Newspaper Name?

By Anonymous on Wed, 02/17/2016 - 23:28

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I'm scratching my head whether to cite the name of a newspaper as printed on its masthead, or use the name listed in the publishing information in the newspaper.

I used the name of the newspaper as listed in its publishing information (Section A, Page 2-A, column 1) to create this citation:

"Antiques," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald, 30 Sep 1973, Metropolitan Edition, section D (pt. 1), page 3, column 6, auction sale, Alden A. Zastera and Roma Zastera; image copy, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : viewed 20 Feb 2015).

The paper's masthead is printed Sunday World-Herald, not Omaha World-Herald.  I looked at the "Sunday" as being more of the name of an edition of the paper, rather than the name of the actual paper.

Is this a standard way to approach this, or is more clarification needed?

On a related topic, when I'm citing a newspaper from outside of the USA, should I list the location in italics: Daily Record (Edinburgh), or in normal print: Daily Record (Edinburgh)?  I saw references to both approaches when I searched for examples online following Chicago.

Thank you for your help!

Brian

 

Submitted byEEon Thu, 02/18/2016 - 10:35

Brian, on the premise that "The devil is in the details," I'll respond with a question of my own? Would  you image and upload the portion of the page that carries the masthead and the "publishing data"?

Submitted byBrian Gon Thu, 02/18/2016 - 17:13

Here are three files. 

Page 1 is the masthead, Page 2 is the printing information and Article is the article I'm citing.

I hadn't noticed previously, but the header for Page 2 reads "Sunday, Omaha World-Herald" (not "Sunday World-Herald").

Thank you for your help!

Brian

 

Submitted byEEon Thu, 02/18/2016 - 19:14

Brian,

So, we have three examples

  1. Sunday World-Herald
  2. Sunday, Omaha World-Herald (in this case, Sunday is treated like a date rather than a name)
  3. Sunday World-Herald

Checking the Library of Congress newspaper database, I don't find this one at all. Checking World-Cat, I find it cataloged under Omaha World-Herald, with or without the hyphen.

If we use, 1 and 3, we would be expected to add the city/state name in parentheses somewhere. If we use example 2, we'd be expected to add the state name in parentheses after Omaha.

It's also possible that the newspaper used a different masthead for its Sunday edition. It's page one notes that you're using the Metropolitan edition, so it does seem to vary.

All points considered, I'd likely use what's on the masthead, and add the place in parentheses.

Regarding your Chicago question, CMOS 16th ed., 14.210, uses italics if only the city or state/province is given, but uses roman when both the city and state are given. Its examples (including its word "but") are these.

  • Hackensack (NJ) Record
  • Ottawa (IL) Daily Times
  • Saint Paul (Alberta or AB) Journal

but

  • Oregonian (Portland, OR)

However, 14.211 then tells us that "Names of cities not part of the titles of foreign newspapers may be added in parentheses after the title, not italicized."

  • La Crónica de Hoy (Mexico City)

If you're confused, you're not alone.

Submitted byBrian Gon Thu, 02/18/2016 - 21:16

Thank you.

Your suggestion to cite the paper per the masthead as Sunday World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska) does capture the pertinent information in one fell swoop.

I am definitely confused by the CMOS.  It doesn't seem like there's a compelling reason to do anything other than italics for the location.  I'm so grateful citation is an art, not a science!

Thanks again,

Brian