: Attributing TV media sources in online, AP style, journalistic articles I am the editor of a small news blog. I am trying to train my writers to link to their sources. One writer sends me

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While that's fine, I wouldn't require online citations. Hszmv's description is how I would go. Don't forget the channel. A number and city if it is local, the company if it is not local.

Examples:
ABC7 News, KGO Bay Area and San Francisco
BBC World News America
CCN International

Include the date and time (and time zone if relevant), the name of the segment/reporter (if relevant), title of the piece (if any), etc.

If online, yes, include the link and any title/reporter info, plus the date it was posted. Time doesn't matter there (unless a breaking story).

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There are websites out there that can be set to format citations for every single form of media. Citing just the televised report, you'll need as much of the following information: The Reporter's name (the one in the field, not the anchor unless the anchor is telling the story quickly), the date of original air, the time to the most recent top or bottom of the hour (6:00 is top, 6:30 is the bottom. Local/Network News tends to run in half hour blocks, while cable news runs in hour long blocks. In this case, cite the top of the hour first.), the broadcasting channel, the broadcasting network.

If you are using a web link, provide the link and date you originally access the link. Make sure it's the same story (one of the problems in making sure the story is still accurate is that some publishers put the corrections at the very bottom of the page... because most readers don't read a story that far down.).

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