How to Cite an Article From CNN

Citing CNN in MLA Format

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  List the author's last name, a comma, the author's first name and a period. For example:

  Zakaria, Fareed.

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  List the title of the article in quotation marks. Follow the title with a period that falls within the quotation marks. For example:

  "A Tale of Two Economies: How to Save the American Worker."

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  List the title of the website in italics, followed by a period. For example:

  cnn.com.

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  List the name of the publisher, followed by a comma. In this case, this information should appear as follows:

  CNN,

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  List the date of publication in a day-month-year format, followed by a period. Months other than May should be abbreviated to three letters. For example:

  17 Apr. 2011.

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

  Web.

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  List the date on which you accessed the article in a day-month-year format, followed by a period. For example:

  11 May 2011.

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  Ensure that the finished citation appears in the following format:

  Zakaria, Fareed. "A Tale of Two Economies: How to Save the American Worker." cnn.com. CNN, 17 Apr. 2011. Web. 11 May 2011.

  MLA style no longer requires the use of URLs, but if you would like to include the web address, do so enclosed in angle brackets directly underneath your citation. For example:

  Zakaria, Fareed. "A Tale of Two Economies: How to Save the American Worker." cnn.com. CNN, 17 Apr. 2011. Web. 11 May 2011.

  <http://www.cnn.com/2011/05/19/?hpt=C1>

Citing CNN in APA Format

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  List the author's last name, a comma, the author's first initial and a period. For example:

  Zakaria, F.

• 10

  List the date of publication in a year, month day format. This should be enclosed in parentheses and followed by a period that falls outside the parentheses. For example:

  (2011, April 17).

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  List the title of the article, followed by a period. According to APA style, only the first letter of the title should be capitalized. If there is a subtitle, the first letter of the subtitle should also be capitalized, as should any proper nouns. For example:

  A tale of two economies: How to save the American worker.

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  List the title of the website in italics, followed by a period. For example:

  CNN.

• 13

  List the URL in the following format:

  Retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/2011/05/19/?hpt=C1

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  Ensure that the finished citation appears in the following format:

  Zakaria, F. (2011, April 17). A tale of two economies: How to save the American worker. CNN. Retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/2011/05/19/?hpt=C1