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7.2 NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES

7.2.1 General form

The general format for citing newspaper and popular magazine articles (other than academic journals) is as follows. This format covers both hardcopy and online editions.

Element

Author

Article title

Newspaper title

Place of publication

Date

Pinpoint reference

Examples

Rob Hosking

“Messy Allowance Law Finally Gets Clarity”

The National Business Review

(New Zealand,

17 July 2009)

at 2

Audrey Young

“Entire NZ China trade board resigns”

The New Zealand Herald

(online ed, Auckland,

24 June 2011)

Rule

7.2.2

7.2.3

7.2.4

7.2.5

7.2.6

7.2.7

Eg Rob Hosking “Messy Allowance Law Finally Gets Clarity” The National Business Review (New Zealand, 17 July 2009) at 2.

Eg Audrey Young “Entire NZ China trade board resigns” The New Zealand Herald (online ed, Auckland, 24 June 2011).

Eg Ruth Laugesen “Charge of the emissions brigade” New Zealand Listener (New Zealand, 24–30 September 2011) at 24.

7.2.2 Author

Give the author’s name in accordance with rule 6.1.2.

If the article gives no author, omit this information.

If the article is an editorial without a by-line, give the author as “Editorial”.

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