APA Citation Generator for Newspaper Articles
The generator below is preset to APA (APA 7th edition) for a newspaper article.
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Paste a URL, DOI, ISBN or title, or fill in the form yourself — the citation updates as you type, and you can copy it formatted, with italics and hanging indent intact, or as plain text. Under the tool you will find the APA rules for this source type, worked examples, and the mistakes students make most often.
The rules: APA format for newspaper articles
Template: Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of article in sentence case. Title of Newspaper in Title Case. https://www.example.com/article
- Newspaper articles take the full date — year, month and day — because newspapers publish daily.
- The article title uses sentence case and is not italicised. The newspaper’s name uses title case and is italicised.
- For an online article, end with the article’s URL and no full stop after it. Use the specific article URL, not the newspaper’s homepage.
- For a print article, give the page numbers instead of a URL, e.g. pp. A1, A6 for an article that jumps pages.
- In text: (Donovan, 2025) or Donovan (2025).
Examples
Donovan, R. (2025, April 14). City libraries extend hours for exam season. The Daily Meridian. https://www.dailymeridian.news/2025/04/14/libraries-extended-hours
Moreno, C. (2024, September 30). Local schools adopt later start times. The Daily Meridian, pp. A1, A6.
University funding rises for regional campuses. (2025, February 3). The Daily Meridian. https://www.dailymeridian.news/2025/02/03/university-funding
Common mistakes
- Giving only the year — a newspaper entry needs the month and day as well.
- Linking to the newspaper’s homepage instead of the article itself.
- Italicising the article title instead of the newspaper’s name.
- Adding a URL to a print article you read on paper, or page numbers to one you read online.
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