Q. When citing an editorial within a text, how is it done when there is no author just the paper it came from?

How to cite first depends upon which citation style you are using.  Most courses at LCCC require either MLA style or APA style. The links below provide information about in-text citations in MLA or APA format.

If there is a title of the editorial, use the title instead of the author.  The following comes from the OWL at Purdue website:

MLA: In-text citations for print sources with no known author

When a source has no known author, use a shortened title of the work instead of an author name. Place the title in quotation marks if it's a short work (such as an article) or italicize it if it's a longer work (e.g. plays, books, television shows, entire Web sites) and provide a page number.

APA: In-Text Citations: Unknown Author

If the work does not have an author, cite the source by its title in the signal phrase or use the first word or two in the parentheses. Titles of books and reports are italicized or underlined; titles of articles, chapters, and web pages are in quotation marks.