Harvard news article citation generator

Q: How do I cite a news article in Harvard?

Use this pattern: Surname, Initial. (Year) ‘Headline’, Newspaper Name, Day Month. Available at: URL (Accessed: Day Month Year).Or paste the link into the generator above and it builds the citation for you.

Cite a news article in Harvard (Cite Them Right): paste the link and CiteForge fills in the details, then gives you the reference list entry and the in-text citation.

Cite a news article in Harvard

Source type

Authors (or an organisation)

Article title

Newspaper or magazine

Publication date (leave blank if none)

URL

Date you accessed it (MLA/Harvard, or when there’s no date)

Fix title capitalisation for the style (sentence case for APA/Harvard, title case for MLA/Chicago)

Reference list entry · Harvard (Cite Them Right)

Your citation appears here as you type, set exactly as it will look in your paper.

In-text citation

Page

Fill in the author and date to see the in-text version.

Harvard format for a news article

Surname, Initial. (Year) ‘Headline’, Newspaper Name, Day Month. Available at: URL (Accessed: Day Month Year).

The day and month follow the newspaper name.
Add an access date for online articles.
Print: add the page, e.g. p. 4.

Example

Harvard (Cite Them Right)

Zimmer, C. (2021) ‘The secret life of a coronavirus’, The New York Times, 26 February. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-alive-dead.html.

In-text: (Zimmer, 2021, p. 12) or Zimmer (2021, p. 12)

What you need, and where to find it

Author
Headline
Newspaper or magazine name
Full publication date
URL

The byline and date sit under the headline. Use the date of the version you read; if the article was updated, some styles let you note that.

Harvard news article questions

How do I cite a news article in Harvard?

Use this pattern: Surname, Initial. (Year) ‘Headline’, Newspaper Name, Day Month. Available at: URL (Accessed: Day Month Year).

Or paste the link into the generator above and it builds the citation for you.

What information do I need?

Author, Headline, Newspaper or magazine name, Full publication date, URL. The byline and date sit under the headline. Use the date of the version you read; if the article was updated, some styles let you note that.

What does the in-text citation look like?

Harvard uses (Author, Year, p. #). The generator gives you both the parenthetical and narrative versions; add a page number or timestamp for direct quotes.

Is it free, and do I need an account?

Free, no account, no ads. Citations are formatted in your browser, and saved sources stay in this browser only.