How to Cite a Newspaper Article in APA 7th Edition

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Zitierformat

Grundvorlage

Author. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Newspaper Name. URL

Zitat-Komponenten

Author(s)

Last, First Initial. If no author, start with article title.

Publication Date

Format: (Year, Month Day) in parentheses.

Article Title

Sentence case. Not italicized. No quotation marks in reference list.

Newspaper Name

Italicized. Use official name (The New York Times, The Washington Post, etc.).

URL

Include full URL. Use retrieved URL from news website.

Praxisbeispiel

Beispielquelle

author

Johnson, K.

date

2023, December 15

title

New climate report shows accelerating temperature changes

newspaper

The New York Times

url

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/climate

Formatiertes Zitat

Johnson, K. (2023, December 15). New climate report shows accelerating temperature changes. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/climate

Textzitat

(Johnson, 2023)

(Author, Year) or (Author, Year, paragraph #)

Häufige Fehler

Falsch:

Johnson, K. (2023, December 15). 'New Climate Report Shows Accelerating Temperature Changes.' The New York Times.

Richtig:

Johnson, K. (2023, December 15). New climate report shows accelerating temperature changes. The New York Times. URL

Warum: Newspaper article titles use sentence case without quotation marks and must include the URL.

Falsch:

Johnson, K. December 15, 2023. New climate report. New York Times.

Richtig:

Johnson, K. (2023, December 15). New climate report shows accelerating temperature changes. The New York Times. URL

Warum: Date must be in parentheses with (Year, Month Day) format. Always include the full article title and URL.

Falsch:

Johnson, K. (2023). Article title. NYT.

Richtig:

Johnson, K. (2023, December 15). Article title. The New York Times. URL

Warum: Include full publication date with month and day. Use official newspaper name ('The New York Times', not 'NYT'). Must include URL.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

How do I cite a newspaper article without an author?

Start with the article title in place of the author: New climate report shows accelerating temperatures. (2023, December 15). The New York Times. URL

Should I include the page number for a newspaper article?

Newspaper articles are now cited primarily by URL in APA 7th edition. Page numbers were used in earlier editions for print versions.

How do I cite a newspaper article accessed through a database?

Include the URL from the database or the newspaper's website. If only print information is available, cite it with page numbers.

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