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Newspaper item with no author

Entry in Footnotes

14. “Title of Article,” Title of Newspaper, Date, URL (if consulted online).

For example - Footnotes

14. Note number "Improvement of the Sanatory [sic] Condition of the City," Title of Article (in quotation marks) Argus,Title of Newspaper (italicized) 8 May 1850.Date of publication

Entry in Bibliography

Newspapers are more commonly cited in notes than in bibliographies.
Newspaper items need not be listed in the bibliography if these have been documented in the text.

If a bibliography entry were included it would appear as follows:

Title of Newspaper, Date. URL (if consulted online).

For example - Bibliography

Argus,Title of Newspaper (italicized) 1850-1901.Date of publication

Style Notes

If there is no article title, give the article type (not in quotation marks). For example: Obituary, Editorial.
Omit ‘The’ from newspaper titles.
Add a city name if the newspaper is not well known e.g. Examiner (Launceston).
Page numbers are usually omitted.
Details of the edition can be added to a note or bibliographical entry. For example: final edition, Midwest edition.
If the paper is published in several sections, the section number or name may be given.
To cite an article consulted online, include the URL.