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Chicago Citation

A guide to citing source according to the Chicago Manual of Style

Newspaper/Magazine Citation Notes & Format

See sections 14.188–200 in The Chicago Manual for more information.

Use the listed elements below, where applicable, for citations in both notes and the bibliography.

Variations on the order, inclusion, and punctuation of elements will exist between note and bibliography forms.

See below for examples of footnotes, shortened notes, and bibliography entries for a variety of magazine and newspaper types.

Elements to include when citing a magazine or newspaper article from sections 14.188 & 14.191 of The Chicago Manual:

  1. Author: full name of author(s) if available
  2. Article Title: full title of the article or column
  3. Publication Title: full title of the magazine or newspaper (an initial The in a journal title should usually be omitted)
  4. Date: full date of the article (date is considered the essential element, with volume/issue information omitted)
  5. Pages: page references where applicable
  6. For articles consulted online, a URL (or DOI-based URL) or, in some cases, the name of the database/vendor consulted

Newspaper Article (Print or Online)

Chicago suggests that page numbers for newspaper articles can usually be omitted.

Chicago does not require newspaper references to be included in a bibliography, but they may be included.

Footnotes (full for first citation then shortened)

1. Lindsay Smith, "Wichita Moms Seeking Baby Formula Turn to Social Media," Wichita Eagle, May 31, 2022.
2. Samuel Petrequin and Raf Casert, "EU Lawmakers Back Gas and Nuclear Energy as Sustainable, Drawing Criticisms of ‘Greenwashing,’" Los Angeles Times, July 6, 2022, https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-07-06/eu-lawmakers-back-gas-and-nuclear-energy-as-sustainable-drawing-criticisms-of-greenwashing.
3. Smith, "Wichita Moms."
4. Petrequin and Casert, "EU Lawmakers."

Bibliography (if needed)

Petrequin, Samuel, and Raf Casert. "EU Lawmakers Back Gas and Nuclear Energy as Sustainable, Drawing Criticisms of ‘Greenwashing.’" Los Angeles Times, July 6, 2022. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-07-06/eu-lawmakers-back-gas-and-nuclear-energy-as-sustainable-drawing-criticisms-of-greenwashing.

Smith, Lindsay. "Wichita Moms Seeking Baby Formula Turn to Social Media." Wichita Eagle, May 31, 2022.

Magazine Article

Footnotes (full for first citation then shortened)

1. Ian Bogost, "Hybrid Work is Doomed: Office Workers Work in Offices, for Better or for Worse," The Atlantic, July 6, 2022, https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/07/work-from-home-rto-flexibility/661495/.
2. Bogost, "Hybrid Work."

Bibliography

Bogost, Ian. "Hybrid Work is Doomed: Office Workers Work in Offices, for Better or for Worse." The Atlantic, July 6, 2022. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/07/work-from-home-rto-flexibility/661495/.