{"id":15270,"date":"2020-12-10T11:35:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T10:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/?p=15270"},"modified":"2022-06-16T12:51:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T10:51:49","slug":"press-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-examples\/press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"How to cite a press release in APA Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left yellow\">This article reflects the\u00a0<strong>APA 7th edition<\/strong>\u00a0guidelines.\u00a0<a href=index-5051.html>Click here<\/a>\u00a0for APA 6th edition guidelines.<\/figure>\n<p>To cite a press release in <a href=index-1778.html>APA Style<\/a>, list the organization responsible, the date of publication, the title in italics, &#8220;Press release&#8221; in square brackets, and the URL.<\/p>\n<table class=\"kb-apa-example\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>APA format<\/th>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span class=\"text-color-purple\">Organization Name<\/span><\/span>. (<span class=\"text-color-purple\">Year Month Day<\/span>). <em><span class=\"text-color-purple\">Press release title<\/span> <\/em>[Press release]. <span class=\"text-color-purple\">URL<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=index-3331.html>APA reference entry<\/a><\/th>\n<td>American Psychological Association. (2020, November 17).\u00a0<em>Psychologists report large increase in demand for anxiety, depression treatment\u00a0<\/em>[Press release]. https:\/\/www.apa.org\/news\/press\/releases\/2020\/11\/anxiety-depression-treatment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=index-3332.html>APA in-text citation<\/a><\/th>\n<td>(American Psychological Association, 2020)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t<h6 class=\"h3\">Generate accurate APA citations with Scribbr<\/h6>\n\n<div style=\"min-height: 96px\">\n  <auto-cite style=\"position:relative;z-index:1\" locale=en_US baseurl=https:\/\/autocite.cgs.scribbr.com domain=com citationstyle=apa env=production><\/auto-cite>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article reflects the\u00a0APA 7th edition\u00a0guidelines.\u00a0Click here\u00a0for APA 6th edition guidelines. To cite a press release in APA Style, list the organization responsible, the date of publication, the title in italics, &#8220;Press release&#8221; in square brackets, and the URL. APA format Organization Name. (Year Month Day). Press release title [Press release]. URL APA reference entry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"categories":[185],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<title>How to Cite a Press Release in APA Style | Format &amp; Example<\/title>\n
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