diff --git a/layouts/news/list.html b/layouts/news/list.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62e3c776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/news/list.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{{ define "main" }}
+{{ partial "posts/list.html" . }}
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/news/single.html b/layouts/news/single.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54571614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/news/single.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{{ define "main" }}
+{{ partial "posts/post.html" . }}
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/posts/meta.html b/layouts/partials/posts/meta.html
index cfd2835d..24c7e6ac 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/posts/meta.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/posts/meta.html
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+{{- if .Params.Author -}}
+  {{- errorf "Page %q uses deprecated 'author' field. Please use 'authors' instead." .File.Path -}}
+{{- end -}}
 <div class="post-meta">
 <span class="post-authors">
-    {{- range .Params.author -}}
+    {{- range .Params.Authors -}}
     {{ $author := trim (index (findRE `[^<]*` . 1) 0) "\n\r " }}
     {{ $handle := index (index (findRESubmatch `<(.*?)>` . 1) 0) 1 }}
     <div class="post-author">
diff --git a/layouts/partials/section/section.html b/layouts/partials/section/section.html
index b86489c3..7ea44832 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/section/section.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/section/section.html
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ <h5 class="subtitle">{{ .Params.Subtitle }}</h5>
   {{ .Content }}
   {{ else }}
   {{ range .Pages }}
+  {{- if .Params.Author -}}
+    {{- errorf "Page %q uses deprecated 'author' field. Please use 'authors' instead." .File.Path -}}
+  {{- end -}}
   <div class="post-list">
     <article>
       <div class="post-title"><a href="{{ .RelPermalink }}">{{ .Title }}</a></div>