AGLC4 Rule 7.11.1: Printed Newspapers

A printed article is cited by author, title in quotation marks, italic newspaper name, a bracket with the place of publication and date, and the page. A named section of a paper that is not paginated continuously goes before the newspaper name; an unnamed section appears in the pinpoint. The place is the city where the paper is based, with a state or country added where needed, and an edition is given where there are several on one day.

AGLC4 page 123

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 123
Author, ‘Title’, Newspaper (Place of Publication, Full Date) Pinpoint.
Section, Newspaper

A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.

Formatting

  • The author is roman, following rule 4.1, followed by a comma.
  • The article title is roman in single curly quotation marks, capitalised as rule 5.2 requires, followed by a comma.
  • A named section, where required, is italic and followed by a comma, and comes before the newspaper name.
  • The newspaper name is italic and includes The where the masthead includes it.
  • The bracket follows after a space and holds any edition followed by a comma, then the place of publication, a comma and the full date.
  • A state, province or country follows the city after a comma where needed to avoid ambiguity or to help an unfamiliar reader.
  • The page pinpoint follows the bracket after a space; for an unnamed section it includes the section letter, for example C1.
  • The citation ends with a full stop.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 123
  1. 82
    Stephanie Peatling, ‘Female Chief Justice Rewrites the Script’, The Age (Melbourne, 31 January 2017) 6.
  2. 83
    Abigail Hunter, ‘He Stole My Son, Now I’m Alone in Hell’, Times2, The Times (London, 3 December 2009) 3.
  3. 84
    Eleanor Laise, ‘TCW Slams Gundlach in Lawsuit over His Exit’, The Wall Street Journal (New York, 8 January 2010) C1.
  4. 85
    Carolyn Holbrook, ‘Brownie Points’, Epicure, The Age (Melbourne, 9 August 2005) 4.

See also

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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.