APA Citation and Paper Formatting Guide (APA 7th Edition): Newspaper Articles

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If, and only if, the article is signed "Anonymous," put the word Anonymous where you would normally place the author's name.

Italicize titles of journals, magazines and newspapers. Do not italicize the titles of articles.

Capitalize only the first letter of the first word of the article title. If there is a colon in the article title, also capitalize the first letter of the first word after the colon.

If an item has no date, use the short form n.d. where you would normally put the date.

If an article has no page numbers provided, leave that part of the citation out in the References List.

If an article doesn't appear on continuous pages, list all the page numbers the article is on, separated by commas. For example (4, 6, 12-14)

Do NOT include library database information in newspaper references. If the newspaper article is from an online newspaper site that has a URL that will resolve for readers, include the URL of the article at the end of the reference.

If the article is from a news website (e.g., CNN, HuffPost)—one that does not have an associated daily or weekly newspaper—use the format for a webpage on a news website instead.