• Include section name or number if given.
• Include the specific date as well as year.
• Page numbers, if any, are cited in the text but omitted from a reference list entry.
• Article titles are written in title case, regardless of how the original headline is written.
• News articles, both online and in print, magazines and blog posts are all cited in the same format.
Standard format for citation
Article Author, A. A. Year. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper, Section Title or no. if any, Month Day. URL or Database Name for online sources. |
News article from a full text database
Author full first name provided
Fannin, Penny. 2002. "Mechanical Heart Tested." The Age, April 29. Factiva.
Author first names' initials only provided
O'Leary, C. 2006. "Landmark Study to Aid Push for Public Smoking Ban." The West Australian, June 29. Factiva.
News article from the internet
Author first names' initials only provided
Devlin, H. 2010. "Neuron Breakthrough Offers Hope on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s." The Times, January 28. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/medicine/article7005401.ece.
Hilts, P. J. 1999. "In Forecasting Their Emotions, Most People Flunk Out." The New York Times, February 16. http://www.nytimes.com.
Media/press release from the internet
Newcrest Mining Limited. 2023. “Newcrest to trial advanced 4G and 5G mobile at Cadia for safer, smarter and more sustainable mines.” Media release, February 15. https://www.newcrest.com/sites/default/files/2023-02/230215_Newcrest%20to%20trial%20advanced%204G%20and%205G%20mobile%20at%20Cadia.pdf.
Newspaper articles in print
Author full first name provided
Eccleston, Roy. 2006. "Generation XXL." Weekend Australian Magazine, June 10-11.
Author first names' initials only provided
Hatch, B. 2006. "Smoke Lingers for Those who Keep Hospitality Flowing." Australian Financial Review, July 13.
Newspaper article in print: No author
Townsville Bulletin. 2010. "Kidney Disease Costs to Rise." November 6.