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diff --git a/templates/layouts/newsroom.html b/templates/layouts/newsroom.html
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+{% extends "_default/base.html" %}
+<!-- News template
+the template for displaying the news page.
+consists of a featured news row, 
+a paginated list of posts (sorted by date), 
+and a side nav for category and featured post navigation
+-->
+
+{% block content %}
+
+<main>
+
+    <!--sets global featured variable as the most recent post with the isFeatured tag-->
+    {%- set section = get_section(path="newsroom/_index.md") %}
+    {% for page in section.pages %}
+    {% if page.extra.isFeatured %}
+        {%- set_global featured = page %}
+        {% break %}
+    {% endif %}
+    {% if not featured %} 
+        {%- set_global featured = section.pages[0] %}
+    {% endif %}
+    {% endfor %}
+    
+    {% include "partials/featuredNews.html" %}
+
+    <div class="flex flex-col md:flex-row container mx-auto">
+        {% include "partials/newsPosts.html" %}
+        {% include "partials/newsSidebar.html" %}
+    </div>
+ </main> 
+ 
+ {% endblock content %}
diff --git a/templates/newsPage.html b/templates/newsPage.html
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+{% extends "_default/base.html" %}
+{% block content %}
+
+{% set split = page.content | split(pat="threefold.io") %}
+{% if split | length < 2 %}
+    {% set content = page.content %}
+{% else %}
+    {% set content = "" %}
+    {% for part in split %}
+        {% if part is starting_with("/blog") %}
+            {% set split_part = part | split(pat='/">') %}
+            {% set link = split_part[0] %}
+            {% set link = link | replace(from="/blog/post", to="/blog") %}
+            {% set link = link | replace(from="_", to="-") %}
+            {% set rest_part = split_part | slice(start=1) | join(sep='/">') %}
+            {% set part = link ~ '/">' ~ rest_part %}
+        {% endif %}
+        {% if part is starting_with("/people") %}
+            {% set split_part = part | split(pat='/">') %}
+            {% set link = split_part[0] %}
+            {% set link = link | replace(from="_", to="-") %}
+            {% set rest_part = split_part | slice(start=1) | join(sep='/">') %}
+            {% set part = link ~ '/">' ~ rest_part %}
+        {% endif %}
+        {% if loop.first %}
+            {% set_global content = part %}
+        {% else %}
+            {% set_global content = content ~ "threefold.io" ~ part %}
+        {% endif %}
+    {% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+
+
+<!-- Default page template for news posts and basic informative markdown files -->
+<main>
+
+  <div class="container sm:pxi-0 mx-auto overflow-x-hidden pt-16 lg:w-4/6">
+
+    <div class="pt-8">
+      <section class="post-header container mx-auto px-0 mb-4 border-b">
+        <h1 class="lg:text-5xl text-2xl font-medium leading-none mt-0">
+          {{ page.title }}
+        </h1>
+        <div class="lg:text-2xl text-base pt-4 pb-10 text-gray-700">{{ page.description }}</div>
+      </section>
+      <section class="post-author-list mb-10 mx-0">
+        <div class="flex items-center">
+          <div class="flex justify-between items-center">
+            <ul class="list-none flex author-list my-10 mr-2 px-0">
+            {% if page.taxonomies.people %}
+                {% for person in page.taxonomies.people %}
+                    {% set author_path = 'people/' ~ person ~ '/index.md' %}
+                    {% set people = get_section(path="people/_index.md") %}           
+                    {% set pages_str = people.pages | json_encode() | as_str %}
+                    {% if pages_str is containing(person) %}
+                        {% set author = get_page(path=author_path) %}
+                        {% set author_img = get_url(path='/' ~ author.relative_path | replace(from='_', to='-') | replace(from='index.md', to=author.extra.imgPath)) %}
+              <li class="author-list-item">
+                <a href="{{author.permalink}}" tooltip="{{author.title}}">
+                  <img src="{{author_img}}" alt="{{ author.title }}" class="
+                    w-10
+                    h-10
+                    rounded-full
+                    bg-gray-200
+                    border-2 border-white
+                  " />
+                </a>
+              </li>
+              {% endif %}
+              {% endfor %}
+              {% endif %}
+            </ul>
+          </div>
+
+          <div class="pl-3 flex flex-col text-xs leading-none uppercase">
+            <p>
+            {% if page.taxonomies.people %}
+            {% for person in page.taxonomies.people %}
+            {% set author_path = 'people/' ~ person ~ '/index.md' %}
+            {% set people = get_section(path="people/_index.md") %}           
+            {% set pages_str = people.pages | json_encode() | as_str %}
+            {% if pages_str is containing(person) %}
+                {% set author = get_page(path=author_path) %}
+                {% set author_img = get_url(path='/' ~ author.relative_path | replace(from='_', to='-') | replace(from='index.md', to=author.extra.imgPath)) %}
+              <span>
+                <a href="{{author.permalink}}" tooltip="{{author.title}}" class="hover:underline text-gray-800">{{ author.title }}</a>
+              </span>
+              {% endif %}
+                {% endfor %}
+            {% endif %}
+            </p>
+            <p class="text-gray-700">
+              <time datetime="{{page.date}}">
+                {{ page.date | date(format="%B %e, %Y", timezone="America/Chicago") }}
+              </time>
+              {# &nbsp;&middot;&nbsp; {{ page.news.timeToRead }} min read #}
+            </p>
+          </div>
+          <div class="my-2 ml-auto sharethis-inline-share-buttons"></div>
+        </div>
+      </section>
+    </div>
+    <section class="post-image mx-auto w-full">
+        {% if page.extra.imgPath %}
+    {% set img_url = get_url(path='/' ~ page.relative_path | replace(from='_', to='-') | replace(from='index.md', to=page.extra.imgPath)) %}
+    <img src="{{img_url}}" />
+    {%endif%}
+    </section>
+
+    <div class="py-12">
+      <section class="
+          post-content
+          container
+          mx-auto
+          relative
+          font-serif
+          text-gray-700
+        ">
+        <div class="post-content-text text-xl">{{ content | safe }}</div>
+      </section>
+
+      <section class="post-tags container mx-auto relative py-10">
+        {% for tag in page.taxonomies.tags %}
+        {% set fullpath = "/tags/" ~ tag | replace(from='_', to='-' ) %}
+        <a href="{{fullpath}}" class="
+            text-xs
+            bg-transparent
+            hover:text-blue-700
+            py-2
+            px-4
+            mr-2
+            border
+            hover:border-blue-500
+            border-gray-600
+            text-gray-700
+            rounded-full
+          ">{{ tag }}</a>
+        {% endfor %}
+      </section>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</main>
+{% endblock content %}
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