diff --git a/Koha/NewsItem.pm b/Koha/NewsItem.pm
index 9d0dd63f9a..45f64e94a3 100644
--- a/Koha/NewsItem.pm
+++ b/Koha/NewsItem.pm
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ use Modern::Perl;
 use Carp;
 
 use Koha::Database;
+use Koha::Patrons;
 
 use base qw(Koha::Object);
 
@@ -37,7 +38,12 @@ Koha::NewsItem represents a single piece of news from the opac_news table
 
 =cut
 
-=head3 type
+sub author {
+    my ( $self ) = @_;
+    return Koha::Patron->_new_from_dbic($self->_result->borrowernumber);
+}
+
+=head3 _type
 
 =cut
 
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-main.tt b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-main.tt
index 970893b17a..b8955d7dd3 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-main.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-main.tt
@@ -94,7 +94,12 @@
                             <div class="newsfooter">
                                 Published on [% koha_new.timestamp | $KohaDates with_hours = 1 %]
                                 [% IF ( (newsdisp == 'opac' || newsdisp == 'both') && koha_new.borrowernumber ) %]
-                                    by <span class="newsauthor_title">[% koha_new.author_title | html %] </span>[% koha_new.author_firstname | html %] [% koha_new.author_surname | html %]
+                                    [% IF news_item %]
+                                        [% SET author = koha_new.author %]
+                                        by <span class="newsauthor_title">[% author.title | html %] </span>[% author.firstname | html %] [% author.surname | html %]
+                                    [% ELSE %]
+                                        by <span class="newsauthor_title">[% koha_new.author_title | html %] </span>[% koha_new.author_firstname | html %] [% koha_new.author_surname | html %]
+                                    [% END %]
                                 [% END %]
                                 [% IF ( news_item ) %]
                                     &bull; <a href="/cgi-bin/koha/opac-main.pl">Show all news</a>
diff --git a/t/db_dependent/Koha/News.t b/t/db_dependent/Koha/News.t
index e1b56f5f3f..731a801a5c 100644
--- a/t/db_dependent/Koha/News.t
+++ b/t/db_dependent/Koha/News.t
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 use Modern::Perl;
 
-use Test::More tests => 5;
+use Test::More tests => 6;
 
 use Koha::NewsItem;
 use Koha::News;
@@ -54,5 +54,12 @@ is( $retrieved_news_item_1->content, $new_news_item_1->content, 'The content met
 $retrieved_news_item_1->delete;
 is( Koha::News->search->count, $nb_of_news + 1, 'Delete should have deleted the news_item' );
 
+subtest '->author' => sub {
+    plan tests => 1;
+
+    my $news_item = $builder->build_object({ class => 'Koha::News' });
+    is( ref($news_item->author), 'Koha::Patron', 'Koha::NewsItem->author returns a Koha::Patron object' );
+};
+
 $schema->storage->txn_rollback;