diff --git a/app/Database/factories/NewsFactory.php b/app/Database/factories/NewsFactory.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eda10901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Database/factories/NewsFactory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+
+use Faker\Generator as Faker;
+
+$factory->define(App\Models\News::class, function (Faker $faker) {
+    return [
+        'id'      => null,
+        'user_id' => function() {
+            return factory(App\Models\User::class)->create()->id;
+        },
+        'subject' => $faker->text(),
+        'body'    => $faker->sentence,
+    ];
+});
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/NewsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/NewsController.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b8e1c4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/NewsController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers\Api;
+
+use App\Http\Resources\News as NewsResource;
+use App\Interfaces\Controller;
+use App\Repositories\NewsRepository;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+
+/**
+ * @package App\Http\Controllers\Api
+ */
+class NewsController extends Controller
+{
+    private $newsRepo;
+
+    /**
+     * AirlineController constructor.
+     * @param NewsRepository $newsRepo
+     */
+    public function __construct(NewsRepository $newsRepo) {
+        $this->newsRepo = $newsRepo;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return all the airlines, paginated
+     * @param Request $request
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function index(Request $request)
+    {
+        $news = $this->newsRepo
+            ->orderBy('created_at', 'desc')
+            ->paginate();
+
+        return NewsResource::collection($news);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Resources/News.php b/app/Http/Resources/News.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8262b310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Resources/News.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Resources;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\Resource;
+
+/**
+ * Class Response
+ * @package App\Http\Resources
+ * Generic response resource
+ */
+class News extends Resource
+{
+    /**
+     * Transform the resource into an array.
+     *
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function toArray($request)
+    {
+        $resp = parent::toArray($request);
+        $resp['user'] = [
+            'id'              => $this->user->id,
+            'name'            => $this->user->name,
+        ];
+
+        return $resp;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Routes/api.php b/app/Routes/api.php
index 41d6ad73..6c67b283 100755
--- a/app/Routes/api.php
+++ b/app/Routes/api.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Route::group([], function () {
     Route::get('acars', 'AcarsController@index');
     Route::get('pireps/{pirep_id}/acars/geojson', 'PirepController@acars_geojson');
 
+    Route::get('news', 'NewsController@index');
     Route::get('status', 'StatusController@status');
     Route::get('version', 'StatusController@status');
 });
diff --git a/tests/ApiTest.php b/tests/ApiTest.php
index 827f0927..5241bbe7 100644
--- a/tests/ApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiTest.php
@@ -62,6 +62,18 @@ class ApiTest extends TestCase
         $this->get($uri)->assertStatus(401);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test getting the news from the API
+     */
+    public function testGetNews(): void
+    {
+        factory(App\Models\News::class)->create();
+        $response = $this->get('/api/news')->json();
+
+        $this->assertCount(1, $response['data']);
+        $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('user', $response['data'][0]));
+    }
+
     /**
      *
      */