diff --git a/newsdaemon.py b/newsdaemon.py
index 8e490ec8e..f7edd161f 100644
--- a/newsdaemon.py
+++ b/newsdaemon.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import os
 import time
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from newswire import getDictFromNewswire
-from posts import createPublicPost
+from posts import createNewsPost
 from utils import saveJson
 from utils import getStatusNumber
 
@@ -94,15 +94,11 @@ def convertRSStoActivityPub(baseDir: str, httpPrefix: str,
 
         followersOnly = False
         useBlurhash = False
-        commentsEnabled = False
-        blog = createPublicPost(baseDir,
-                                'news', domain, port, httpPrefix,
-                                rssDescription, followersOnly, False,
-                                False, commentsEnabled,
-                                None, None, None, useBlurhash,
-                                None, None, rssTitle,
-                                False,
-                                None, None, None)
+        blog = createNewsPost(baseDir,
+                              'news', domain, port, httpPrefix,
+                              rssDescription, followersOnly, False,
+                              None, None, None, useBlurhash,
+                              rssTitle)
         if not blog:
             continue
 
diff --git a/posts.py b/posts.py
index a5331e83f..a101c3dcb 100644
--- a/posts.py
+++ b/posts.py
@@ -1193,6 +1193,33 @@ def createBlogPost(baseDir: str,
     return blog
 
 
+def createNewsPost(baseDir: str,
+                   nickname: str, domain: str, port: int, httpPrefix: str,
+                   content: str, followersOnly: bool, saveToFile: bool,
+                   attachImageFilename: str, mediaType: str,
+                   imageDescription: str, useBlurhash: bool,
+                   subject: str) -> {}:
+    clientToServer = False
+    inReplyTo = None
+    inReplyToAtomUri = None
+    schedulePost = False,
+    eventDate = None
+    eventTime = None
+    location = None
+    blog = \
+        createPublicPost(baseDir,
+                         nickname, domain, port, httpPrefix,
+                         content, followersOnly, saveToFile,
+                         clientToServer,
+                         attachImageFilename, mediaType,
+                         imageDescription, useBlurhash,
+                         inReplyTo, inReplyToAtomUri, subject,
+                         schedulePost,
+                         eventDate, eventTime, location)
+    blog['object']['type'] = 'Article'
+    return blog
+
+
 def createQuestionPost(baseDir: str,
                        nickname: str, domain: str, port: int, httpPrefix: str,
                        content: str, qOptions: [],