APA reference list example: Article in a newspaper. The author is listed by last name and first initials. Lohr, S. The date of publication is given in year, month day format: 2004, December 3 in parentheses. The article title is Health care technology is a promise unfinanced. The newspaper title is The New York Times. It is italicized and is followed by a comma. The page is given with the abbreviation p. followed by the number, C5.