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Harvard Referencing: Newspaper article

Format of the reference

Citation order:

  • Name of the author(s)
  • Year of publication
  • Title of the article
  • Title of the newspaper 
  • Day and the month of publication
  • Page numbers

 

Format:

Author’s surname, Initials. (Year of publication) 'Title of article', Title of Newspaper, Day Month published, page number(s).

Example:

Tobin, L. (2010) 'The crush starts here', The Guardian, 8 June, p. 1.

In-text citation: (Tobin, 2010)

 

Format for newspaper article with no author:

Title of Newspaper (Year of publication) 'Title of article', Day Month published, page number(s).

Example:

The Guardian (2012) 'Higher education in the EU', 14 July, p. 8.

In-text citation: (The Guardian, 2012)