diff --git a/android/CHANGELOG.md b/android/CHANGELOG.md
index 27d08879..386101ac 100644
--- a/android/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/android/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## Unreleased
 
 - Remove Reaper [#682](https://github.com/EmergeTools/hackernews/pull/682).
+- Fix crash when author is null for job postings
 
 ## 1.0.5 - 2025-11-21
 - Re-release of 1.0.4
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/emergetools/hackernews/features/stories/StoriesDomain.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/emergetools/hackernews/features/stories/StoriesDomain.kt
index 043fa526..d45ddf72 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/emergetools/hackernews/features/stories/StoriesDomain.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/emergetools/hackernews/features/stories/StoriesDomain.kt
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ class StoriesViewModel(
         StoryItem.Content(
           id = item.id,
           title = item.title,
-          author = item.by!!,
+          author = item.by ?: "",
           score = item.score ?: 0,
           commentCount = item.descendants ?: 0,
           epochTimestamp = item.time,