diff --git a/Admin/Routes/Web/Backend.php b/Admin/Routes/Web/Backend.php
index b414352..ce789cd 100644
--- a/Admin/Routes/Web/Backend.php
+++ b/Admin/Routes/Web/Backend.php
@@ -59,4 +59,24 @@ return [
             ],
         ],
     ],
+    '^.*/news/edit.*$' => [
+        [
+            'dest' => '\Modules\Editor\Controller\BackendController:setUpEditorEditor',
+            'verb' => RouteVerb::GET,
+            'permission' => [
+                'module' => BackendController::MODULE_NAME,
+                'type'  => PermissionType::MODIFY,
+                'state' => PermissionState::NEWS,
+            ],
+        ],
+        [
+            'dest' => '\Modules\News\Controller\BackendController:viewNewsEdit',
+            'verb' => RouteVerb::GET,
+            'permission' => [
+                'module' => BackendController::MODULE_NAME,
+                'type'  => PermissionType::MODIFY,
+                'state' => PermissionState::NEWS,
+            ],
+        ],
+    ],
 ];
diff --git a/Controller/BackendController.php b/Controller/BackendController.php
index 0ac8310..73faabf 100644
--- a/Controller/BackendController.php
+++ b/Controller/BackendController.php
@@ -183,4 +183,34 @@ final class BackendController extends Controller implements DashboardElementInte
 
         return $view;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Routing end-point for application behaviour.
+     *
+     * @param RequestAbstract  $request  Request
+     * @param ResponseAbstract $response Response
+     * @param mixed            $data     Generic data
+     *
+     * @return RenderableInterface
+     *
+     * @since 1.0.0
+     * @codeCoverageIgnore
+     */
+    public function viewNewsEdit(RequestAbstract $request, ResponseAbstract $response, $data = null) : RenderableInterface
+    {
+        $view = new View($this->app->l11nManager, $request, $response);
+
+        $view->setTemplate('/Modules/News/Theme/Backend/news-create');
+        $view->addData('nav', $this->app->moduleManager->get('Navigation')->createNavigationMid(1000701001, $request, $response));
+
+        $editor = new \Modules\Editor\Theme\Backend\Components\Editor\BaseView($this->app->l11nManager, $request, $response);
+        $view->addData('editor', $editor);
+
+        $accGrpSelector = new \Modules\Profile\Theme\Backend\Components\AccountGroupSelector\BaseView($this->app->l11nManager, $request, $response);
+        $view->addData('accGrpSelector', $accGrpSelector);
+
+        $view->addData('news', NewsArticleMapper::get((int) ($request->getData('id') ?? 0)));
+
+        return $view;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Theme/Backend/news-create.tpl.php b/Theme/Backend/news-create.tpl.php
index 11c0578..12ff374 100644
--- a/Theme/Backend/news-create.tpl.php
+++ b/Theme/Backend/news-create.tpl.php
@@ -12,9 +12,15 @@
  */
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
-/**
- * @var \phpOMS\Views\View $this
- */
+use Modules\News\Models\NullNewsArticle;
+use Modules\News\Models\NewsStatus;
+use phpOMS\Uri\UriFactory;
+use Modules\News\Models\NewsType;
+
+/** @var \Modules\News\Models\NewsArticle $news */
+$news = $this->getData('news') ?? new NullNewsArticle();
+
+/** @var \phpOMS\Views\View $this */
 echo $this->getData('nav')->render(); ?>
 
 <div class="row">
@@ -22,7 +28,7 @@ echo $this->getData('nav')->render(); ?>
         <div id="testEditor" class="m-editor">
             <section class="portlet">
                 <div class="portlet-body">
-                    <input id="iTitle" type="text" name="title" form="docForm">
+                    <input id="iTitle" type="text" name="title" form="docForm" value="<?= $news->getTitle(); ?>">
                 </div>
             </section>
 
