How to cite an online newspaper article apa 7th edition

Example

McCabe, D., & Conger, K. (2019, December 17). Stamping out online sex trafficking may have pushed it underground. New York

Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/technology/fosta-sex-trafficking-law.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage

Explanation

Author: McCabe, D., & Conger, K.  

Begin the reference with the author's last name. Add a comma after the author's last name. Then, add the initials of the author's first and middle names (if present). Add a period after each initial. If the author provides a middle name or middle initial, be sure to add a space between the initials. If there are additional authors, add a comma after the first author's middle initial, and proceed to add the other authors using the same format as previously described. Add the authors in the same exact order they are listed in the article. Do not change the order of the authors. Before the last author, add an ampersand (&).
 

Date of Publication: (2019, December 17). 

Next, add the date the newspaper article was published. In parentheses, add the year, followed by a comma and the month. After the month, add the day. Add a period after the parentheses. 
 

Title of the Article: Stamping out online sex trafficking may have pushed it underground.

Next, add the title of the article. The title and subtitle (if present) are separated by a colon. Capitalize only the first word of the title and subtitle as well as proper nouns or abbreviations. Add a period after the title. 
 

Source Information: New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/technology/fosta-sex-trafficking-law.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage

Complete the reference with the source information. In this case, it would be the magazine title, the volume number, the issue number, the page numbers, and the URL. For the magazine title, capitalize all major words in the title, including any initial article (e.g., The, A, An). Do not capitalize prepositions or articles in the middle of the magazine title (e.g., of, the, an, etc.). Italicize the magazine title. After the magazine title, add the volume number and be sure to italicize. Then, add the issue number in parentheses. After the parentheses add a comma and include the page numbers of the article. Add a period after the parentheses.
 

More Information:

 For more information about articles and periodicals, see Sections 9.25 and 9.26 on page 294 as well as Section10.1 and the examples on pages 316-321 of the APA Manual, 7th edition. 

Parenthetical & Narrative Citation Examples

Parenthetical Citation Example:

(McCabe & Conger, 2019)

Narrative Citation Example:

McCabe and Conger (2019) uncovered ...

More Information:

For more information about author format in parenthetical and narrative citations, see Section 8.17 and Table 8.1 on page 266 of the APA Manual, 7th edition. 

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