diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Drawer/Drawer.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Drawer/Drawer.tsx
index 3bc672f544a..9eabed2d788 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Drawer/Drawer.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Drawer/Drawer.tsx
@@ -163,7 +163,14 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
       .drawer-open .drawer-content-wrapper {
         box-shadow: ${theme.shadows.z3};
       }
+
       z-index: ${theme.zIndex.dropdown};
+
+      ${theme.breakpoints.down('sm')} {
+        .drawer-content-wrapper {
+          width: 100% !important;
+        }
+      }
     `,
     header: css`
       background-color: ${theme.colors.background.canvas};
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/News/NewsContainer.test.tsx b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/News/NewsContainer.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6036d11d9f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/News/NewsContainer.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import React from 'react';
+
+import { NewsContainer } from './NewsContainer';
+
+const setup = () => {
+  const { container } = render(<NewsContainer />);
+
+  return { container };
+};
+
+describe('News', () => {
+  const result = fs.readFileSync(`${__dirname}/fixtures/news.xml`, 'utf8');
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.resetAllMocks();
+    window.fetch = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ text: () => result });
+  });
+
+  it('should render the drawer when the drawer button is clicked', async () => {
+    setup();
+
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button'));
+    expect(screen.getByRole('article')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('link')).toHaveAttribute('href', 'https://www.example.net/2022/02/10/something-fake/');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/News/NewsContainer.tsx b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/News/NewsContainer.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ff107020a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/News/NewsContainer.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { useToggle } from 'react-use';
+
+import { Drawer, Icon } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { DEFAULT_FEED_URL } from 'app/plugins/panel/news/constants';
+
+import { NewsWrapper } from './NewsWrapper';
+
+interface NewsContainerProps {
+  buttonCss?: string;
+}
+
+export function NewsContainer({ buttonCss }: NewsContainerProps) {
+  const [showNewsDrawer, onToggleShowNewsDrawer] = useToggle(false);
+
+  const onChildClick = () => {
+    onToggleShowNewsDrawer(true);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <button className={buttonCss} onClick={onChildClick}>
+        <Icon name="rss" size="lg" />
+      </button>
+      {showNewsDrawer && (
+        <Drawer title="Latest from the blog" scrollableContent onClose={onToggleShowNewsDrawer}>
+          <NewsWrapper feedUrl={DEFAULT_FEED_URL} />
+        </Drawer>
+      )}
+    </>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/News/NewsWrapper.tsx b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/News/NewsWrapper.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cff91cbffe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/News/NewsWrapper.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
+import AutoSizer from 'react-virtualized-auto-sizer';
+
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { LoadingPlaceholder, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { News } from 'app/plugins/panel/news/component/News';
+import { useNewsFeed } from 'app/plugins/panel/news/useNewsFeed';
+
+interface NewsWrapperProps {
+  feedUrl: string;
+}
+export function NewsWrapper({ feedUrl }: NewsWrapperProps) {
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+  const { state, getNews } = useNewsFeed(feedUrl);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    getNews();
+  }, [getNews]);
+
+  if (state.loading || state.error) {
+    return (
+      <div className={styles.innerWrapper}>
+        {state.loading && <LoadingPlaceholder text="Loading..." />}
+        {state.error && state.error.message}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (!state.value) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <AutoSizer>
+      {({ width }) => (
+        <div style={{ width: `${width}px` }}>
+          {state.value.map((_, index) => (
+            <News key={index} index={index} showImage width={width} data={state.value} />
+          ))}
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </AutoSizer>
+  );
+}
+
+const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
+  return {
+    innerWrapper: css`
+      width: 100%;
+      height: 100%;
