diff --git a/source/php/Module/Posts/TemplateController/AbstractController.php b/source/php/Module/Posts/TemplateController/AbstractController.php
index f0db9f8ea..fd820fecc 100644
--- a/source/php/Module/Posts/TemplateController/AbstractController.php
+++ b/source/php/Module/Posts/TemplateController/AbstractController.php
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ private function getDefaultValuesForPosts() {
     */
     private function setPostViewData(object $post, $index = false)
     {
-        $post->excerptShort         = in_array('excerpt', $this->data['posts_fields'] ?? []) ? $post->excerptShort : false;
+        $post->excerptShort         = in_array('excerpt', $this->data['posts_fields'] ?? []) ? $this->sanitizeExcerpt($this->data['posts_display_as'] === 'news' ? $post->excerpt : $post->excerptShort) : false;
         $post->postTitle            = in_array('title', $this->data['posts_fields'] ?? []) ? $post->getTitle() : false;
         $post->image                = in_array('image', $this->data['posts_fields'] ?? []) ? $post->getImage() : [];
         $post->hasPlaceholderImage  = in_array('image', $this->data['posts_fields'] ?? []) && empty($post->image) ? true : false;
@@ -286,6 +286,23 @@ public function postUsesSchemaTypeEvent(object $post):bool {
         return $post->getSchemaProperty('@type') === 'Event';
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sanitize excerpt by stripping tags, normalizing whitespace, trimming, and converting newlines to <br>.
+     *
+     * @param string $excerpt
+     *
+     * @return string
+    */
+    private function sanitizeExcerpt(string $excerpt)
+    {
+        $excerpt = strip_tags($excerpt);
+        $excerpt = preg_replace("/[\r\n]+/", "\n", $excerpt);
+        $excerpt = trim($excerpt);
+        $excerpt = nl2br($excerpt);
+
+        return $excerpt;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Add sticky posts data.
      *
diff --git a/source/php/Module/Posts/views/partials/post/news-item.blade.php b/source/php/Module/Posts/views/partials/post/news-item.blade.php
index decc53a0c..c96056ad8 100644
--- a/source/php/Module/Posts/views/partials/post/news-item.blade.php
+++ b/source/php/Module/Posts/views/partials/post/news-item.blade.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @newsItem([
     'heading'             => $post->postTitle,
-    'content'             => $post->excerpt,
+    'content'             => $post->excerptShort,
     'image'               => $post->image,
     'date'                => $showDate ? [
         'timestamp' => $post->getArchiveDateTimestamp(),