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Chicago Style Guide


Citing Newspapers

Basic Template for a Newspaper:  

First Note

1. Author Firstname Lastname, "Headline," Newspaper Title, Month day, year.

Subsequent Note

2. Author Lastname, "Headline."

Bibliography

Author Lastname, Firstname. "Headline." Newspaper Title. Month day, year.

If the city where the newspaper is published is not part of the name of the paper, include it in parentheses, i.e. Daily Tribune (Columbia, Mo.). Do not cite the city separately if it is part of the name, i.e. New York Times does not require the city in parentheses.

Examples: Newspaper Articles

First Note

1. Carl Hulse and Robert Pear, "Higher Limit for U.S. Insurance on Deposits," New York Times, October 1, 2008, national edition.

Subsequent Note

2. Hulse and Pear, "Higher Limit for U.S. Insurance."

Bibliography

Hulse, Carl, and Robert Pear. "Higher Limit for U.S. Insurance on Deposits." New York Times, October 1, 2008, national edition.

First Note

3. "Developments in North Africa and Across the Middle East," New York Times, April 4, 2011.

Subsequent Note

4. "Developments in North Africa."

Bibliography

New York Times. "Developments in North Africa and Across the Middle East." April 4, 2011.


Note that the name of the newspaper goes in the author position if there is no stated author.

First Note

5. Laura Olson, "New York City Braces as Hurricane Heads Up East Coast," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 27, 2011, EBSCO Newspaper Source.

Subsequent Note

6. Olson, "New York City Braces."

Bibliography

Olson, Laura. "New York City Braces as Hurricane Heads Up East Coast." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 27, 2011. EBSCO Newspaper Source.

First Note

7. Warren Richie, "US Supreme Court Opens, Likely to Wade into Health Care Debate," Christian Science Monitor, October 2, 2011, http://www.csmonitor.com.

Subsequent Note

8. Richie, "US Supreme Court Opens."

Bibliography

Richie, Warren. "US Supreme Court Opens, Likely to Wade into Health Care Debate." Christian Science Monitor, October 2, 2011. http://www.csmonitor.com.


If the URL is overly long it is ok to shorten it to the home page.