@@ -40,28 +46,35 @@ echo $this->getData('nav')->render(); ?>
 
     <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-3">
         <section class="portlet">
-            <div class="portlet-head"><?= $this->getHtml('Status'); ?></div>
-            <div class="portlet-body">
-                <form id="docForm" method="PUT" action="<?= \phpOMS\Uri\UriFactory::build('{/api}news?{?}&csrf={$CSRF}'); ?>">
+            <form id="docForm" method="PUT" action="<?= UriFactory::build('{/api}news?csrf={$CSRF}'); ?>">
+                <div class="portlet-head"><?= $this->getHtml('Status'); ?></div>
+                <div class="portlet-body">
                     <table class="layout wf-100">
                         <tr><td colspan="2"><select name="status" id="iStatus">
-                                    <option value="<?= $this->printHtml(Modules\News\Models\NewsStatus::DRAFT); ?>" selected><?= $this->getHtml('Draft'); ?>
-                                    <option value="<?= $this->printHtml(Modules\News\Models\NewsStatus::VISIBLE); ?>"><?= $this->getHtml('Visible'); ?>
+                                    <option value="<?= $this->printHtml(NewsStatus::DRAFT); ?>"<?= $news->getStatus() === NewsStatus::DRAFT ? ' selected' : ''; ?>><?= $this->getHtml('Draft'); ?>
+                                    <option value="<?= $this->printHtml(NewsStatus::VISIBLE); ?>"<?= $news->getStatus() === NewsStatus::VISIBLE ? ' selected' : ''; ?>><?= $this->getHtml('Visible'); ?>
                         <tr>
                             <td colspan="2">
                                 <label for="iPublish"><?= $this->getHtml('Publish'); ?></label>
                         <tr>
                             <td colspan="2">
-                                <input type="datetime-local" name="publish" id="iPublish" value="<?= $this->printHtml((new \DateTime('NOW'))->format('Y-m-d\TH:i:s')); ?>">
+                                <input type="datetime-local" name="publish" id="iPublish" value="<?= $this->printHtml($news->getPublish()->format('Y-m-d\TH:i:s')); ?>">
+                    </table>
+                </div>
+                <div class="portlet-foot">
+                    <table class="layout wf-100">
                         <tr>
                             <td>
-                                <input type="submit" name="deleteButton" id="iDeleteButton" value="<?= $this->getHtml('Delete', '0', '0'); ?>">
+                                <?php if ($news instanceof NullNewsArticle) : ?>
+                                    <a href="<?= UriFactory::build('/news/dashboard'); ?>" class="button"><?= $this->getHtml('Delete', '0', '0'); ?></a>
+                                <?php else : ?>
+                                    <input type="submit" name="deleteButton" id="iDeleteButton" value="<?= $this->getHtml('Delete', '0', '0'); ?>">
+                                <?php endif; ?>
                             <td class="rightText">
-                                <input type="submit" formaction="<?= \phpOMS\Uri\UriFactory::build('{/api}news?{?}&release=false&csrf={$CSRF}'); ?>" name="saveButton" id="iSaveButton" value="<?= $this->getHtml('Save', '0', '0'); ?>">
-                                <input type="submit" name="publishButton" id="iPublishButton" value="<?= $this->getHtml('Publish'); ?>">
+                                <input type="submit" formaction="<?= UriFactory::build('{/api}news&csrf={$CSRF}'); ?>" name="saveButton" id="iSaveButton" value="<?= $this->getHtml('Save', '0', '0'); ?>">
                     </table>
-                </form>
-            </div>
+                </div>
+            </form>
         </section>
         <section class="portlet">
             <div class="portlet-head"><?= $this->getHtml('Type'); ?></div>
@@ -69,19 +82,19 @@ echo $this->getData('nav')->render(); ?>
                 <table class="layout wf-100">
                     <tr><td>
                         <label class="radio" for="iNewsTypeArticle">
-                            <input type="radio" name="type" id="iNewsTypeArticle" form="docForm" value="<?= $this->printHtml(Modules\News\Models\NewsType::ARTICLE); ?>" checked>
+                            <input type="radio" name="type" id="iNewsTypeArticle" form="docForm" value="<?= $this->printHtml(NewsType::ARTICLE); ?>"<?= $news->getType() === NewsType::ARTICLE ? ' checked' : ''; ?>>
                             <span class="checkmark"></span>
                             <?= $this->getHtml('News'); ?>
                         </label>
                     <tr><td>
                         <label class="radio" for="iNewsTypeHeadline">
-                            <input type="radio" name="type" id="iNewsTypeHeadline" form="docForm" value="<?= $this->printHtml(Modules\News\Models\NewsType::HEADLINE); ?>">
+                            <input type="radio" name="type" id="iNewsTypeHeadline" form="docForm" value="<?= $this->printHtml(NewsType::HEADLINE); ?>"<?= $news->getType() === NewsType::HEADLINE ? ' checked' : ''; ?>>
                             <span class="checkmark"></span>
                             <?= $this->getHtml('Headline'); ?>
                         </label>
                     <tr><td>
                         <label class="radio" for="iNewsTypeLink">
-                            <input type="radio" name="type" id="iNewsTypeLink" form="docForm" value="<?= $this->printHtml(Modules\News\Models\NewsType::LINK); ?>">
+                            <input type="radio" name="type" id="iNewsTypeLink" form="docForm" value="<?= $this->printHtml(NewsType::LINK); ?>"<?= $news->getType() === NewsType::LINK ? ' checked' : ''; ?>>
                             <span class="checkmark"></span>
                             <?= $this->getHtml('Link'); ?>
                         </label>