+      display: flex;
+      align-items: center;
+      justify-content: center;
+    `,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/News/fixtures/news.xml b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/News/fixtures/news.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..872da91715e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/News/fixtures/news.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">
+
+  <channel>
+    <title>RSS Feed Example</title>
+    <atom:link href="https://www.example.net/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
+    <link>https://www.example.net</link>
+    <description>A small description of this feed</description>
+    <language>en-US</language>
+    <item>
+      <title>A fake item</title>
+      <link>https://www.example.net/2022/02/10/something-fake/</link>
+
+      <dc:creator>Bill Test</dc:creator>
+      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
+      <category>Fake</category>
+
+      <description>A description of a fake blog post</description>
+    </item>
+  </channel>
+</rss>
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopSearchBar.tsx b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopSearchBar.tsx
index 94a505f1a78..432e7a5d792 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopSearchBar.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopSearchBar.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Dropdown, Icon, Tooltip, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/core';
 import { useSelector } from 'app/types';
 
+import { NewsContainer } from './News/NewsContainer';
 import { TopNavBarMenu } from './TopBar/TopNavBarMenu';
 import { TopSearchBarInput } from './TopSearchBarInput';
 import { TOP_BAR_LEVEL_HEIGHT } from './types';
@@ -36,11 +37,7 @@ export function TopSearchBar() {
             </button>
           </Dropdown>
         )}
-        <Tooltip placement="bottom" content="Grafana news (todo)">
-          <button className={styles.actionItem}>
-            <Icon name="rss" size="lg" />
-          </button>
-        </Tooltip>
+        <NewsContainer buttonCss={styles.actionItem} />
         {signInNode && (
           <Tooltip placement="bottom" content="Sign in">
             <a className={styles.actionItem} href={signInNode.url} target={signInNode.target}>
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/constants.ts b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/constants.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..92ca1590811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/constants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const NEWS_FEED = 'https://grafana.com/blog/news.xml';
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/types.ts b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/types.ts
index 654334fdea6..d307c26d351 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/types.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { NavModelItem } from '@grafana/data';
-
 export const TOP_BAR_LEVEL_HEIGHT = 40;
 
 export interface ToolbarUpdateProps {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/news/NewsPanel.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/news/NewsPanel.tsx
index 7e3a58ff365..73ebd6adb22 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/news/NewsPanel.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/news/NewsPanel.tsx
@@ -1,185 +1,52 @@
-import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
-import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
-import { Unsubscribable } from 'rxjs';
+import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
 
-import { PanelProps, DataFrameView, dateTimeFormat, GrafanaTheme2, textUtil } from '@grafana/data';
+import { PanelProps } from '@grafana/data';
 import { RefreshEvent } from '@grafana/runtime';
-import { CustomScrollbar, stylesFactory } from '@grafana/ui';
-import config from 'app/core/config';
+import { CustomScrollbar } from '@grafana/ui';
 
+import { News } from './component/News';
 import { DEFAULT_FEED_URL } from './constants';
-import { loadFeed } from './feed';
 import { PanelOptions } from './models.gen';
-import { NewsItem } from './types';
-import { feedToDataFrame } from './utils';
+import { useNewsFeed } from './useNewsFeed';
 
-interface Props extends PanelProps<PanelOptions> {}
+interface NewsPanelProps extends PanelProps<PanelOptions> {}
 
-interface State {
-  news?: DataFrameView<NewsItem>;
-  isError?: boolean;
+export function NewsPanel(props: NewsPanelProps) {
+  const {
+    width,
+    options: { feedUrl = DEFAULT_FEED_URL, showImage },
+  } = props;
+
+  const { state, getNews } = useNewsFeed(feedUrl);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const sub = props.eventBus.subscribe(RefreshEvent, getNews);
+
