / 15.6 mi.

151

513

29.4

$27,011

0.7

0.1

0.0

26261 / Richwood / WV / 44.2 mi.

148

1,444

10.2

$21,227

1.5

0.5

0.0

0.3

25843 / Ghent / WV / 13.1 mi.

147

355

41.4

$40,156

1.4

0.6

0.1

0.0

0.4

25878 / Pemberton / WV / 5.1 mi.

144

232

62.1

$25,096

1.4

0.4

0.6

0.0

24818 / Brenton / WV / 26.7 mi.

140

662

21.1

$24,028

1.0

0.7

0.0

0.1

24963 / Peterstown / WV / 33.3 mi.

132

1,484

8.9

$27,896

1.6

0.4

0.2

0.1

25847 / Sullivan / WV / 4.3 mi.

126

602

20.9

$27,358

2.7

0.6

0.9

0.3

0.7

25812 / Ansted / WV / 22.9 mi.

120

809

14.8

$26,019

4.0

0.7

2.6

0.1

0.0

25909 / Prosperity / WV / 2.8 mi.

112

254.5

$52,708

0.9

0.0

24931 / Crawley / WV / 32.5 mi.

109

678

16.1

$34,353

1.5

0.4

0.2

0.1

25846 / Glen Jean / WV / 7.3 mi.

108

113.7

$12,344

5.5

1.3

3.8

0.0

25209 / Whitesville / WV / 19.6 mi.

106

555

19.1

$20,625

1.1

0.2

0.6

0.1

25007 / Arnett / WV / 11.5 mi.

116

82.8

$35,750

0.0

24827 / Cyclone / WV / 23.1 mi.

642

14.5

$23,650

1.1

0.8

0.0

0.1

24938 / Friars Hill / WV / 44.5 mi.

610

14.9

$30,074

2.0

0.7

0.5

0.1

0.0

25978 / Nimitz / WV / 18 mi.

237

38.4

$24,667

1.2

0.2

0.0

0.2

0.0

24801 / Welch / WV / 29.8 mi.

2,272

4.0

$19,115

17.1

0.8

15.1

0.2

24860 / Matheny / WV / 20.3 mi.

111

76.6

$18,864

2.4

0.8

0.0

25904 / Pax / WV / 7.9 mi.

187

44.9

$20,588

3.6

0.6

1.2

0.2

25817 / Bolt / WV / 10.1 mi.

358

23.2

$31,154

0.0

25854 / Hico / WV / 24.6 mi.

373

22.3

$27,656

2.4

1.3

0.4

0.1

0.0

25981 / Quinwood / WV / 32.4 mi.

474

17.3

$21,587

3.9

0.4

1.0

0.9

0.0

25845 / Glen Fork / WV / 18.2 mi.

150

54.0

$26,172

2.6

0.0

0.6

0.3

0.0

24822 / Clear Fork / WV / 25.9 mi.

141

56.0

$25,521

1.8

0.0

1.2

0.0

25979 / Pipestem / WV / 23.5 mi.

313

24.9

$23,224

2.0

0.8

0.1

0.4

0.3

25174 / Rock Creek / WV / 14 mi.

473

16.3

$29,355

1.2

0.4

0.0

0.3

0.1

24981 / Talcott / WV / 26 mi.

254

29.9

$13,375

15.0

0.3

12.9

0.0

0.5

25938 / Victor / WV / 24.4 mi.

532

13.3

$25,871

1.4

0.2

24935 / Indian Mills / WV / 25.1 mi.

245

28.6

$30,781

1.4

0.0

0.8

0.0

24951 / Lindside / WV / 18.6 mi.

679

10.3

$26,097

2.4

0.3

1.0

0.1

0.0

25836 / Eccles / WV / 2.6 mi.

181

38.7

$24,063

1.5

0.4

1.1

0.0

24857 / Lynco / WV / 24.2 mi.

272

25.4

$21,719

0.7

0.0

24918 / Ballard / WV / 29.6 mi.

596

11.6

$34,464

1.9

0.1

0.8

0.0

24854 / Kopperston / WV / 18.2 mi.

367

18.5

$32,650

1.5

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.0

25060 / Dorothy / WV / 17.9 mi.

127

53.5

$18,947

0.3

0.0

0.3

0.0

25985 / Sandstone / WV / 18.1 mi.

224

30.4

$14,643

1.9

0.0

0.2

24941 / Sweet Springs / WV / 46.6 mi.

452

14.4

$31,538

3.8

0.1

2.3

0.2

0.0

25841 / Flat Top / WV / 16.8 mi.

200

32.5

$36,625

0.8

0.6

0.0

24976 / Sinks Grove / WV / 36.3 mi.

410

14.4

$35,204

1.8

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.5

25044 / Clear Creek / WV / 8.5 mi.

60.8

$18,482

0.5

0.0

24716 / Bud / WV / 18.5 mi.

248

23.0

$36,250

2.6

0.0

1.3

0.2

0.0

25958 / Charmco / WV / 29.7 mi.

324

17.6

$19,712

3.3

0.8

1.2

0.4

0.3

24925 / Caldwell / WV / 44.4 mi.

282

19.5

$31,875

1.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

24945 / Greenville / WV / 32.7 mi.

162

33.3

$20,813

2.2

0.0

0.3

24726 / Herndon / WV / 18.9 mi.

197

26.9

$17,258

6.4

1.9

1.5

1.0

0.0

25989 / White Oak / WV / 11.8 mi.

