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MLA and APA: newspaper article (Messi)
Short answer
MLA: Galeano, Eduardo. "Messi Is Barcelona's Boy Genius." *The New York Times*, 22 May 2011, p. N1. APA: Galeano, E. (2011, May 22). Messi is Barcelona's boy genius. *The New York Times*, p. N1.
Write the following bibliographic information first in MLA and then in APA. Name of newspaper: New York Times Title of article: Messi Is Barcelona's Boy Genius Name of writer: Eduardo Galeano Section and page number: N1 Date of publication: 22 May 2011
MLA (9th edition)
Galeano, Eduardo. "Messi Is Barcelona's Boy Genius." The New York Times, 22 May 2011, p. N1.
APA (7th edition)
Galeano, E. (2011, May 22). Messi is Barcelona's boy genius. The New York Times, p. N1.
Differences: MLA uses the full author name, title case in quotation marks, the date as day-month-year, and the page with "p."; APA uses initials, puts the date after the author, uses sentence case without quotation marks, and italicises the newspaper name.
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