Use articles as sources for your writing

[timharvey]

Hello, I just got a job for a magazine/blog. The main job is to report the latest news on current affairs, technology, and art.

In those articles, I will synthesize quotes from sources of other newspapers on the same topic. I want to ask is there any way to quote without touching copyright issues?

I think I will use words like: "According to "this" newspaper reported..." and below it will be written that materials from newspapers are used and will be listed. Is that possible? Thank.

[AndyJ]

Hi timharvey and welcome to the forum,

News reporting has always held a special status within copyright law and since the method which you mention is still used today as a source by all newspapers, the law expressly permits this (see section 30(2) of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988). Paraphrasing and minimal acknowledgements are both acceptable within this context.