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APA7 Guide

Article from a news company (online, print or no author)

 
  • Provide the URL or DOI if available.
  • If authors are not provided in the article, refer to the Books section ‘Anonymous or No author’ and use the article title in place of the author.
  • Many news articles are published by organisations with no regular print publications, such as the ABC, the BBC and Al Jazeera. In these cases you should cite them as an online article.

For example:

“Native animals such as echidnas, swamp wallabies, bandicoots, wrens and powerful owls call these now protected areas home” (Ly, 2019, p. 5).

“Although studies have long shown the damaging effects of pesticides for the biodiverse environment, little is known about how much they affect insects in the long term” (Quaglia, 2021).

Paraphrase 

Template

            (Author, Year)

            OR

            Author (Year)

For example:

There seem to be disagreements between the Boral’s board and its investors over Boral’s recent business decisions (Knight, 2019).

New research shows that bees are especially vulnerable to modern pesticides (Quaglia, 2021).

Direct quote

Template

            (Author, Year)

            OR

            Author (Year)

If you are citing a print article make sure to include page number/s after the year.

Reference list

Template:

Online: Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year, month day). Title of the article. Title of the Periodical. https://doi.org/xxxx OR https://xxxx

Print: Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Newspaper Title, Page.

No Author: Article title. (Year, Month Day). Newspaper title, Page. https://xxxx

For example:

Knight, E. (2019, December 12). Clock ticking for Boral boss as investors seethe over scandal. Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/clock-ticking-for-boral-boss-as-investors-seethe-over-scandal-20191211-p53j0m.html

Ly, P. (2019, December 4). New bush zones to save wildlife. Northern District Times.

Quaglia, S. (2021, November 23). Bees may take generations to recover from one exposure to insecticides. The Guardian Australia. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/22/bees-generations-recover-exposure-insecticides

Thompson, A., & Massola, J. (2022, August 31). Reboot on the cards for complex test. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 13.