diff --git a/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb b/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
index baa00e7..914e438 100644
--- a/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ class AnnouncementsController < ApplicationController
     {
       "title" => a.title,
       "subtitle" => a.subtitle,
+      "postdate" => a.postdate.strftime("%b %d, %Y at %I:%M %p"),
       "link_to_show" => OrbitHelper.url_to_show(a.to_param),
-      "more" => "More",
+      "img_src" => a.image.thumb.url || "http://placehold.it/100x100",
+      "more" => "More"
     }
     end
     {
-      "data" => anns
+      "announcements" => anns,
+      "extras" => {"widget-title"=>"Announcements"}
     } 
 
   end
@@ -36,17 +39,17 @@ class AnnouncementsController < ApplicationController
     params = OrbitHelper.params
     announcement = Bulletin.can_display.find_by(:uid=>params[:uid])
     
-    tags = announcement.tags.map{|tag|  { "tag" => tag.name } }
-    files = announcement.bulletin_files.map{|file|  { "file_url" =>  file.file.url, "file_title" => file.title } }
-    links = announcement.bulletin_links.map{|link|  { "link_url" => link.url, "link_title" => link.title } }
-
+    tags = announcement.tags.map{|tag|  { "tag" => tag.name } } rescue []
+    files = announcement.bulletin_files.map{|file|  { "file_url" =>  file.file.url, "file_title" => file.title } } rescue []
+    links = announcement.bulletin_links.map{|link|  { "link_url" => link.url, "link_title" => link.title } } rescue []
+    update_user = announcement.update_user.member_profile.name rescue ""
     {
       "tags" => tags,
       "bulletin_files" => files,
       "bulletin_links" => links,
       "data" => {
         "title" => announcement.title,
-        "update_user" => announcement.update_user.member_profile.name,
+        "update_user" => update_user,
         "updated_at" => announcement.updated_at.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'),
         "body" =>announcement.text,
         "image" => announcement.image.url