The Navajo Nation newspaper market already has three
major papers competing for readers among the reservation’s 200,000
residents. But Deswood Tome, publisher of a new monthly newspaper,
Dinéh Tribune, says there’s still room for one more. “We want
to be a newspaper that provides more in-depth news. We want to be
the news source for the 109 chapter governments,” he says. Tome
believes the other newspapers don’t adequately cover the chapters,
each representing 1,000 to 14,000 tribal members. He says the
Navajo Times, Navajo-Hopi Observer and Gallup Independent fail to
cover issues such as the Manuelito Chapter’s attempts to establish
a Navajo art market in Israel and federal legislation that could
bring all the reservation’s schools under tribal control. The big
three newspapers claim a combined circulation of about 47,000.
After two issues, the eight-page Dinéh Tribune tabloid says
its circulation is 7,000. For more information, contact Dinéh
Tribune, P.O. Drawer 490, Window Rock, Navajo Nation, AZ
86515-0490.
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline A new Navajo newspaper.
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