Table 1 All daily newspapers, by state, with 2003 Newsroom Diversity Index (The Diversity Index is the newsroom minority percentage divided by the community minority percentage. DNR = did not report to ASNE.) Newspaper Diversity Staff Community Rank in Source Ownership Circulation Index minority % minority % class Alabama The Alexander City Outlook N/A DNR 26.8% N/A HOME Boone 5,300 The Andalusia Star-News N/A DNR 14.3% N/A HOME Boone 3,364 The Anniston Star 45 11.1% 24.6% 65 ZIP Consolidated 25,956 The News-Courier, Athens 0 0.0% 15.2% 68 ZIP Community Newspaper 7,702 Holdings Birmingham Post-Herald 27 8.6% 31.6% 129 ZIP Scripps 10,441 The Birmingham News 59 19.0% 32.3% 30 ZIP Advance (Newhouse) 145,571 The Clanton Advertiser N/A DNR 14.4% N/A HOME 5,000 The Cullman Times N/A DNR 4.5% N/A ZIP Community Newspaper 10,827 Holdings The Decatur Daily 57 11.1% 19.5% 72 ZIP 24,007 The Dothan Eagle 12 3.6% 29.2% 118 ZIP Media General 34,272 Enterprise Ledger 0 0.0% 24.4% 162 HOME Media General 10,209 TimesDaily, Florence 83 10.7% 12.9% 22 ZIP New York Times 30,805 Fort Payne Times-Journal N/A DNR 9.3% N/A HOME Southern 4,648 The Gadsden Times 92 13.0% 14.1% 36 ZIP New York Times 22,808 The Huntsville Times 29 6.6% 22.8% 67 ZIP Advance (Newhouse) 56,227 The Daily Mountain Eagle, Jasper N/A DNR 8.2% N/A ZIP Cleveland 11,675 Valley Times-News, Lanett 0 0.0% 39.6% 68 HOME 7,149 Mobile Register 27 8.6% 32.0% 70 ZIP Advance (Newhouse) 95,547 Montgomery Advertiser 53 22.7% 42.7% 41 ZIP Gannett 50,763 Opelika-Auburn News, Opelika N/A DNR 34.2% N/A ZIP Media General 14,595 The Daily Sentinel, Scottsboro 0 0.0% 8.8% 68 HOME Southern 5,529 The Selma Times-Journal N/A DNR 64.6% N/A HOME Boone 7,474 The Daily Home, Talladega 13 4.2% 33.5% 66 HOME Consolidated 9,872 The Messenger, Troy N/A DNR 39.9% N/A HOME Boone 3,328 The Tuscaloosa News N/A DNR 36.3% N/A ZIP New York Times 34,613 Alaska Anchorage Daily News N/A DNR 29.0% N/A ZIP McClatchy 69,607 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 46 11.5% 25.0% 94 ZIP MediaNews 16,317 Juneau Empire 24 6.3% 26.7% 60 HOME Morris 6,748 Peninsula Clarion, Kenai N/A DNR 14.9% N/A HOME Morris 5,710 The Daily News, Ketchikan N/A DNR 27.1% N/A HOME 4,117 The Kodiak Daily Mirror 0 0.0% 42.5% 24 HOME 2,735 The Daily Sitka Sentinel N/A DNR 32.9% N/A HOME 2,821 Table 1, newspapers with diversity index, continued Newspaper Rank in Staff Community Diversity Source Ownership Circulation class minority minority Index Arkansas Siftings Herald, Arkadelphia N/A DNR 26.5% N/A HOME 2,656 Batesville Daily Guard 68 0.0% 5.8% 0 HOME 9,067 The Benton Courier 68 0.0% 5.8% 0 ZIP 7,580 Benton County Daily Record, Bentonville 107 5.3% 13.2% 40 HOME Community Publishers 10,865 Blytheville Courier News 24 0.0% 36.4% 0 HOME Rust 4,074 Camden News 68 0.0% 40.6% 0 HOME Wehco Media 5,108 Log Cabin Democrat, Conway N/A DNR 12.6% N/A HOME Morris 10,481 The Daily Citizen, De Queen 24 0.0% 27.5% 0 HOME 2,592 The News-Times, El Dorado 48 13.3% 34.8% 38 ZIP Wehco Media 9,686 Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville N/A DNR 15.4% N/A HOME Community Publishers 14,958 Times-Herald, Forrest City N/A DNR 54.9% N/A HOME 4,475 Times Record, Fort Smith 124 1.4% 17.2% 8 COUNTIES Stephens (Donrey) 