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Harvard Referencing Guide (not including LHS): Newspaper article

 

 

Harvard Style of Citing References

If you reference a newspaper article without an author, you may use the name of the newspaper in place of the author.

In the reference list, the newspaper's name may appear twice, as both the author and the newspaper title.
 

In text:

Although it is believed that the UK economy is growing slowly, others suggest that the economy is on a 'plateau' (Financial Times, 2011).

In your list of references:

Newspaper Title (Year of publication) Title of article. Title of newspaper, day and month, page number/s.

e.g.

Financial Times (2011) Pay divide between top executives and public widens. Financial Times, 16 May, 3.

  

Note

 

If the newspaper article in a Library database provides a page number, cite it as print. If no page numbers are supplied, give the ‘core’ database URL, e.g. www.nexis.com, www.proquest.co.uk, etc., so:

Author’s Surname, INITIAL(s). or Newspaper Title (Year) Title of article. Title of Newspaper, Day and Month. Available from: URL [Accessed date].

  
 

e.g.

 

  
  Zenghelis, D. and Stern, N. (2015) Climate change and cities: a prime source of problems, yet key to a solution. The Guardian, 20 November. Available from: www.nexis.com/ [Accessed 5 April 2021].  
     
 

If the article is from the newspaper's website, and may potentially be modified/updated on multiple occasions, cite as an online source:

 
Author’s Surname, INITIAL(s). (or Newspaper Title) (Year) Title of article. Title of Newspaper [Online], Day and Month. Available from: Full URL [Accessed date].
 
e.g. 
Bennett, A. (2017) Brexit bulletin: Brussels goes nuclear. The Telegraph [Online], 20 December. Available from: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/20/brexit-bulletin-brussels-goes-nuclear/ [Accessed 21 December 2017].