Cite using APA

Articles in newspapers

Reference list entry

Template

Surname. X. (Year, Date). Title of article. Title of newspaper. URL/ Section part

Example

Corkery, M., & Maheshwari, S. (2020, November 23). As customers move online, so does the holiday shopping season. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/business/retailers-ecommerce-black-friday.html  

 

In-text citations

Template

... (Surname, Year).

Example
Parenthetical citation 

This is an example sentence (Corkery, & Maheshwari, 2020).

Narrative citation (when the author is mentioned in the text)

According to Corkery and Maheshwari (2020) the main...

 

Comments

  • For online newspaper articles you include the URL and for printed newspaper articles the section part.
  • In the in-text citation you only include year of publication but in the reference list entry you include the specific date of publication.
  • Include page number (if available). Do not use the abbreviations "p." or "pp."