38,888 Harrison Daily Times N/A DNR 6.1% N/A ZIP 9,424 The Daily World, Helena N/A DNR 61.3% N/A HOME Liberty 2,580 Hope Star N/A DNR 40.2% N/A HOME 4,000 The Sentinel-Record, Hot Springs N/A DNR 11.3% N/A ZIP Wehco Media 17,703 The Jonesboro Sun 162 0.0% 11.2% 0 ZIP Paxton 24,783 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock N/A DNR 22.6% N/A COUNTIES Wehco Media 185,709 Banner-News, Magnolia 16 16.7% 38.4% 44 HOME Wehco Media 4,106 Malvern Daily Record N/A DNR 13.4% N/A HOME 5,015 Baxter Bulletin, Mountain Home 1 41.7% 3.2% 1,313 ZIP Gannett 11,200 Paragould Daily Press 68 0.0% 3.2% 0 HOME Paxton 5,276 Pine Bluff Commercial 76 25.0% 45.1% 55 ZIP Stephens (Donrey) 18,716 The Courier, Russellville 162 0.0% 7.2% 0 HOME Paxton 10,710 The Daily Citizen, Searcy N/A DNR 7.4% N/A HOME Paxton 5,949 Morning News of Northwest Arkansas, N/A DNR 13.7% N/A ZIP Stephens (Donrey) 36,013 Springdale The Stuttgart Daily Leader 24 0.0% 25.2% 0 HOME Liberty 2,645 Evening Times, West Memphis N/A DNR 50.3% N/A ZIP 7,395 Arizona Mohave Valley Daily News, Bullhead City N/A DNR 22.4% N/A ZIP Brehm 7,381 Casa Grande Dispatch 64 9.1% 54.6% 17 ZIP 8,834 The Daily Dispatch, Douglas 10 37.5% 39.9% 94 COUNTY Wick 3,000 Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff 147 7.7% 39.7% 19 ZIP Pulitzer 11,488 The Kingman Daily Miner 68 0.0% 16.0% 0 HOME 7,855 Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City 68 0.0% 16.0% 0 HOME Wick 9,262 Tribune Newspapers, Mesa 74 6.2% 23.6% 26 ZIP Freedom 96,221 The Arizona Republic, Phoenix 7 24.0% 33.7% 71 ZIP Gannett 448,782 The Daily Courier, Prescott N/A DNR 13.4% N/A HOME 18,225 Table 1, newspapers with diversity index, continued Newspaper Rank in Staff Community Diversity Source Ownership Circulation class minority minority Index Arizona (continued) Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review N/A DNR 39.9% N/A HOME Wick 11,455 Daily News-Sun, Sun City 5 10.0% 2.3% 435 CITY 16,487 Arizona Daily Star, Tucson 24 27.8% 40.4% 69 ZIP Pulitzer 98,894 The Daily Territorial, Tucson 11 33.3% 38.5% 86 HOME Wick 753 Tucson Citizen 32 27.3% 38.5% 71 ZIP Gannett 35,640 The Yuma Daily Sun N/A DNR 51.9% N/A ZIP Freedom 15,245 California Auburn Journal 162 0.0% 10.9% 0 ZIP Brehm 11,674 The Bakersfield Californian N/A DNR 51.2% N/A ZIP 71,495 The Record Gazette, Banning N/A DNR 47.6% N/A CITY 2,417 Desert Dispatch, Barstow 20 16.7% 47.6% 35 ZIP Freedom 4,883 Benicia Herald N/A DNR 26.1% N/A CITY 4,103 Chico Enterprise-Record 114 3.8% 22.5% 17 ZIP MediaNews 33,498 Daily Pilot, Costa Mesa N/A DNR 43.2% N/A CITY 25,567 The Triplicate, Crescent City 24 0.0% 28.2% 0 ZIP 4,620 The Davis Enterprise 65 5.3% 35.0% 15 ZIP 9,322 Imperial Valley Press, El Centro 97 35.3% 80.5% 44 ZIP 14,770 The Escondido North County Times 81 7.3% 35.6% 21 ZIP Lee 92,490 Times-Standard, Eureka 162 0.0% 18.7% 0 ZIP MediaNews 19,500 Daily Republic, Fairfield 106 21.4% 52.2% 41 ZIP 19,217 Fremont Argus 109 13.5% 63.3% 21 ZIP MediaNews 31,698 The Fresno Bee 34 30.6% 58.0% 53 ZIP McClatchy 158,286 The Dispatch, Gilroy N/A DNR 55.8% N/A COUNTY 4,785 The Glendale News-Press 119 14.3% 45.8% 31 CITY 18,498 The Union, Grass Valley 70 5.3% 9.1% 58 ZIP Swift 15,871 The Hanford Sentinel 73 33.3% 58.8% 57 ZIP