129.3

$16,042

1.1

0.0

1.1

0.0

25932 / Surveyor / WV / 7.4 mi.

162

32.1

$30,694

3.5

0.5

2.8

0.2

0.0

25915 / Rhodell / WV / 11.6 mi.

149

34.2

$15,714

12.6

0.8

10.5

0.0

25902 / Odd / WV / 14.5 mi.

289

17.3

$18,800

2.8

0.1

0.3

0.5

0.0

25826 / Corinne / WV / 16 mi.

194

25.3

$25,795

9.2

1.2

6.4

0.5

0.0

25849 / Glen White / WV / 5 mi.

65.8

$25,250

5.3

0.0

5.3

0.0

25855 / Hilltop / WV / 10.3 mi.

218.2

$8,000

2.6

0.0

2.6

0.0

24977 / Smoot / WV / 28.6 mi.

164

28.0

$25,333

1.6

1.2

0.0

0.5

0.0

24712 / Athens / WV / 24.5 mi.

697

6.5

$29,821

6.1

0.5

3.5

0.2

1.4

25928 / Stephenson / WV / 15.1 mi.

266

16.9

$21,250

1.5

0.6

0.3

0.0

24849 / Jesse / WV / 19.1 mi.

123

35.8

$37,321

0.3

0.0

0.3

0.0

25879 / Minden / WV / 12.8 mi.

110

38.2

$25,125

7.6

2.4

0.0

2.1

0.7

26679 / Runa / WV / 33.3 mi.

716

5.9

$35,091

0.9

0.3

0.0

0.2

0.1

24839 / Hanover / WV / 34.4 mi.

745

5.5

$18,295

1.1

0.8

0.0

0.1

0.0

25868 / Lookout / WV / 23.4 mi.

220

18.6

$30,060

0.2

0.0

26667 / Drennen / WV / 31 mi.

178.3

$25,500

0.0

24916 / Asbury / WV / 33 mi.

120

33.3

$19,479

1.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

25908 / Winding Gulf / WV / 8.9 mi.

50.6

$18,214

0.5

0.0

0.5

0.0

26205 / Craigsville / WV / 45.5 mi.

1,568

2.6

$25,298

1.4

0.2

0.1

0.5

0.2

25085 / Gauley Bridge / WV / 24.1 mi.

606

6.3

$22,500

2.7

0.9

0.4

0.1

0.2

25862 / Lansing / WV / 22.5 mi.

140

26.4

$33,889

0.3

0.0

25848 / Glen Rogers / WV / 12.1 mi.

132

27.3

$18,571

5.7

0.6

4.6

0.3

0.0

25875 / McGraws / WV / 14.7 mi.

219

16.4

$19,444

0.0

25913 / Ravencliff / WV / 14.7 mi.

52.2

$19,375

1.1

0.0

0.6

0.0

26681 / Nettie / WV / 37.7 mi.

626

5.6

$27,857

1.2

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.2

24880 / Rock View / WV / 21.9 mi.

145

22.8

$24,167

2.6

1.2

0.0

1.2

25864 / Layland / WV / 12.3 mi.

204

16.2

$15,750

1.4

0.4

0.0

0.4

24957 / Maxwelton / WV / 40.9 mi.

44.4

$41,528

4.4

0.0

1.3

0.0

25119 / Kincaid / WV / 15.5 mi.

109

28.4

$21,500

7.0

0.0

6.3

0.4

0.0

26678 / Mount Lookout / WV / 29.5 mi.

433

7.2

$27,057

0.9

0.4

0.1

0.0

25853 / Helen / WV / 11.4 mi.

32.3

$17,917

2.5

0.0

2.5

0.0

24985 / Wayside / WV / 28.3 mi.

157

18.5

$26,250

0.5

0.0

0.3

25048 / Colcord / WV / 15.3 mi.

483.3

$27,292

0.0

24823 / Coal Mountain / WV / 27.2 mi.

444

6.3

$23,831

1.7

0.8

0.1

0.2

0.0

24991 / Williamsburg / WV / 37.2 mi.

180

15.6

$30,625

3.1

0.5

0.2

0.9

0.0

25870 / Pierpont / WV / 12.6 mi.

75.0

$38,214

0.0

25971 / Lerona / WV / 22.3 mi.

211

12.8

$36,477

2.7

1.1

0.5

0.2

0.0

25866 / Lochgelly / WV / 14.5 mi.

56.5

$16,875

5.0

0.0

5.0

0.0

25916 / Sabine / WV / 16.4 mi.

76.5

$19,750

0.0

24867 / New Richmond / WV / 20.6 mi.

114

21.9

$23,810

3.0

0.0

1.1

0.8

0.0

24882 / Simon / WV / 30.3 mi.

58.1

$28,125

1.8

0.0

25152 / Page / WV / 16.9 mi.

154

16.2

$24,261

6.4

0.5

3.7

1.6

0.0

25977 / Meadow Creek / WV / 15.7 mi.

96.2

$7,292

4.1

0.0

2.0

0.0

25986 / Spring Dale / WV / 21.3 mi.

80.6

$19,792

1.4

0.0

25857 / Josephine / WV / 11 mi.

233

10.3

$19,464

5.7

1.6

1.9

0.5

0.0

25972 / Leslie / WV / 28.8 mi.

44.4

$27,632

21.8

1.5

20.3

0.0

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