+    return () => {
+      sub.unsubscribe();
+    };
+  }, [getNews, props.eventBus]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    getNews();
+  }, [getNews]);
+
+  if (state.error) {
+    return <div>Error loading RSS feed.</div>;
+  }
+  if (state.loading) {
+    return <div>Loading...</div>;
+  }
+
+  if (!state.value) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <CustomScrollbar autoHeightMin="100%" autoHeightMax="100%">
+      {state.value.map((_, index) => {
+        return <News key={index} index={index} width={width} showImage={showImage} data={state.value} />;
+      })}
+    </CustomScrollbar>
+  );
 }
-
-export class NewsPanel extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
-  private refreshSubscription: Unsubscribable;
-
-  constructor(props: Props) {
-    super(props);
-    this.refreshSubscription = this.props.eventBus.subscribe(RefreshEvent, this.loadChannel.bind(this));
-    this.state = {};
-  }
-
-  componentDidMount(): void {
-    this.loadChannel();
-  }
-
-  componentWillUnmount(): void {
-    this.refreshSubscription.unsubscribe();
-  }
-
-  componentDidUpdate(prevProps: Props): void {
-    if (this.props.options.feedUrl !== prevProps.options.feedUrl) {
-      this.loadChannel();
-    }
-  }
-
-  async loadChannel() {
-    const { options } = this.props;
-    try {
-      const url = options.feedUrl || DEFAULT_FEED_URL;
-
-      const feed = await loadFeed(url);
-      const frame = feedToDataFrame(feed);
-
-      this.setState({
-        news: new DataFrameView<NewsItem>(frame),
-        isError: false,
-      });
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.error('Error Loading News', err);
-
-      this.setState({
-        news: undefined,
-        isError: true,
-      });
-    }
-  }
-
-  render() {
-    const { width } = this.props;
-    const { showImage } = this.props.options;
-    const { isError, news } = this.state;
-    const styles = getStyles(config.theme2);
-    const useWideLayout = width > 600;
-
-    if (isError) {
-      return <div>Error loading RSS feed.</div>;
-    }
-    if (!news) {
-      return <div>Loading...</div>;
-    }
-
-    return (
-      <CustomScrollbar autoHeightMin="100%" autoHeightMax="100%">
-        {news.map((item, index) => {
-          return (
-            <article key={index} className={cx(styles.item, useWideLayout && styles.itemWide)}>
-              {showImage && item.ogImage && (
-                <a
-                  tabIndex={-1}
-                  href={textUtil.sanitizeUrl(item.link)}
-                  target="_blank"
-                  rel="noopener noreferrer"
-                  className={cx(styles.socialImage, useWideLayout && styles.socialImageWide)}
-                  aria-hidden
-                >
-                  <img src={item.ogImage} alt={item.title} />
-                </a>
-              )}
-              <div className={styles.body}>
-                <time className={styles.date} dateTime={dateTimeFormat(item.date, { format: 'MMM DD' })}>
-                  {dateTimeFormat(item.date, { format: 'MMM DD' })}{' '}
-                </time>
-                <a
-                  className={styles.link}
-                  href={textUtil.sanitizeUrl(item.link)}
-                  target="_blank"
-                  rel="noopener noreferrer"
-                >
-                  <h3 className={styles.title}>{item.title}</h3>
-                </a>
-                <div className={styles.content} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: textUtil.sanitize(item.content) }} />
-              </div>
-            </article>
-          );
-        })}
-      </CustomScrollbar>
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-const getStyles = stylesFactory((theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
-  container: css`
-    height: 100%;
-  `,
-  item: css`
-    display: flex;
-    padding: ${theme.spacing(1)};
-    position: relative;
-    margin-bottom: 4px;
-    margin-right: ${theme.spacing(1)};
-    border-bottom: 2px solid ${theme.colors.border.weak};
-    background: ${theme.colors.background.primary};
-    flex-direction: column;
-    flex-shrink: 0;
-  `,
-  itemWide: css`
-    flex-direction: row;
-  `,
-  body: css`
-    display: flex;
-    flex-direction: column;
-  `,
-  socialImage: css`
-    display: flex;
-    align-items: center;
-    margin-bottom: ${theme.spacing(1)};
-    > img {
-      width: 100%;
-      border-radius: ${theme.shape.borderRadius(2)} ${theme.shape.borderRadius(2)} 0 0;
-    }
-  `,
-  socialImageWide: css`
-    margin-right: ${theme.spacing(2)};
-    margin-bottom: 0;
-    > img {
-      width: 250px;
-      border-radius: ${theme.shape.borderRadius()};
-    }
-  `,
-  link: css`
-    color: ${theme.colors.text.link};
-    display: inline-block;
-
-    &:hover {
