diff --git a/db/migrations/2019_10_15_000000_create_news_table.php b/db/migrations/2019_10_15_000000_create_news_table.php
index c87972ef..540348cd 100644
--- a/db/migrations/2019_10_15_000000_create_news_table.php
+++ b/db/migrations/2019_10_15_000000_create_news_table.php
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class CreateNewsTable extends Migration
     private function copyNewToPreviousNewsTable(): void
     {
         $connection = $this->schema->getConnection();
-        /** @var Collection[]|stdClass[] $newsRecords */
+        /** @var Collection|stdClass[] $newsRecords */
         $newsRecords = $connection
             ->table('new_news')
             ->get();
diff --git a/db/migrations/2019_11_12_000000_create_news_comments_table.php b/db/migrations/2019_11_12_000000_create_news_comments_table.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00cf99b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrations/2019_11_12_000000_create_news_comments_table.php
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Engelsystem\Migrations;
+
+use Engelsystem\Database\Migration\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use stdClass;
+
+/**
+ * This migration creates the news_comments table and copies the existing NewsComments table records to the new one.
+ */
+class CreateNewsCommentsTable extends Migration
+{
+    use ChangesReferences;
+    use Reference;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates the news_comments table, copies the data and drops the NewsComments table.
+     */
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        $this->createNewNewsCommentsTable();
+
+        if ($this->schema->hasTable('NewsComments')) {
+            $this->copyPreviousToNewNewsCommentsTable();
+            $this->changeReferences(
+                'NewsComments',
+                'ID',
+                'news_comments',
+                'id',
+                'unsignedInteger'
+            );
+            $this->schema->drop('NewsComments');
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Recreates the previous NewsComments table, copies back the data and drops the new news_comments table.
+     */
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        $this->createPreviousNewsCommentsTable();
+        $this->copyNewToPreviousNewsCommentsTable();
+        $this->changeReferences(
+            'news_comments',
+            'id',
+            'NewsComments',
+            'ID',
+            'unsignedInteger'
+        );
+
+        $this->schema->drop('news_comments');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return void
+     */
+    private function createNewNewsCommentsTable(): void
+    {
+        $this->schema->create('news_comments', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->increments('id');
+            $this->references($table, 'news', 'news_id');
+            $table->text('text');
+            $this->referencesUser($table, false);
+            $table->timestamps();
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return void
+     */
+    private function copyPreviousToNewNewsCommentsTable(): void
+    {
+        $connection = $this->schema->getConnection();
+        /** @var stdClass[] $previousNewsCommentsRecords */
+        $previousNewsCommentsRecords = $connection
+            ->table('NewsComments')
+            ->get();
+
+        foreach ($previousNewsCommentsRecords as $previousNewsComment) {
+            $connection->table('news_comments')->insert([
+                'id'         => $previousNewsComment->ID,
+                'news_id'    => $previousNewsComment->Refid,
+                'text'       => $previousNewsComment->Text,
+                'user_id'    => $previousNewsComment->UID,
+                'created_at' => $previousNewsComment->Datum,
+                'updated_at' => $previousNewsComment->Datum,
+            ]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return void
+     */
+    private function createPreviousNewsCommentsTable(): void
+    {
+        $this->schema->create('NewsComments', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->increments('ID');
+            $this->references($table, 'news', 'Refid');
+            $table->dateTime('Datum');
+            $table->text('Text');
+            $this->references($table, 'users', 'UID');
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return void
+     */
+    private function copyNewToPreviousNewsCommentsTable(): void
+    {
+        $connection = $this->schema->getConnection();
+        /** @var Collection|stdClass[] $newsCommentsRecords */
+        $newsCommentsRecords = $connection
+            ->table('news_comments')
+            ->get();
+
+        foreach ($newsCommentsRecords as $newsCommentRecord) {
+            $connection->table('NewsComments')->insert([
+                'ID'    => $newsCommentRecord->id,
+                'Datum' => $newsCommentRecord->created_at,
+                'Refid' => $newsCommentRecord->news_id,
+                'Text'  => $newsCommentRecord->text,
+                'UID'   => $newsCommentRecord->user_id,
+            ]);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/includes/pages/user_news.php b/includes/pages/user_news.php
index 643d9d04..8ce3dffb 100644
--- a/includes/pages/user_news.php
+++ b/includes/pages/user_news.php
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-use Engelsystem\Database\DB;
 use Engelsystem\Models\News;
-use Engelsystem\Models\User\User;
 
