Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.)

Letter to the Editor

(Chicago Manual of Style 14.196)

Note

Model

Author of Letter, letter to the editor, Title of Newspaper, Date of publication, DOI/URL(if online).

Example

1. Cathy Bernard, letter to the editor, New York Times, October 22, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/travel/letters-to-the-editor.html?_r=0.

Helpful Hints

Only need to include these in the notes without any headlines.

If a newspaper or magazine is online include a URL or DOI.

See 14.18 for more information on where to put line breaks for URLs or DOIs.