APA 7th Citation Guide

General Guidelines

• Ensure your punctuation is correct

  • eNewspaper article title: Write the title of the news article in sentence case.
  • eNewspaper title: In italics and in title case, e.g. The New York Times.

• Ensure your formatting is correct
  • ​Follow our red format structure and view our examples in black. E.g. For the elements of the reference we have italicized, you also italicize that same element in your reference.

• Insert the stable URL to the article - not to the database link - after the eNewspaper title:  Get tips for finding the URL from the eMagazine article page. 

Format

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day of publication). Title of article in sentence case. Title of Newspaper in Headline Case. http://xxxxx - the url of the newspaper article not the database link

Examples

Guynn, J. (2020, February 21). Anxiety, depression and PTSD: The hidden epidemic of data breaches and cyber crimes. USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/conferences/2020/02/21/data-breach-tips-mental-health-toll-depression-anxiety/4763823002/

McCord, S. (2020, February 22). Augusta landfill woes still unresolved. The Augusta Chronicle. https://www.augustachronicle.com/news/20200222/augusta-landfill-woes-still-unresolved

Lee, W., & Perman, S. (2020, March 26). Layoffs hit talent agencies hard. Los Angeles Times. https://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=5ede3e32-0941-4c8c-b369-4048c723a8c7

Citing In-Text: Example of one of the references

(Guynn, 2020)  OR Guynn (2020). 

For more detailed guidelines on in-text citations go to our Citing In-Text tab.

For another example on how to reference eNewspaper articles, consult the following section in the APA 7th Publication Manual:

Section 10.1 Periodicals, 16. Newspaper Article

Augusta University provides free access to EndNote citation management tool.

If you use EndNote to input your references, then choose the reference type underneath. If you export or import your citations, then check that EndNote automatically categorized them to the below reference type. Edit the reference type if it is incorrect.  

Newspaper Article