diff --git a/zou/app/blueprints/news/resources.py b/zou/app/blueprints/news/resources.py
index 9ca78a57f1..68148df329 100644
--- a/zou/app/blueprints/news/resources.py
+++ b/zou/app/blueprints/news/resources.py
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 from flask_jwt_extended import jwt_required
 
 from zou.app.mixin import ArgsMixin
-from zou.app.services import news_service, projects_service, user_service
+from zou.app.services import (
+    news_service,
+    projects_service,
+    user_service,
+    persons_service,
+)
 from zou.app.services.exception import NewsNotFoundException
 from zou.app.utils import permissions
 
@@ -21,6 +26,8 @@ def get_news(self, project_ids=[]):
             before,
         ) = self.get_arguments()
 
+        current_user = persons_service.get_current_user_raw()
+
         after = self.parse_date_parameter(after)
         before = self.parse_date_parameter(before)
         result = news_service.get_last_news_for_project(
@@ -34,6 +41,7 @@ def get_news(self, project_ids=[]):
             page_size=page_size,
             after=after,
             before=before,
+            current_user=current_user,
         )
         stats = news_service.get_news_stats_for_project(
             project_ids=project_ids,
@@ -44,6 +52,7 @@ def get_news(self, project_ids=[]):
             author_id=person_id,
             after=after,
             before=before,
+            current_user=current_user,
         )
         result["stats"] = stats
         return result
diff --git a/zou/app/services/news_service.py b/zou/app/services/news_service.py
index 9b7cd28f14..833cfef89a 100644
--- a/zou/app/services/news_service.py
+++ b/zou/app/services/news_service.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ def get_last_news_for_project(
     before=None,
     after=None,
     episode_id=None,
+    current_user=None,
 ):
     """
     Return last 50 news for given project. Add related information to make it
@@ -120,6 +121,9 @@ def get_last_news_for_project(
 
     if len(project_ids) > 0:
         query = query.filter(Project.id.in_(project_ids))
+    elif current_user is not None:
+        if current_user.role.code != "admin":
+            query = query.filter(Project.team.contains(current_user))
 
     if entity_id is not None:
         query = query.filter(Entity.id == entity_id)
@@ -239,6 +243,7 @@ def get_news_stats_for_project(
     author_id=None,
     before=None,
     after=None,
+    current_user=None,
 ):
     """
     Return the number of news by task status for given project and filters.
@@ -262,6 +267,9 @@ def get_news_stats_for_project(
 
     if len(project_ids) > 0:
         query = query.filter(Project.id.in_(project_ids))
+    elif current_user is not None:
+        if current_user.role.code != "admin":
+            query = query.filter(Project.team.contains(current_user))
 
     if task_status_id is not None:
         query = query.filter(Comment.task_status_id == task_status_id)