diff --git a/web/data/authors.toml b/web/data/authors.toml
index 2a9b1994fc814e3f27e3ed18769c4c14276b88eb..2d7f4a1d3f44871a8adc5bff1024922aafe6d571 100644
--- a/web/data/authors.toml
+++ b/web/data/authors.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-[bilke]
-name = "Lars Bilke"
+[Lars-Bilke]
 email = "lars.bilke@ufz.de"
 web = "https://github.com/bilke"
 
-[sachse]
+[Agnes-Sachse]
 email = "agnes.sachse@ufz.de"
 web = ""
+
+[Thomas-Kalbacher]
+email = "thomas.kalbacher@ufz.de"
+web = ""
diff --git a/web/layouts/taxonomy/news.html b/web/layouts/taxonomy/news.html
index 927712296ed56e2f9ec83089eb27c716c8ea0451..4d264960ec5ab7663d300fe21989705b5110b723 100644
--- a/web/layouts/taxonomy/news.html
+++ b/web/layouts/taxonomy/news.html
@@ -16,15 +16,16 @@
 
     <div class="col-xs-12">
       <h1>{{ $entry.fields.title }}</h1>
-      {{ $authorLink := index $entry.fields.authors 0 }}
-      {{ range where $.Site.Data.news.includes.Entry "sys.id" $authorLink.sys.id }}
-        {{ $author := . }}
-        <h4>By {{ $author.fields.name }}</h4>
-      {{ end }}
 
-      {{ $authorId := "bilke" }}
-      {{ $author := index $.Site.Data.authors $authorId }}
-      <p>By {{ $author.name }}</p>
+      {{ if ( isset $entry.fields "author" ) }}
+        {{ $authorName := $entry.fields.author }}
+        {{/*
+        {{ $authorId := replace $authorName " " "-" }}
+        {{ $author := index $.Site.Data.authors $authorId }}
+        {{ $author.email }}
+        */}}
+        <p>By {{ $entry.fields.author }}</p>
+      {{ end }}
 
       {{ $entry.fields.body | markdownify}}
     </div>