diff --git a/layouts/partials/functions/get_author_name.html b/layouts/partials/functions/get_author_name.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c4b4896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/functions/get_author_name.html
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{{/* Get name of primary author. */}}
+
+{{ $page := . }}
+
+{{/* Get publisher as fall back. */}}
+{{ $publisher := site.Params.org_name | default site.Title }}
+
+{{ $author := "" }}
+{{ $author_username := "" }}
+
+{{ if and (not $page.Params.authors) ($page.Scratch.Get "superuser_username") }}
+  {{ $author_username = $page.Scratch.Get "superuser_username" }}
+{{ else if $page.Params.authors }}
+  {{ $author = index $page.Params.authors 0 }}
+  {{ $author_username = urlize $author }}
+{{ end }}
+
+{{ $taxonomy := "authors" }}
+{{ $profile_page := site.GetPage (printf "/%s/%s" $taxonomy $author_username) }}
+{{ with $profile_page }}
+  {{ $author = .Params.name | default .Title }}
+{{ else }}
+  {{ $author = $author | default $publisher }}
+{{ end }}
+
+{{ return $author }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/jsonld/article.html b/layouts/partials/jsonld/article.html
index cf08a8c8..79e5f845 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/jsonld/article.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/jsonld/article.html
@@ -8,20 +8,7 @@
   {{ $schema = "BlogPosting" }}
 {{ end }}
 
-{{/* Get author name. */}}
-{{ $author_username := "" }}
-{{ if and (not $page.Params.authors) ($page.Scratch.Get "superuser_username") }}
-  {{ $author_username = $page.Scratch.Get "superuser_username" }}
-{{ else if $page.Params.authors }}
-  {{ $author_username = index $page.Params.authors 0 }}
-{{ end }}
-{{ $author := "" }}
-{{ $taxonomy := "authors" }}
-{{ $profile_page := site.GetPage (printf "/%s/%s" $taxonomy $author_username) }}
-{{ with $profile_page }}
-  {{ $author = .Params.name | default .Title }}
-{{ end }}
-
+{{ $author := partial "functions/get_author_name" $page }}
 {{ $publisher := site.Params.org_name | default site.Title }}
 {{ $logo_url := printf "img/%s" (site.Params.logo | default "icon-512.png") | absURL }}
 
diff --git a/layouts/partials/jsonld/event.html b/layouts/partials/jsonld/event.html
index 92c71bce..a8189451 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/jsonld/event.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/jsonld/event.html
@@ -1,20 +1,7 @@
 {{ $page := .page }}
 {{ $summary := .summary }}
 {{ $featured_image := ($page.Resources.ByType "image").GetMatch "*featured*" }}
-
-{{/* Get author name. */}}
-{{ $author_username := "" }}
-{{ if and (not $page.Params.authors) ($page.Scratch.Get "superuser_username") }}
-  {{ $author_username = $page.Scratch.Get "superuser_username" }}
-{{ else if $page.Params.authors }}
-  {{ $author_username = index $page.Params.authors 0 }}
-{{ end }}
-{{ $author := "" }}
-{{ $taxonomy := "authors" }}
-{{ $profile_page := site.GetPage (printf "/%s/%s" $taxonomy $author_username) }}
-{{ with $profile_page }}
-  {{ $author = .Params.name | default .Title }}
-{{ end }}
+{{ $author := partial "functions/get_author_name" $page }}
 
 <script type="application/ld+json">
 {