diff --git a/app/controllers/tag_controller.rb b/app/controllers/tag_controller.rb
index 670c9a929e..6a3a3ab9cc 100644
--- a/app/controllers/tag_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/tag_controller.rb
@@ -347,9 +347,10 @@ def rss
   end
 
   def rss_for_tagged_with_author
-    @user = User.find_by(name: params[:author])
-    @notes = Tag.tagged_nodes_by_author([params[:tagname]], @user)
-                 .limit(20)
+    @user = User.find_by(name: params[:authorname])
+    @notes = Tag.tagged_nodes_by_author(params[:tagname], @user)
+               .where(status: 1)
+               .limit(20)
      respond_to do |format|
        format.rss do
          response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/xml; charset=utf-8'
diff --git a/app/views/tag/rss.rss.builder b/app/views/tag/rss.rss.builder
index 97cf7cc3f1..200fff25fc 100644
--- a/app/views/tag/rss.rss.builder
+++ b/app/views/tag/rss.rss.builder
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
-xml.instruct! :xml, :version => "1.0" 
-xml.rss :version => "2.0" do
+xml.rss :version => '2.0', 'xmlns:atom' => 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' do
   xml.channel do
     xml.title "Research tagged '#{params[:tagname]}'"
     xml.description "Open source environmental science research at Public Lab"
     xml.link "https://#{request.host}/feed/tag/"+params[:tagname]+".rss"
 
     @notes.each do |node|
-    
+
       body = node.body
-      body = "<img src='"+node.main_image.path(:default)+"'/><br /> "+node.body if node.main_image
-    
-      xml.item do
-        xml.title       node.title
-        xml.author      node.author.name
-        if node.power_tag('date') != ''
+      author = node.author.username
+       if node.author.user.has_power_tag('twitter')
+         author = "@#{node.author.user.get_value_of_power_tag('twitter')}"
+       end
+       xml.item do
+         xml.title      node.title
+         xml.author     author
+       if node.power_tag('date') != ''
           begin
             xml.pubDate     DateTime.strptime(node.power_tag('date'), "%m-%d-%Y").rfc822
           rescue
@@ -22,10 +23,12 @@ xml.rss :version => "2.0" do
         else
           xml.pubDate     node.created_at.to_s(:rfc822)
         end
-        #xml.link        url_for :only_path => false, :controller => 'notes', :action => 'show', :id => node.nid
         xml.link        "https://" + request.host.to_s + node.path
-        #xml.image "//#{ request.host }/"+node.main_image.path(:default) if node.main_image
-        xml.description auto_link(node.latest.render_body, :sanitize => false)
+        if node.main_image
+          xml.description  {  xml.cdata!("<img src='#{node.main_image.path(:default)}' alt='#{node.main_image.title}'><p>#{auto_link(node.latest.render_body, :sanitize => false)}</p>")  }
+        else
+          xml.description  {  xml.cdata!("<img src='https://publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/023/444/original/Screenshot_20180204-101546_2.png' alt='PublicLab'><p>#{auto_link(node.latest.render_body, :sanitize => false)}</p>")  }
+        end
         xml.guid        url_for :only_path => false, :controller => 'notes', :action => 'show', :id => node.nid
       end
     end
diff --git a/app/views/tag/rss_for_tagged_with_author.rss.builder b/app/views/tag/rss_for_tagged_with_author.rss.builder
index 38c83fe523..989217467d 100644
--- a/app/views/tag/rss_for_tagged_with_author.rss.builder
+++ b/app/views/tag/rss_for_tagged_with_author.rss.builder
@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
 xml.rss :version => '2.0', 'xmlns:atom' => 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' do
   xml.channel do
-    xml.title "Research tagged '#{params[:tagname]}' by #{params[:authorname]}"
+    xml.title "Research tagged '#{params[:tagname]}' by '#{params[:authorname]}'"
     xml.description "Open source environmental science research at Public Lab"
-    xml.link "https://#{request.host}/feed/tag/"+params[:tagname]+"/author/"+"params[:authorname]"+".rss"
+    xml.link "https://#{request.host}/feed/tag/"+params[:tagname]+"/author/"+params[:authorname]+".rss"
 
     @notes.each do |node|
 
-      body = node.body
-      uname = node.author.username
-       email = node.author.email
-       if node.author.user.has_power_tag('twitter')
-         uname = node.author.user.get_value_of_power_tag('twitter')
-       end
-       author_format = "@#{uname} (#{email})"
-       xml.item do
-       xml.title      " #{node.title}"
-       xml.author     author_format
+     body = node.body
+     author = node.author.username
+     if node.author.user.has_power_tag('twitter')
+       author = "@#{node.author.user.get_value_of_power_tag('twitter')}"
+     end
+     xml.item do
+       xml.title      node.title
+       xml.author     author
        if node.power_tag('date') != ''
           begin
             xml.pubDate     DateTime.strptime(node.power_tag('date'), "%m-%d-%Y").rfc822
@@ -27,9 +25,9 @@ xml.rss :version => '2.0', 'xmlns:atom' => 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' do
         end
         xml.link        "https://" + request.host.to_s + node.path
         if node.main_image
-          xml.description  {  xml.cdata!("<img src='#{node.main_image.path(:default)}' alt='#{node.main_image.title}'>")  }
+          xml.description  {  xml.cdata!("<img src='#{node.main_image.path(:default)}' alt='#{node.main_image.title}'><p>#{auto_link(node.latest.render_body, :sanitize => false)}</p>")  }
         else
-          xml.description  {  xml.cdata!("<img src='https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/000/354/medium/Boots-ground-02.png' alt='PublicLab'><p>#{body}</p>")  }
+          xml.description  {  xml.cdata!("<img src='https://publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/023/444/original/Screenshot_20180204-101546_2.png' alt='PublicLab'><p>#{auto_link(node.latest.render_body, :sanitize => false)}</p>")  }
         end
         xml.guid        url_for :only_path => false, :controller => 'notes', :action => 'show', :id => node.nid
       end