Start with the name of the author, followed by a period. The writer's name should be listed last name, first initial. You can usually find the name of the author in the byline of the article. If the author's name is Jody Lepitoski, then your citation, so far, should look like this:Lepitoski, J.
Follow the author's name with the year that the article was published and a comma. You will use the rest of the date late in the citation. If the article was published August 8, 2006, then your citation should now look like this:Lepitoski, J. 2006,
Add the title of the article in quotation marks, followed by another comma. Place the comma outside the quotation marks. You can use single or double quotes, but be sure to be consistent throughout the bibliography. If the title of the article is "Leaving Your Mark: The Erosion of Miami's Popular Beaches," then your reference note should now appear:Lepitoski, J. 2006, "Leaving Your Mark: The Erosion of Miami's Most Popular Beaches",
Place the name of the newspaper next, followed by another comma. The name should be italicized or underlined if possible, but if your word processor will not support this formatting then use an underscore symbol to indicate that the title should be underlined. For example, if the newspaper is called "The Daily Turtle," then your citation should now look like this:Lepitoski, J. 2006, "Leaving Your Mark: The Erosion of Miami's Most Popular Beaches", _The Daily Turtle_,
Finish with the day, month and page number of the article. The day should be written as a numeral and the month can be abbreviated. Separate them from the page number with a comma, and end with a period. Recall that the sample article was written on August 8, and for the purpose of example we will say that the article was printed on page 8. The finished citation should look like this:Lepitoski, J. 2006, "Leaving Your Mark: The Erosion of Miami's Most Popular Beaches", _The Daily Turtle_, 8 Aug., p. 8.