diff --git a/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php b/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
index 97e2797..6acc0d8 100644
--- a/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
+++ b/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
 class NewsController extends Controller
 {
+    private $EXTERNAL_NEWS_API;
+
     private static $NEWS_CATEGORY = 1;
     private static $CALENDAR_CATEGORY = 42;
     private static $EXTERNAL_NEWS_CATEGORY = 44;
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ QUERY;
      */
     public function __construct()
     {
+        $this->EXTERNAL_NEWS_API = env('EXTERNAL_NEWS_API', '//');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -273,6 +276,14 @@ QUERY
       $data = array('version' => 1, 
 	'news' => new \Model\NewsItem($item['data'], $item['images'], $item['podcast']));
 
+      if($externalId = (int)$item['data']->external_id) {
+        $externalSource = json_decode(file_get_contents($this->EXTERNAL_NEWS_API . 'news?source=api&externalid=' . (int)$externalId));
+        if($externalSource) {
+                $data['version'] = 2;
+		$data['source'] = $externalSource->news;
+        } 
+      } 
+
       return response()->json($data);
     }