Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
The Independent, Gallup
Gallup, New Mexico
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	Did not report
2002	Did not report
2001	Did not report
2000	37.5
1999	13.3
1998	26.7
1997	6.7
1996	12.5
1995	5.6
1994	25.0
1993	30.4
1992	42.1
1991	26.3
1990	17.7
The latest year at peak is	1992
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Newsroom Diversity Index
for The Independent, Gallup
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff	Non-white % of circulation area	Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005	N/A	92.7	N/A
2004	0.0	92.7	0
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 Independent, Gallup
		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 Laredo Morning Times, Texas, with a 91.3 percent non-white staff in a community that is 94.4 percent non-white. Its index is 97.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 15,552 ranks 599 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 Independent, Gallup
	Circulation area
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	6.2	9,000
Black	0.2	341
Asian and Pacific Islander	0.3	441
Native-American	84.8	123,679
Other non-white	0.0	45
Multi-racial	1.1	1,655
Non-white	92.7	135,161
White	7.3	10,669
Total		145,830
	Home county:  McKinley
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	12.4	9,276
Black	0.4	287
Asian and Pacific Islander	0.5	352
Native-American	73.2	54,742
Other non-white	0.1	46
Multi-racial	1.6	1,193
Non-white	88.1	65,896
White	11.9	8,902
Total		74,798
The home county of this newspaper is McKinley.
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 Independent, Gallup
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
87301 / Gallup / NM / 0 mi.	4,956	7,482	66.2	$33,632	74.4	31.0	1.0	37.7	1.4
86515 / Window Rock / AZ / 24.8 mi.	1,516	1,237	122.6	$37,206	95.8	1.7	0.2	92.8	0.3
87313 / Crownpoint / NM / 53.2 mi.	811	1,692	47.9	$21,276	96.1	0.9	0.2	94.2	0.2
86503 / Chinle / AZ / 66.8 mi.	808	2,920	27.7	$21,201	96.7	1.3	0.1	94.5	0.1
87327 / Zuni / NM / 23.7 mi.	737	1,869	39.4	$21,010	97.1	2.1	0.1	94.3	0.1
86504 / Fort Defiance / AZ / 30.5 mi.	568	1,434	39.6	$30,266	96.4	1.1	0.1	93.7	0.3
86505 / Ganado / AZ / 43 mi.	551	2,598	21.2	$20,449	97.2	1.0	0.0	95.8	0.1
86033 / Kayenta / AZ / 122.3 mi.	450	2,210	20.4	$22,911	96.0	1.0	0.1	94.0	0.1
86511 / Saint Michaels / AZ / 26.3 mi.	436	826	52.8	$29,643	96.8	1.3	0.0	94.7	0.0
87020 / Grants / NM / 57 mi.	404	4,966	8.1	$29,728	64.4	50.8	1.5	9.9	0.7
87323 / Thoreau / NM / 65.4 mi.	382	1,245	30.7	$23,496	87.9	5.4	0.2	81.1	0.2
87420 / Shiprock / NM / 66.6 mi.	375	2,864	13.1	$23,724	98.3	1.2	0.1	96.4	0.1
86045 / Tuba City / AZ / 152.6 mi.	367	2,649	13.9	$36,192	95.7	2.1	0.1	92.2	0.2
87325 / Tohatchi / NM / 27.9 mi.	319	647	49.3	$19,811	96.9	2.5	0.0	93.1	0.2
86512 / Sanders / AZ / 35.8 mi.	290	631	46.0	$20,798	91.4	2.0	0.4	87.7	0.0
87328 / Navajo / NM / 33.8 mi.	231	807	28.6	$14,922	97.8	1.0	0.0	96.5	0.0
87007 / Casa Blanca / NM / 81.2 mi.	204	246	82.9	$29,688	99.0	3.3	0.0	94.6	0.0
87321 / Ramah / NM / 24.4 mi.	196	841	23.3	$24,447	77.3	3.7	0.1	71.1	0.3
87417 / Kirtland / NM / 93.2 mi.	171	1,828	9.4	$44,455	58.4	9.5	0.2	46.3	0.3
86510 / Pinon / AZ / 99.2 mi.	156	1,359	11.5	$13,797	97.7	0.8	0.0	96.7	0.0
87034 / Pueblo of Acoma / NM / 68 mi.	156	667	23.4	$26,149	98.5	2.1	0.1	96.0	0.0
87326 / Vanderwagen / NM / 11.2 mi.	156	414	37.7	$19,167	90.4	4.2	0.0	84.6	0.0
87311 / Church Rock / NM / 9.8 mi.	152	1,026	14.8	$14,964	98.8	0.9	0.0	97.3	0.0
87320 / Mexican Springs / NM / 24.2 mi.	151	206	73.3	$25,125	99.9	0.1	0.0	99.5	0.1
87316 / Fort Wingate / NM / 11 mi.	147	365	40.3	$22,933	93.7	2.6	0.1	89.3	0.0
86538 / Many Farms / AZ / 85 mi.	143	699	20.5	$25,675	95.2	1.6	0.2	91.6	0.1
86025 / Holbrook / AZ / 83.8 mi.	132	2,310	5.7	$32,123	44.9	18.5	1.8	21.2	0.9
86535 / Dennehotso / AZ / 110.3 mi.	110	315	34.9	$12,222	99.3	0.8	0.0	97.7	0.0
86508 / Lupton / AZ / 19.5 mi.	91	263	34.6	$9,936	95.9	3.2	0.2	91.0	0.0
87401 / Farmington / NM / 70.9 mi.	85	14,190	0.6	$34,207	45.0	18.8	0.7	23.2	0.4
86514 / Teec Nos Pos / AZ / 98 mi.	84	1,051	8.0	$12,979	97.9	0.9	0.0	95.8	0.2
86507 / Lukachukai / AZ / 76.2 mi.	78	587	13.3	$9,808	99.1	1.0	0.0	98.0	0.1
87455 / Newcomb / NM / 66.7 mi.	75	469	16.0	$12,188	98.5	1.2	0.0	96.5	0.0
86039 / Kykotsmovi Village / AZ / 110.8 mi.	64	694	9.2	$13,487	97.0	1.3	0.3	94.5	0.1
87312 / Continental Divide / NM / 15.7 mi.	63	193	32.6	$21,667	80.7	9.1	0.2	69.0	1.0
84534 / Montezuma Creek / UT / 131.7 mi.	61	438	13.9	$14,583	97.6	0.8	0.0	96.3	0.0
86042 / Polacca / AZ / 103.1 mi.	61	396	15.4	$17,963	97.8	2.2	0.0	94.9	0.1
86556 / Tsaile / AZ / 68.5 mi.	48	479	10.0	$16,250	97.6	0.9	0.1	95.0	0.1
86034 / Keams Canyon / AZ / 86.6 mi.	44	588	7.5	$23,281	93.2	2.7	0.2	89.7	0.1
87416 / Fruitland / NM / 93.4 mi.	43	1,329	3.2	$26,926	89.6	3.1	0.0	85.1	0.1
87375 / Yatahey / NM / 6.6 mi.	41	1,105	3.7	$30,357	98.1	3.5	0.0	93.8	0.1
87364 / Sheep Springs / NM / 49.3 mi.	39	769	5.1	$16,646	97.8	0.8	0.0	96.2	0.0
86506 / Houck / AZ / 26.3 mi.	30	451	6.7	$16,094	97.3	1.0	0.0	94.8	0.0
86030 / Hotevilla / AZ / 118.5 mi.	22	165	13.3	$10,625	97.2	2.4	0.0	94.6	0.0
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