How to Reference Newspaper Articles

Citing a Newspaper Article in APA Format

• 1

  List the last name of the article's author, followed by a comma, followed by the author's first initial, followed by a period.

• 2

  List the date of publication in parentheses, followed by a period. The information should appear as follows:

  (year, month day).

  (2010, August 30).

• 3

  List the full title of the article, followed by a period. Only the first letter of the title should be capitalized. For instance:

  How to reference newspaper articles.

• 4

  List the name of the newspaper in italics, followed by a comma.

• 5

  List the page number on which the article appears, followed by a period. If the article appears on a single page, this information should appear as follows:

  p. 1A.

  If the article appears on multiple pages, the information should appear as follows:

  pp. 1A, 4A.

Citing a Newspaper Article in MLA Format

• 6

  List the last name of the author, followed by a comma, followed by the first name of the author, followed by a period.

• 7

  List the full title of the article, followed by a period. Enclose the title in quotation marks, and make sure that the period falls within the quotation marks.

• 8

  List the name of the newspaper in italics.

• 9

  List the city and state of publication in brackets if the newspaper is local or does not have a wide readership.

• 10

  List the date of publication in the following format:

  30 Aug. 2010:

  The name of the month should be abbreviated to three letters and followed by a period. The date should be followed by a colon. If the article appears in a specific edition of the paper, such as a late edition, make note of this.

  30 Aug. 2010 late ed.:

• 11

  List the page on which the article begins, followed by a period.

• 12

  List the medium of publication, followed by a period. When citing a newspaper article, the medium should appear as follows:

  Print.