diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/news/rss.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/news/rss.ts
index 71409f38f0a..80f87a11a17 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/news/rss.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/news/rss.ts
@@ -9,12 +9,20 @@ export async function loadRSSFeed(url: string): Promise<RssFeed> {
     items: [],
   };
 
+  const getProperty = (node: Element, property: string) => {
+    const propNode = node.querySelector(property);
+    if (propNode) {
+      return propNode.textContent ?? '';
+    }
+    return '';
+  };
+
   doc.querySelectorAll('item').forEach(node => {
     const item: RssItem = {
-      title: node.querySelector('title').textContent,
-      link: node.querySelector('link').textContent,
-      content: node.querySelector('description').textContent,
-      pubDate: node.querySelector('pubDate').textContent,
+      title: getProperty(node, 'title'),
+      link: getProperty(node, 'link'),
+      content: getProperty(node, 'description'),
+      pubDate: getProperty(node, 'pubDate'),
     };
 
     feed.items.push(item);
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/news/utils.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/news/utils.ts
index 28ae0eb151d..96d7c5a2b65 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/news/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/news/utils.ts
@@ -15,13 +15,10 @@ export function feedToDataFrame(feed: RssFeed): DataFrame {
       title.buffer.push(item.title);
       link.buffer.push(item.link);
 
-      let body = item.content.replace(/<\/?[^>]+(>|$)/g, '');
-
-      if (body && body.length > 300) {
-        body = body.substr(0, 300);
+      if (item.content) {
+        const body = item.content.replace(/<\/?[^>]+(>|$)/g, '');
+        content.buffer.push(body);
       }
-
-      content.buffer.push(body);
     } catch (err) {
       console.warn('Error reading news item:', err, item);
     }
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/specs/singlestat.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/specs/singlestat.test.ts
index 3b39a912c3b..44f02ecc7c1 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/specs/singlestat.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/specs/singlestat.test.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe('SingleStatCtrl', () => {
     });
 
     it('should set formatted falue', () => {
-      expect(ctx.data.display.text).toBe('15');
+      expect(ctx.data.display!.text).toBe('15');
     });
   });
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ describe('SingleStatCtrl', () => {
     });
 
     it('should set formatted value', () => {
-      expect(ctx.data.display.text).toBe('test.cpu1');
+      expect(ctx.data.display!.text).toBe('test.cpu1');
     });
   });
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ describe('SingleStatCtrl', () => {
     });
 
     it('should set formatted value', () => {
-      expect(dateTime(ctx.data.display.text).valueOf()).toBe(1505634997000);
+      expect(dateTime(ctx.data.display!.text).valueOf()).toBe(1505634997000);
     });
   });
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ describe('SingleStatCtrl', () => {
     });
 
     it('should set value', () => {
-      expect(ctx.data.display.text).toBe('1970-01-01 00:00:05');
+      expect(ctx.data.display!.text).toBe('1970-01-01 00:00:05');
     });
   });
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ describe('SingleStatCtrl', () => {
     });
 
     it('should set formatted value', () => {
-      expect(ctx.data.display.text).toBe(dateTime(1505634997920).format('MM/DD/YYYY h:mm:ss a'));
+      expect(ctx.data.display!.text).toBe(dateTime(1505634997920).format('MM/DD/YYYY h:mm:ss a'));
     });
   });
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ describe('SingleStatCtrl', () => {
     });
 
     it('should set formatted value', () => {
-      expect(ctx.data.display.text).toBe('01/01/1970 12:00:05 am');
+      expect(ctx.data.display!.text).toBe('01/01/1970 12:00:05 am');
     });
   });
 
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ describe('SingleStatCtrl', () => {
     });
 
     it('should set formatted value', () => {
-      expect(ctx.data.display.text).toBe('2 days ago');
+      expect(ctx.data.display!.text).toBe('2 days ago');
     });
   });
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ describe('SingleStatCtrl', () => {
     });
 
     it('should set formatted value', () => {
-      expect(ctx.data.display.text).toBe('2 days ago');
+      expect(ctx.data.display!.text).toBe('2 days ago');
     });
   });
 
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ describe('SingleStatCtrl', () => {
       });
 
       it('should set formatted value', () => {
-        expect(ctx.data.display.text).toBe('100');
+        expect(ctx.data.display!.text).toBe('100');
       });
     }
   );
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ describe('SingleStatCtrl', () => {
     });
 
     it('Should replace value with text', () => {
-      expect(ctx.data.display.text).toBe('OK');
+      expect(ctx.data.display!.text).toBe('OK');
     });
   });
 
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ describe('SingleStatCtrl', () => {
     });
 
     it('Should replace value with text', () => {
-      expect(ctx.data.display.text).toBe('XYZ');
+      expect(ctx.data.display!.text).toBe('XYZ');
     });
   });
 
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ describe('SingleStatCtrl', () => {
     });
 
     it('Should replace value with text OK', () => {
-      expect(ctx.data.display.text).toBe('OK');
+      expect(ctx.data.display!.text).toBe('OK');
     });
   });
 
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ describe('SingleStatCtrl', () => {
     });
 
     it('Should replace value with text NOT OK', () => {
-      expect(ctx.data.display.text).toBe('NOT OK');
+      expect(ctx.data.display!.text).toBe('NOT OK');
     });
   });
 
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ describe('SingleStatCtrl', () => {
       });
 
       it('should set formatted value', () => {
-        expect(ctx.data.display.text).toBe('15');
+        expect(ctx.data.display!.text).toBe('15');
       });
     });
 
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ describe('SingleStatCtrl', () => {
         });
 
         it('should set formatted falue', () => {
-          expect(ctx.data.display.text).toBe('100');
+          expect(ctx.data.display!.text).toBe('100');
         });
       }
     );
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ describe('SingleStatCtrl', () => {
       });
 
       it('Should replace value with text', () => {
-        expect(ctx.data.display.text).toBe('OK');
+        expect(ctx.data.display!.text).toBe('OK');
       });
     });
 
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ describe('SingleStatCtrl', () => {
       });
 
       it('Should replace value with text OK', () => {
-        expect(ctx.data.display.text).toBe('OK');
+        expect(ctx.data.display!.text).toBe('OK');
       });
     });
 
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ describe('SingleStatCtrl', () => {
       });
 
       it('Should replace value with text NOT OK', () => {
-        expect(ctx.data.display.text).toBe('NOT OK');
+        expect(ctx.data.display!.text).toBe('NOT OK');
       });
     });
 
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ describe('SingleStatCtrl', () => {
       });
 
       it('Should replace value with text NOT OK', () => {
-        expect(ctx.data.display.text).toBe('ignore1');
+        expect(ctx.data.display!.text).toBe('ignore1');
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/public/dashboards/home.json b/public/dashboards/home.json
index 8fc2b8fd6d1..21561a1113e 100644
--- a/public/dashboards/home.json
+++ b/public/dashboards/home.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
       "id": 4,
       "links": [],
       "options": {
-        "feedUrl": "https://grafana.com/blog/index.xml"
+        "feedUrl": "https://grafana.com/blog/news.xml"
       },
       "title": "Latest from the blog",
       "type": "news"