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APA Style Guide: Newspapers

This guide explains how to use the APA Style. It includes a short tutorial.

Newspapers

In-Text-Citation:
  • Author(s) Last name (year)
  • (Author(s) Last name, year)
Example:
  • Dempsey (2003) wrote that...
  • An article (Dempsey, 2003) appeared at the time….
Reference:

Author(s) Last name, Initials. (Year, Month Day of publication). Article title. Newspaper Title, Volume and/or Issue number (if applicable), pp. page numbers.

Example:

Dempsey, A. (2003, August 19). A shoulder to lean on in the lonely crowd: Feet on the street, a new project by the Samaritans. The Irish Times, pp. 11 - 12.

In-Text-Citation:
  • Author(s) Last name (year)
  • (Author(s) Last name, year)
Example:
  • Kelly (2010) wrote that….
  • An article (Kelly, 2010) appeared at the time…
Reference:

Author(s) Last name, Initials. (Year, Month Day of publication). Article title. Newspaper Title. URL

Example:

Kelly, M. (2010, May 22). Burden of Irish debt could yet eclipse that of Greece. The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2010/0522/1224270888132.html