diff --git a/docs/_includes/news_item.html b/docs/_includes/news_item.html
index bf04dc9f..db490c8e 100644
--- a/docs/_includes/news_item.html
+++ b/docs/_includes/news_item.html
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
     <span class="post-date">
       {{ post.date | date_to_string }}
     </span>
-    <a href="https://github.com/{{ post.author }}" class="post-author">
-      {% assign author = post.author %}
+    {% assign author = post.author %}
+    <a href="https://github.com/{{ author }}" class="post-author">
       {% avatar user=author size=24 %}
-      {{ post.author }}
+      {{ author }}
     </a>
   </div>
   <div class="post-content">
diff --git a/docs/_layouts/news_item.html b/docs/_layouts/news_item.html
index de6508d0..e9fa2aec 100644
--- a/docs/_layouts/news_item.html
+++ b/docs/_layouts/news_item.html
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ layout: news
     <span class="post-date">
       {{ page.date | date_to_string }}
     </span>
-    <a href="https://github.com/{{ page.author }}" class="post-author">
-      {% avatar {{ page.author}} size=24 %}
-      {{ page.author }}
+    {% assign author = page.author %}
+    <a href="https://github.com/{{ author }}" class="post-author">
+      {% avatar user=author size=24 %}
+      {{ author }}
     </a>
   </div>
   <div class="post-content">