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EN 285: Business Writing

Resources for the Crisis Management Case Study

Selected APA Reference Examples

Newspaper article

Author's Last Name, Initial. (Year, Month Day). Article title. Newspaper Name. url

Rohman, M. (2025, March 5). Concert ticket prices are soaring, and busting Gen Z's budgets. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/business/gen-z-concert-tickets-taylor-swift-beyonce.html 

 
Social media post 

Author's Last Name, Initial. [@username]. (Year, Month Day). Content of the post up to the first 20 words [Content type in brackets]. Social Media Site Name. url

The New York Times [@nytimes]. (2025, March 4). Dr. Bryant Lin, who teaches medicine at Stanford University, received a terminal cancer diagnosis. Instead of pulling back from work [Photograph]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/DGxps8SM5DY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link 

 

Citing X? Here are instructions from APA on how to do this.

Citing Instagram? Here are instructions from APA on how to do this.

Scroll to the bottom of the APA Reference Examples page for their example citations for other platforms like TikTok, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

 

Video

Author's Last Name, Initial. (Year, Month Day). Video title [Video]. Website Name. url

PBS NewsHour. (2017, June 6). How media literacy can help students discern fake news [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/z4fwJHhv6ZY?si=-jQKuhf9xJfuaGym

 

Webpage

Author’s Last Name, Initials. (Year, Month Day). Page title. Name of Website. url

Howell, E. (2018, March 30). Exoplanets: Worlds beyond our solar system. Space.com. https://www.space.com/17738-exoplanets.html

Online APA Citation Examples

Citing an AI Chatbot

Cite an AI Chat

AI Company Name. (year, month day). Title of chat in italics [Description, such as Generative AI chat]. Tool Name/Model. URL of the chat

  • Parenthetical citation: (AI Company Name, year)
  • Narrative citation: AI Company Name (year)
Cite an AI Tool

AI Company Name. (year). Tool Name/Model in Italics and Title Case [Description; e.g., Large language model]. URL of the tool

  • Parenthetical citation: (AI Company Name, year)
  • Narrative citation: AI Company Name (year)

 

Further Guidance

APA's most recent official guidance on citing AI is available in these blog posts from September 9, 2025:

You may also want to read the official APA Publishing Policies related to the use of AI in scholarship.

Writing and Citation Assistance

Writing

You can get help from a writing tutor at the Center for Student Success/Learning Services at Etown.

Writing Tutors are also in the High Library Sunday-Thursday 7-9 pm and are available on a drop-in basis.

Citing

Check out the Citation Research Guide.

Or, ask a librarian! Feel free to stop by the reference desk, email, call, or text with your question!