How to Cite Blogs in APA Style

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Citing blogs

New forms of communication have become credible sources in academic settings and modern leaders, thinkers and academic often take to their computers to share their research, conclusions and thoughts through blogs.

Students are encouraged to leverage these new communication platforms to add depth to their own research and find novel and compelling data and arguments that have not yet been published in book form or as an article in an academic journal.

Similar to citing websites, students must collect the following information:

The last name and initial of the blog post’s author
The blog post’s title
The blog name
The blog post’s URL

We recommend you use the following structure to cite blog posts.

APA Blog citation format:

Last name, initial (Year). Post Title [Blog]. Blog Name. Available at: URL

Examples:

Shedlock, M. (2020) Please Don’t breathe in the Elevator [Blog]. Mish Talk. Available at: https://www.thestreet.com/mishtalk/economics/please-dont-breathe-in-the-elevator
Reich, R. (2020). Who’s Really Looting America [Blog]. Robert Reich Personal Blog. Available at: https://robertreich.org/
Froeb, L. (2020). Allowance Teaches Kinds About Opportunity Cost [Blog]. Managerial Econ. Available at: https://managerialecon.blogspot.com/2020/06/allowance-teaches-kids-about.html