.news-card {
    overflow: hidden;
    border: 1px solid var(--line);
    border-radius: 10px;
    background: var(--white);
    box-shadow: 0 18px 55px rgba(7,19,30,.1);
}
.news-banner {
    position: relative;
    display: flex;
    min-height: max(240px, var(--image-height, 300px));
    align-items: end;
    overflow: hidden;
    background: var(--ink);
}
.news-banner::after {
    position: absolute;
    inset: 0;
    content: "";
    background: linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(7,19,30,.08) 20%,rgba(7,19,30,.9) 100%);
}
.news-banner img {
    position: absolute;
    inset: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    object-fit: cover;
    object-position: var(--image-position-x, 50%) var(--image-position-y, 50%);
    transform: scale(var(--image-scale, 1));
    transform-origin: var(--image-position-x, 50%) var(--image-position-y, 50%);
}
.news-banner-copy {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
    width: 100%;
    padding: clamp(24px,5vw,54px);
    color: var(--white);
}
.news-banner time {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.86);
    font-size: .9rem;
    font-weight: 800;
    letter-spacing: .1em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}
.news-banner h2 {
    max-width: 780px;
    margin: 0;
    font-family: "Barlow Condensed",sans-serif;
    font-size: clamp(2.5rem,7vw,5.25rem);
    font-weight: 800;
    line-height: .96;
    text-wrap: balance;
    overflow-wrap: anywhere;
}
.news-content { padding: clamp(24px,5vw,54px); }
.news-body {
    max-width: 760px;
    color: #24394b;
    font-size: 1.12rem;
    line-height: 1.72;
    overflow-wrap: anywhere;
}
.news-body p {
    margin: 0;
    white-space: pre-line;
}
.news-body p + p { margin-top: 1.15em; }
.linkedin-link {
    display: inline-flex;
    min-height: 48px;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 10px;
    margin-top: 24px;
    padding: 10px 20px;
    border-radius: 999px;
    color: var(--white);
    background: linear-gradient(135deg,var(--brand-blue),var(--brand-blue-deep));
    font-weight: 800;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.linkedin-link::after { content: "↗"; font-size: 1.15em; }
.linkedin-link:hover,
.linkedin-link:focus-visible {
    outline: 3px solid rgba(31,135,201,.25);
    outline-offset: 3px;
    transform: translateY(-1px);
}

@media (max-width: 640px) {
    .news-banner {
        display: block;
        min-height: 0;
        background: var(--white);
    }

    .news-banner::after { display: none; }

    .news-banner img {
        position: relative;
        height: clamp(180px, 58vw, 260px);
    }

    .news-banner-copy {
        padding: 24px 24px 0;
        color: var(--ink-strong);
    }

    .news-banner time { color: var(--blue-deep); }

    .news-banner h2 { font-size: clamp(2.35rem, 10vw, 3.5rem); }

    .news-content { padding: 20px 24px 28px; }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
    .news-body { font-size: 1.04rem; }
}