 /**
  * @return string
@@ -116,7 +114,7 @@ function display_news(News $news): string
             . '<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-comment"></span> '
             . __('Comments') . ' &raquo;</a> '
             . '<span class="badge">'
-            . count(DB::select('SELECT `ID` FROM `NewsComments` WHERE `Refid`=?', [$news->id]))
+            . $news->comments()->count()
             . '</span>';
     }
     $html .= '</div>';
@@ -141,17 +139,10 @@ function user_news_comments()
     ) {
         if ($request->hasPostData('submit') && $request->has('text')) {
             $text = $request->input('text');
-            DB::insert('
-                    INSERT INTO `NewsComments` (`Refid`, `Datum`, `Text`, `UID`)
-                    VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)
-                ',
-                [
-                    $nid,
-                    date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
-                    $text,
-                    $user->id,
-                ]
-            );
+            $news->comments()->create([
+                'text' => $text,
+                'user_id' => $user->id,
+            ]);
 
             engelsystem_log('Created news_comment: ' . $text);
             $html .= success(__('Entry saved.'), true);
@@ -159,18 +150,12 @@ function user_news_comments()
 
         $html .= display_news($news);
 
-        $comments = DB::select(
-            'SELECT * FROM `NewsComments` WHERE `Refid`=? ORDER BY \'ID\'',
-            [$nid]
-        );
-        foreach ($comments as $comment) {
-            $user_source = User::find($comment['UID']);
-
+        foreach ($news->comments as $comment) {
             $html .= '<div class="panel panel-default">';
-            $html .= '<div class="panel-body">' . nl2br(htmlspecialchars($comment['Text'])) . '</div>';
+            $html .= '<div class="panel-body">' . nl2br(htmlspecialchars($comment->text)) . '</div>';
             $html .= '<div class="panel-footer text-muted">';
-            $html .= '<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-time"></span> ' . $comment['Datum'] . '&emsp;';
-            $html .= User_Nick_render($user_source);
+            $html .= '<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-time"></span> ' . $comment->created_at->format('Y-m-d H:i') . '&emsp;';
+            $html .= User_Nick_render($comment->user);
             $html .= '</div>';
             $html .= '</div>';
         }
diff --git a/src/Models/News.php b/src/Models/News.php
index 55ab9c1d..febaae3a 100644
--- a/src/Models/News.php
+++ b/src/Models/News.php
@@ -6,15 +6,19 @@ namespace Engelsystem\Models;
 
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Engelsystem\Models\User\UsesUserModel;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany;
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder as QueryBuilder;
 