-      color: ${theme.colors.text.link};
-      text-decoration: underline;
-    }
-  `,
-  title: css`
-    font-size: 16px;
-    margin-bottom: ${theme.spacing(0.5)};
-  `,
-  content: css`
-    p {
-      margin-bottom: 4px;
-      color: ${theme.colors.text};
-    }
-  `,
-  date: css`
-    margin-bottom: ${theme.spacing(0.5)};
-    font-weight: 500;
-    border-radius: 0 0 0 3px;
-    color: ${theme.colors.text.secondary};
-  `,
-}));
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/news/component/News.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/news/component/News.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48e7493877c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/news/component/News.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
+import React from 'react';
+
+import { DataFrameView, GrafanaTheme2, textUtil, dateTimeFormat } from '@grafana/data';
+import { useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+import { NewsItem } from '../types';
+
+interface NewsItemProps {
+  width: number;
+  showImage?: boolean;
+  index: number;
+  data: DataFrameView<NewsItem>;
+}
+
+export function News({ width, showImage, data, index }: NewsItemProps) {
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+  const useWideLayout = width > 600;
+  const newsItem = data.get(index);
+
+  return (
+    <article className={cx(styles.item, useWideLayout && styles.itemWide)}>
+      {showImage && newsItem.ogImage && (
+        <a
+          tabIndex={-1}
+          href={textUtil.sanitizeUrl(newsItem.link)}
+          target="_blank"
+          rel="noopener noreferrer"
+          className={cx(styles.socialImage, useWideLayout && styles.socialImageWide)}
+          aria-hidden
+        >
+          <img src={newsItem.ogImage} alt={newsItem.title} />
+        </a>
+      )}
+      <div className={styles.body}>
+        <time className={styles.date} dateTime={dateTimeFormat(newsItem.date, { format: 'MMM DD' })}>
+          {dateTimeFormat(newsItem.date, { format: 'MMM DD' })}{' '}
+        </time>
+        <a className={styles.link} href={textUtil.sanitizeUrl(newsItem.link)} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
+          <h3 className={styles.title}>{newsItem.title}</h3>
+        </a>
+        <div className={styles.content} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: textUtil.sanitize(newsItem.content) }} />
+      </div>
+    </article>
+  );
+}
+
+const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
+  container: css`
+    height: 100%;
+  `,
+  item: css`
+    display: flex;
+    padding: ${theme.spacing(1)};
+    position: relative;
+    margin-bottom: 4px;
+    margin-right: ${theme.spacing(1)};
+    border-bottom: 2px solid ${theme.colors.border.weak};
+    background: ${theme.colors.background.primary};
+    flex-direction: column;
+    flex-shrink: 0;
+  `,
+  itemWide: css`
+    flex-direction: row;
+  `,
+  body: css`
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+  `,
+  socialImage: css`
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    margin-bottom: ${theme.spacing(1)};
+    > img {
+      width: 100%;
+      border-radius: ${theme.shape.borderRadius(2)} ${theme.shape.borderRadius(2)} 0 0;
+    }
+  `,
+  socialImageWide: css`
+    margin-right: ${theme.spacing(2)};
+    margin-bottom: 0;
+    > img {
+      width: 250px;
+      border-radius: ${theme.shape.borderRadius()};
+    }
+  `,
+  link: css`
+    color: ${theme.colors.text.link};
+    display: inline-block;
+
+    &:hover {
+      color: ${theme.colors.text.link};
+      text-decoration: underline;
+    }
+  `,
+  title: css`
+    font-size: 16px;
+    margin-bottom: ${theme.spacing(0.5)};
+  `,
+  content: css`
+    p {
+      margin-bottom: 4px;
+      color: ${theme.colors.text};
+    }
+  `,
+  date: css`
+    margin-bottom: ${theme.spacing(0.5)};
+    font-weight: 500;
+    border-radius: 0 0 0 3px;
+    color: ${theme.colors.text.secondary};
+  `,
+});
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/news/useNewsFeed.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/news/useNewsFeed.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..258f7473c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/news/useNewsFeed.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { useAsyncFn } from 'react-use';
+
+import { DataFrameView } from '@grafana/data';
+
+import { loadFeed } from './feed';
+import { NewsItem } from './types';
+import { feedToDataFrame } from './utils';
+
+export function useNewsFeed(url: string) {
+  const [state, getNews] = useAsyncFn(
+    async () => {
+      const feed = await loadFeed(url);
+      const frame = feedToDataFrame(feed);
+      return new DataFrameView<NewsItem>(frame);
+    },
+    [url],
+    { loading: true }
+  );
+
+  return { state, getNews };
+}