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APA style guide: Newspaper

Citing a newspaper

For multiple authors, use an ampersand (&) between last two names in both reference and parenthetical in-text. For three or more authors (in-text): (FirstAuthor et al., Year). Always use sentence case for the article title; italicize the newspaper name.

 
Basic model for citing a newspaper
In-text

(Author, Year)

References Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Title of Newspaper. URL
 
A print newspaper article with an author
In-text (Hulse & Pear, 2008)
References Hulse, C., & Pear, R. (2008, October 1). Higher limit for U.S. insurance. New York Times, p. A17.
 
A print newspaper article found in a subscription database
In-text (Olson, 2011)
References Olson, L. (2011, August 27). New York City braces for possible flooding. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. EBSCO.
 
An article from a newspaper that is only published online
In-text (Watson, 2021)
References Watson, R. (2021, May 5). Innovation in science. The New York Times. https://nytimes.com/innovationscience
  If the url is overly long it is ok to shorten it to the home page.
 

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