Chicago 17 Resource Center: Newspaper Article

Newspaper Articles

Before starting the citation process, please make sure you are using the correct CMS style as required by your instructor!

Special Notes:

Notes and bibliographic entries for newspapers should include the following:

• name of the author (if listed),
  • If a news service is listed (e.g., Associated Press) instead of a named author, use the news service as the author.
• headline or column heading in title case (i.e., Capitalize All of the Major Words). 
• newspaper name (italicized)
  • Omit the word "The" if it is the first world of the newspaper title.
  • For newspapers that are not well-known, include the city name and province/state in parentheses after the title. This information is not italicized.
• month (often abbreviated), day, and year.
• Since issues may include several editions, page numbers are usually omitted.
• If an online edition of a newspaper is consulted, include the URL at the end of the citation.

Newspapers are usually only cited in text or in notes. If newspaper sources are fully documented in the text, they do NOT need not be cited in the bibliography. (Section 14.198)

Unsigned newspaper articles are best dealt with in text/notes. But if a bibliography entry is needed, the title of the newspaper stands in place of the author. (Section 14.199)