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Newspaper articles

 

 

Newspaper articles

This template should be followed for articles published in physical newspapers where the author's name is given. Scroll down for associated examples.

 

Template

Author(s) (Year of publication, date of publication). Article title. Newspaper title, page reference of the article. 

 

Reference:

Reid, R. (2007, October 24). Dons fan threatens legal action: disappointed student claims to have spent three hours on phone trying to buy ticket. The Press and Journal, p. 1, 3.

 

The citation in your text will be:

(Reid, 2007)

or, if you have quoted directly,

(Reid, 2007, p. 3).

If you have used the authors' names in your sentence then only the year of publication, with a page reference if necessary, is placed after it in brackets, eg

Reid (2007) suggests that ...

or, if you have quoted directly,

Reid (2007, p. 3) states that ...

 

Other Examples

 

Online newspaper article

Reference:

Miller, P. (2014, May 21). Private funeral for wife of author Gray. HeraldScotland. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/private-funeral-for-wife-of-author-gray.24278696

Citation:

(Miller, 2014)… or …Miller (2014)…

Newspaper article with no author given

Reference:

Times. (2007, October 24). Flu risk to ducks. The Times, p. 4.

Citation:

(Times, 2007)

Online newspaper article with no author given

To avoid repetition, the newspaper’s name is not repeated as it is given instead of author’s name.

Reference:

Evening Express. (2014, May 22). Firearms officer drove at 60mph on wrong side of road in Aberdeen. http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/local/firearms-officer-drove-at-60mph-on-wrong-side-of-road-in-aberdeen-1.382464

Citation:

(Evening Express, 2014)… or “…in an article in the Aberdeen Evening Express (2014) it was reported that…”