Online newspaper

In-text citations

Paraphrasing

When paraphrasing, include the author(s) family name and year of publication in brackets. Or, if referring to the author(s) family name in the body of the text, then just include the year of publication in brackets immediately after the family name(s).

Craig (1968) reports that Mrs Holt’s sorrow has been shared by …

A recent letter to the editor comments on Starbucks … (Rosen, 2014).

Direct quote

Place direct quotes between double quotation marks " " and provide the page number(s) (use p. or pp.) from the newspaper. If no page numbers are provided, then include the paragraph number.

"Starbucks latest advertising campaign has …" (Rosen, 2014, para. 7).

Reference list

Online replica of a print edition

Template

Author. (Year/Date). Article title. Newspaper/Magazine Name, Page number. DOI or URL

Example

Craig, B. (1968, January 10). Australia and the world shares Mrs Holt’s sorrow. The Australian Women’s Weekly, 2–3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/45649185

Notes on style

  • If the article is a digitised replica of a print edition, give the publication date of the print edition and include the page numbers (do not add p. or pp. before the page number/s in the reference list).
  • Articles that are spread over several nonconsecutive pages can be expressed using commas and dashes, for example, 5-6, 8 or 1, 9-10, 12.
  • Do NOT italicise the title of the article, only the title of the newspaper.
  • If the article comes from a particular section add that information in square brackets after the title, for example, Letter to the Editor.
  • If the newspaper article has no author see instructions in the no author tab in this section.

Online edition

Template

Author. (Year/Date). Article title [Form]. Newspaper/Magazine Name, Page number. URL 

Example

Rosen, L. (2014, January 22). Occupy Starbucks [Letter to the editor]. The New York Times, 6. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/23/opinion/occupy-starbucks.html

Notes on style

  • If the article is a digitised replica of a print edition, give the publication date of the print edition and include the page numbers (do not add p. or pp. before the page number/s in the reference list).
  • Articles that are spread over several nonconsecutive pages can be expressed using commas and dashes, for example, 5-6, 8 or 1, 9-10, 12.
  • If there are no page numbers leave that part out.
  • Do NOT italicise the title of the article, only the title of the newspaper.
  • Include the year, month, and day, as well as the URL. If there is a DOI, use this instead of the URL.
  • If the newspaper article has no author see instructions in the no author tab in this section.
  • If the article comes from a particular section add that information in square brackets after the title, for example, Letter to the Editor.

Online article on a news website

Template

Author. (Year/Date). Article title. Newspaper/Magazine Name. URL

Example

Avramove, N. (2019, January 3). The secret to a long, happy, healthy life? Think age-positive. CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/03/health/respect-toward-elderly-leads-to-long-life-intl/index.html

Notes on style

  • Often do not have page numbers so leave that out.
  • If the article is accessed from a news website, the title of the article is italicised, whereas the name of the website or media outlet is not.
  • Include the year, month and day, as well as the URL. If there is a DOI, use this instead of the URL.
  • If the article comes from a particular section add that information in square brackets after the title, for example, Letter to the Editor.
  • If the newspaper article has no author see instructions in the no author tab in this section.