Cite News

Here are the basic parts of a news citation in MLA

From the library 

Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical [City, State], Day Month Year, pages. Access date.

From the web

Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical [City, State], Day Month Year, pages. URL. Access date.

Here are the basic parts of a news citation in APA

From the library

Lastname, F. M. (Year, Month Date). Title of article. Title of Publication (City, State), Page.

From the web

Lastname, F. M. (Year, Month Date). Title of article. Title of Publication (City, State). Page. URL

Additional sources for citing news in MLA and APA

The North Carolina State University’s Citation Builder walks you through the process of citing all kinds of sources and provides you with a computer-formatted citation you can copy into your work. The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) also provides good guidance on formatting MLA citations and APA citations.

Use a citation generator