Begin with the author's name. Write his last name first, followed by a comma, then his first name with a period at the end.
Write the title of the newspaper article in quotation marks after the author's name. Put a period at the end of the title, inside the quotation mark.
Place the name of the newspaper in italics after the title of the article. If the city of publication is not included in the name of the newspaper, include it and the state abbreviation in brackets after the name. For example, for the newspaper The Stranger you must write [Seattle, Wa] after writing the name. Do not put a period after the newspaper's name. According to Indiana University, in MLA style referencing you may underline the newspaper's name instead of using italics.
Write the date the article was published directly after the name of the newspaper. Begin with the day, written numerically; followed by the month, spelled out in full; finishing with the year, written numerically. For newspapers that publish more than one issue per day, include the issue directly after the date.
Write the page number(s) of the article after the date, proceeded by a colon. Include both the lettered newspaper section and the page number such as "A7." If the article appears on multiple pages, write the first and last page, separated by a hyphen, such as "A1-A4." However, if the article's pages are not consecutive, write the first page number followed by a plus sign, such as "A7+."
Write "Print" after the page number(s) if the article is from a print newspaper. If the article is from an online newspaper, paste the full URL address of the article inside triangular brackets after the date it was published. Page numbers and editions are not relevant for articles found online.
Place the author's name followed by the page number where the information is found in parenthesis for in-text citations. Place the in-text citation directly after the quote or paraphrased information from the article, followed by a period to end the sentence.