diff --git a/recipes/economist.recipe b/recipes/economist.recipe
index 6326830086..b562e7e501 100644
--- a/recipes/economist.recipe
+++ b/recipes/economist.recipe
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ def load_article_from_web_json(raw):
     data = json.loads(raw)['props']['pageProps']['cp2Content']
     body += f'<div style="color: red; font-size:small; font-weight:bold;">{data.get("flyTitle", "")}</div>'
     body += f'<h1>{data["headline"]}</h1>'
-    body += f'<div style="font-style: italic; color:#202020;">{data.get("rubric", "")}</div>'
+    if data.get("rubric") and data.get("rubric") is not None:
+        body += f'<div style="font-style: italic; color:#202020;">{data.get("rubric", "")}</div>'
     try:
         date = data['dateModified']
     except Exception:
diff --git a/recipes/economist_free.recipe b/recipes/economist_free.recipe
index 6326830086..b562e7e501 100644
--- a/recipes/economist_free.recipe
+++ b/recipes/economist_free.recipe
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ def load_article_from_web_json(raw):
     data = json.loads(raw)['props']['pageProps']['cp2Content']
     body += f'<div style="color: red; font-size:small; font-weight:bold;">{data.get("flyTitle", "")}</div>'
     body += f'<h1>{data["headline"]}</h1>'
-    body += f'<div style="font-style: italic; color:#202020;">{data.get("rubric", "")}</div>'
+    if data.get("rubric") and data.get("rubric") is not None:
+        body += f'<div style="font-style: italic; color:#202020;">{data.get("rubric", "")}</div>'
     try:
         date = data['dateModified']
     except Exception:
diff --git a/recipes/hindu.recipe b/recipes/hindu.recipe
index beef09b995..c1719195f8 100644
--- a/recipes/hindu.recipe
+++ b/recipes/hindu.recipe
@@ -98,13 +98,13 @@ class TheHindu(BasicNewsRecipe):
         raw = self.index_to_soup(url, raw=True)
         soup = self.index_to_soup(raw)
         ans = self.hindu_parse_index(soup)
-        cover = soup.find(attrs={'class':'hindu-ad'})
-        if cover:
-            self.cover_url = cover.img['src']
         if not ans:
             raise ValueError(
                     'The Hindu Newspaper is not published Today.'
                 )
+        cover = soup.find(attrs={'class':'hindu-ad'})
+        if cover:
+            self.cover_url = cover.img['src']
         if mag_url:
             self.log('\nFetching Magazine')
             soup = self.index_to_soup(mag_url)