diff --git a/www/conservancy/apps/news/views.py b/www/conservancy/apps/news/views.py
index 0944f86268d82eecf83a5ff3dc1db0ca7d5d2b93..d448ab449696912b34450b449fc1fdca0e9d4787 100644
--- a/www/conservancy/apps/news/views.py
+++ b/www/conservancy/apps/news/views.py
@@ -19,25 +19,25 @@ class NewsListView(ListView):
         return context
                                     
 def listing(request):
-    news = PressRelease.objects.all()
+    news_queryset = PressRelease.objects.all()
 
 #    if (not kwargs.has_key('allow_future')) or not kwargs['allow_future']:
-    news = news.filter(**{'%s__lte' % kwargs['date_field']:
+    news_queryset = news_queryset.filter(**{'%s__lte' % kwargs['date_field']:
                           datetime.now()})
 
     date_list = news.dates(kwargs['date_field'], 'year')
 
-    paginator = Paginator(news, 6) # Show 6 news items per page
+    paginator = Paginator(news_queryset, 6) # Show 6 news items per page
 
     page = request.GET.get('page')
     try:
-        contacts = paginator.page(page)
+        news = paginator.page(page)
     except PageNotAnInteger:
         # If page is not an integer, deliver first page.
-        contacts = paginator.page(1)
+        news = paginator.page(1)
     except EmptyPage:
         # If page is out of range (e.g. 9999), deliver last page of results.
-        contacts = paginator.page(paginator.num_pages)
+        news = paginator.page(paginator.num_pages)
 
     return render_to_response('pressrelease_list.html', {"news": news, "date_list" : date_list})