I have a collection of NewsItem models that I would like to bind to a Telerik Grid in my Umbraco site.

Here's the code:

var selection = Umbraco.Content(Guid.Parse("c79a20b7-4c99-42df-b262-558ab15f01c4"))
                .Children
                .OrderByDescending(x => x.CreateDate).OfType<NewsItem>();

And then:

@(Html.Kendo().Grid(selection)
            .Name("NieuwsGrid")
            .Selectable()
            .Pageable(pager => pager.AlwaysVisible(false))
            .Columns(columns =>
            {
                columns.Template(e => { }).ClientTemplate(" ").Width("auto").HeaderHtmlAttributes(new { style = "display:none;" });
            })
            .ClientRowTemplate(
                // Simplified for readability
                "#: Titel #" +
                "#: Url #" +
                "#: Teaser #"
            )
            .DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
                .Ajax()
                .PageSize(6)
                .ServerOperation(false)
            )
        )

This code will give me an error: A circular reference was detected while serializing an object of type 'Umbraco.Core.Models.PublishedContent.PublishedContentType'. Probably because of the Children ad Parent properties.

I have fixed this by copying only the required properties to an anonymous type and then bind that to the grid. But I was wondering if there is a more elegant way of doing this?