 /**
- * @property int         $id
- * @property string      $title
- * @property string      $text
- * @property bool        $is_meeting
- * @property Carbon|null $created_at
- * @property Carbon|null $updated_at
+ * @property int                           $id
+ * @property string                        $title
+ * @property string                        $text
+ * @property bool                          $is_meeting
+ * @property Carbon|null                   $created_at
+ * @property Carbon|null                   $updated_at
+ *
+ * @property-read Collection|NewsComment[] $comments
  *
  * @method static QueryBuilder|LogEntry[] whereId($value)
  * @method static QueryBuilder|LogEntry[] whereTitle($value)
@@ -42,4 +46,13 @@ class News extends BaseModel
         'is_meeting',
         'user_id',
     ];
+
+    /**
+     * @return HasMany
+     */
+    public function comments(): HasMany
+    {
+        return $this->hasMany(NewsComment::class)
+            ->orderBy('created_at');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Models/NewsComment.php b/src/Models/NewsComment.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2697350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Models/NewsComment.php
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Engelsystem\Models;
+
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Engelsystem\Models\User\UsesUserModel;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
+use Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder as QueryBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * This class represents a news comment.
+ *
+ * @property int         $id
+ * @property int         $news_id
+ * @property string      $text
+ * @property News        $news
+ * @property Carbon|null $created_at
+ * @property Carbon|null $updated_at
+ *
+ * @method static QueryBuilder|LogEntry[] whereId($value)
+ * @method static QueryBuilder|LogEntry[] whereText($value)
+ * @method static QueryBuilder|LogEntry[] whereCreatedAt($value)
+ * @method static QueryBuilder|LogEntry[] whereUpdatedAt($value)
+ */
+class NewsComment extends BaseModel
+{
+    use UsesUserModel;
+
+    /** @var bool Enable timestamps */
+    public $timestamps = true;
+
+    /** @var string[] */
+    protected $fillable = [
+        'news_id',
+        'text',
+        'user_id',
+    ];
+
+    /**
+     * @return BelongsTo
+     */
+    public function news(): BelongsTo
+    {
+        return $this->belongsTo(News::class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Models/User/User.php b/src/Models/User/User.php
index 058f9a8c..6db4de7e 100644
--- a/src/Models/User/User.php
+++ b/src/Models/User/User.php
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ namespace Engelsystem\Models\User;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Engelsystem\Models\BaseModel;
 use Engelsystem\Models\News;
+use Engelsystem\Models\NewsComment;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasOne;
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder as QueryBuilder;
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder as QueryBuilder;
  * @property-read QueryBuilder|PersonalData $personalData
  * @property-read QueryBuilder|Settings     $settings
  * @property-read QueryBuilder|State        $state
+ * @property-read Collection|NewsComment[]  $newsComments
  *
  * @method static QueryBuilder|User whereId($value)
  * @method static QueryBuilder|User[] whereName($value)
@@ -105,4 +108,12 @@ class User extends BaseModel
     {
         return $this->hasMany(News::class);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return HasMany
+     */
+    public function newsComments(): HasMany
+    {
+        return $this->hasMany(NewsComment::class);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Models/NewsCommentsTest.php b/tests/Unit/Models/NewsCommentsTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dfded712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/Models/NewsCommentsTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Engelsystem\Test\Unit\Models;
+
+use Engelsystem\Models\News;
+use Engelsystem\Models\NewsComment;
+use Engelsystem\Models\User\User;
+use Engelsystem\Test\Unit\HasDatabase;
+use Engelsystem\Test\Unit\TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * This class provides tests for the NewsComments model.
+ */
+class NewsCommentsTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use HasDatabase;
+
+    /** @var User */
+    private $user;
+
+    /** @var News */
+    private $news;
+
+    /** @var array */
+    private $newsCommentData;
+
+    /**
+     * Sets up some test objects and test data.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+        $this->initDatabase();
+
+        $this->user = User::create([
+            'name'     => 'lorem',
+            'password' => '',
+            'email'    => 'lorem@example.com',
+            'api_key'  => '',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->news = News::create([
+            'title'   => 'test title',
+            'text'    => 'test text',
+            'user_id' => $this->user->id,
+        ]);
+
+        $this->newsCommentData = [
+            'news_id' => $this->news->id,
+            'text'    => 'test comment',
+            'user_id' => $this->user->id,
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests that a NewsComment can be created and loaded.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testCreate(): void
+    {
+        $createdNewsComment = NewsComment::create($this->newsCommentData);
+
+        $newsComment = NewsComment::find($createdNewsComment->id);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(NewsComment::class, $newsComment);
+        $this->assertEquals($this->newsCommentData['news_id'], $newsComment->news_id);
+        $this->assertSame($this->newsCommentData['text'], $newsComment->text);
+        $this->assertEquals($this->newsCommentData['user_id'], $newsComment->user_id);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests that accessing the User of a NewsComment works.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testUser(): void
+    {
+        $newsComment = NewsComment::create($this->newsCommentData);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(User::class, $newsComment->user);
+        $this->assertSame($this->user->id, $newsComment->user->id);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests that accessing the News of a NewsComment works.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testNews(): void
+    {
+        $newsComment = NewsComment::create($this->newsCommentData);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(News::class, $newsComment->news);
+        $this->assertSame($this->news->id, $newsComment->news->id);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests that accessing the NewsComments of a News works.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testNewsComments(): void
+    {
+        $newsComment = NewsComment::create($this->newsCommentData);
+        $comments = $this->news->comments;
+        $this->assertCount(1, $comments);
+        $comment = $comments->first();
+        $this->assertSame($newsComment->id, $comment->id);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests that accessing the NewsComments of an User works.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testUserNewsComments(): void
+    {
+        $newsComment = NewsComment::create($this->newsCommentData);
+        $comments = $this->user->newsComments;
+        $this->assertCount(1, $comments);
+        $comment = $comments->first();
+        $this->assertSame($newsComment->id, $comment->id);
+    }
+}