Pulitzer 13,281 The Daily Review, Hayward 122 5.1% 59.7% 9 ZIP MediaNews 38,553 Free Lance, Hollister 17 22.2% 54.0% 41 HOME 4,322 Lake County Record-Bee, Lakeport 68 0.0% 19.6% 0 ZIP MediaNews 7,291 Lodi News-Sentinel 151 5.9% 35.7% 17 ZIP 16,862 The Lompoc Record 61 10.0% 44.8% 22 ZIP Pulitzer 7,432 Press-Telegram, Long Beach 85 14.9% 77.7% 19 ZIP MediaNews 96,466 Los Angeles Times 11 20.1% 60.4% 33 ZIP Tribune 925,135 Madera Tribune 12 44.4% 53.4% 83 HOME 4,115 Manteca Bulletin N/A DNR 39.4% N/A ZIP 7,047 Appeal-Democrat, Marysville 89 19.2% 39.3% 49 COUNTIES Freedom 21,329 Merced Sun-Star 101 25.0% 58.6% 43 ZIP 17,329 The Modesto Bee 48 19.2% 43.2% 44 ZIP McClatchy 84,751 Table 1, newspapers with diversity index, continued Newspaper Rank in Staff Community Diversity Source Ownership Circulation class minority minority Index California (continued) Monterey County Herald 110 12.5% 59.4% 21 ZIP 34,813 The Napa Valley Register N/A DNR 29.4% N/A ZIP Pulitzer 18,808 The Marin Independent Journal, Novato 51 10.9% 21.1% 52 ZIP MediaNews 40,210 The Oakland Tribune 73 17.5% 66.5% 26 ZIP MediaNews 69,079 Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Ontairo N/A DNR 65.0% N/A ZIP MediaNews 65,584 The Desert Sun, Palm Springs 55 25.0% 50.4% 50 ZIP Gannett 46,497 Antelope Valley Press, Palmdale 119 7.1% 59.0% 12 CITY 26,065 Palo Alto Daily News N/A DNR 27.2% N/A CITY 30,000 Tri-Valley Herald, Pleasanton 121 4.4% 41.5% 11 ZIP MediaNews 43,591 The Porterville Recorder 91 28.6% 60.1% 48 ZIP Freedom 10,080 Daily News, Red Bluff 68 0.0% 22.5% 0 ZIP MediaNews 7,128 Record Searchlight, Redding 47 7.7% 14.0% 55 ZIP Scripps 34,706 Redlands Daily Facts 25 33.3% 37.0% 90 ZIP MediaNews 7,102 The Daily Independent, Ridgecrest 24 22.2% 23.5% 94 CITY Swift 7,967 The Press-Enterprise, Riverside 42 24.2% 51.0% 47 ZIP Belo 178,994 The Sacramento Bee 5 29.6% 33.2% 89 ZIP McClatchy 283,194 The Californian, Salinas 66 44.4% 72.0% 62 ZIP Gannett 18,224 The San Bernardino County Sun 47 25.7% 57.6% 45 ZIP MediaNews 74,540 San Diego Daily Transcript N/A DNR 45.0% N/A HOME 6,404 The San Diego Union-Tribune 24 14.7% 45.8% 32 ZIP Copley 342,447 San Francisco Chronicle 9 16.1% 46.2% 35 ZIP Hearst 512,129 San Francisco Examiner 52 18.9% 45.9% 41 ZIP 95,800 San Jose Mercury News 13 33.2% 52.0% 64 ZIP Knight-Ridder 272,682 San Luis Obispo County Telegram-Tribune 98 7.3% 23.6% 31 ZIP Knight-Ridder 38,460 The San Mateo County Times 117 6.4% 51.0% 13 ZIP MediaNews 34,918 The Orange County Register, Santa Ana 21 22.3% 48.7% 46 ZIP Freedom 300,888 Santa Barbara News-Press 76 14.8% 37.2% 40 ZIP 44,233 The Signal, Santa Clarita N/A DNR 30.7% N/A CITY 10,514 Santa Cruz Sentinel 125 2.9% 36.5% 8 ZIP Dow Jones 26,742 Santa Maria Times 159 5.0% 48.0% 10 ZIP Pulitzer 16,854 The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa N/A DNR 25.0% N/A ZIP New York Times 87,261 The Union Democrat, Sonora 162 0.0% 14.0% 0 ZIP 11,596 Tahoe Daily Tribune, South Lake Tahoe 68 0.0% 15.1% 0 HOME Swift 7,723 The Record, Stockton 65 14.9% 50.3% 30 ZIP Omaha World-Herald 58,764 Daily Midway Driller, Taft N/A DNR 20.9% N/A CITY Liberty 4,900 Daily Breeze, Torrance N/A DNR 66.5% N/A ZIP Copley 73,209 Tracy Press 158 4.8% 45.1% 11 ZIP 10,852 Tulare Advance-Register 37