diff --git a/src/actions/news.js b/src/actions/news.js
index 525370ce8b08087fb4bb4ff14d5f31e41ca76bfc..d096cde98eb84f9148e56b298f8f77d6f5da585e 100644
--- a/src/actions/news.js
+++ b/src/actions/news.js
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ export const getNews = () => (
   }
 );
 
-export const postNews = ({ title, author, text }) => (
+export const postNews = ({ title, updated_by, text }) => (
   async (dispatch) => {
     try {
       const response = await axios.post('/api/v1/news/', {
-        author,
+        updated_by,
         title,
         text,
       });
diff --git a/src/components/forms/AddNewsForm.js b/src/components/forms/AddNewsForm.js
index 0a1103249b65a530a58aa6f899a60a736d7ace9a..d2af3b158cb2ac042f1d07d687105dd662df6ac7 100644
--- a/src/components/forms/AddNewsForm.js
+++ b/src/components/forms/AddNewsForm.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class AddNewsForm extends Component {
 
   render() {
     const { title, text } = this.props.newNews;
-    const author = this.props.user.id;
+    const updated_by = this.props.user.id;
     return (
       <Modal
         open={this.state.showModal}
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class AddNewsForm extends Component {
             inverted
             color='green'
             onClick={() => {
-                    this.props.postNews({ title, text, author });
+                    this.props.postNews({ title, text, updated_by });
                     this.setState({ showModal: false });
                     this.props.clearWrite();
                     }}