diff --git a/templates/frontend/pages/indexJournal.tpl b/templates/frontend/pages/indexJournal.tpl
index 526f0d1d524..a6a52d23ae8 100644
--- a/templates/frontend/pages/indexJournal.tpl
+++ b/templates/frontend/pages/indexJournal.tpl
@@ -37,36 +37,7 @@
 		</section>
 	{/if}
 
-	{* Announcements *}
-	{if $numAnnouncementsHomepage && $announcements|@count}
-		<section class="cmp_announcements highlight_first">
-			<a id="homepageAnnouncements"></a>
-			<h2>
-				{translate key="announcement.announcements"}
-			</h2>
-			{foreach name=announcements from=$announcements item=announcement}
-				{if $smarty.foreach.announcements.iteration > $numAnnouncementsHomepage}
-					{break}
-				{/if}
-				{if $smarty.foreach.announcements.iteration == 1}
-					{include file="frontend/objects/announcement_summary.tpl" heading="h3"}
-					<div class="more">
-				{else}
-					<article class="obj_announcement_summary">
-						<h4>
-							<a href="{url router=\PKP\core\PKPApplication::ROUTE_PAGE page="announcement" op="view" path=$announcement->getId()}">
-								{$announcement->getLocalizedTitle()|escape}
-							</a>
-						</h4>
-						<div class="date">
-							{$announcement->getDatePosted()|date_format:$dateFormatShort}
-						</div>
-					</article>
-				{/if}
-			{/foreach}
-			</div><!-- .more -->
-		</section>
-	{/if}
+	{include file="frontend/objects/announcements_list.tpl" numAnnouncements=$numAnnouncementsHomepage}
 
 	{* Latest issue *}
 	{if $issue}
diff --git a/templates/frontend/pages/indexSite.tpl b/templates/frontend/pages/indexSite.tpl
index fd3ade85f05..f9b430849c7 100644
--- a/templates/frontend/pages/indexSite.tpl
+++ b/templates/frontend/pages/indexSite.tpl
@@ -18,36 +18,7 @@
 		</div>
 	{/if}
 
-	{* Announcements *}
-	{if $numAnnouncementsHomepage && $announcements|@count}
-		<section class="cmp_announcements highlight_first">
-			<a id="homepageAnnouncements"></a>
-			<h2>
-				{translate key="announcement.announcements"}
-			</h2>
-			{foreach name=announcements from=$announcements item=announcement}
-				{if $smarty.foreach.announcements.iteration > $numAnnouncementsHomepage}
-					{break}
-				{/if}
-				{if $smarty.foreach.announcements.iteration == 1}
-					{include file="frontend/objects/announcement_summary.tpl" heading="h3"}
-					<div class="more">
-				{else}
-					<article class="obj_announcement_summary">
-						<h4>
-							<a href="{url router=\PKP\core\PKPApplication::ROUTE_PAGE page="announcement" op="view" path=$announcement->getId()}">
-								{$announcement->getLocalizedTitle()|escape}
-							</a>
-						</h4>
-						<div class="date">
-							{$announcement->getDatePosted()|date_format:$dateFormatShort}
-						</div>
-					</article>
-				{/if}
-			{/foreach}
-			</div><!-- .more -->
-		</section>
-	{/if}
+	{include file="frontend/objects/announcements_list.tpl" numAnnouncements=$numAnnouncementsHomepage}
 
 	<div class="journals">
 		<h2>