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Chicago Referencing Guide: News & Magazines

Magazine article

Format

Author Last Name, First Name. Year. “Article Title in Title Case.” Name of Magazine in Italic Title Case, Month Day, Year. URL

Reference List

Witt, Stephen. 2015. “The Man Who Broke the Music Business.” New Yorker, April 20, 2015. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/27/the-man-who-broke-the-music-business

In-Text

(Witt 2015) ...

OR

Witt (2015) states ...
 

Notes

  • In the reference list, repeat the year of publication with the month day after the title of the magazine.

Newspaper Article

Format

Author Last Name, First Name. Year. “Article Title in Title Case.” Name of Newspaper in Italic Title Case, Month Day, Year. URL

Reference List

Print Newspaper

Cheng, Derek. 2020. "Covid 19 coronavirus - Latest case numbers; are we ready to lift lockdown?". New Zealand Herald, April 19, 2020.

Online Newspaper

Gluckman, Peter, and Mark Hansen. 2019. "Are humans too ingenious for our own good?" New Zealand Herald, November 30, 2019.  https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12288685

Newspaper article with no author

New York Times. 2002. “In Texas, Ad Heats Up Race for Governor.” July 30, 2002. https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/30/us/in-texas-ad-heats-up-race-for-governor.html

 

 

In-Text

... (Cheng 2020).

... (Gluckman and Hanson, 2019). 

... (New York Times 2002).

 

OR

 

Cheng (2020) reports …

Gluckman and Hanson (2019) reported …

New York Times (2002) reported ...

Notes

  • In the reference list, repeat the year of publication with the month day after the title of the newspaper.
  • If a newspaper article has no by-line, the name of the newspaper stands in place of the author in Italics Title Case in the reference list and in the in-text citation.