YAML front matter in R markdown version 2: add an institution and logo

Question

Is it possible to add an institution and logo to the YAML front matter in R markdown version 2?

I'm looking for something like this

---
title:       "My report"
author:      "me"
institution: "Swansea University"
logo:        "logo.png"
output:
   pdf_document:
   toc: yes
---

I did try something like `author: "NAME SURNAME \\newline Swansea University"`, but this changes the text alignment terribly. — Joanne Demmler, Oct 13 '14 at 10:21
What if you used a template that incorporates a Beamer theme that uses a logo and institution? http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/pdf_document_format.html — Roman Luštrik, Oct 13 '14 at 11:43
I think I'm probably better off to change the .tex template R Studio uses. — Joanne Demmler, Oct 15 '14 at 10:26

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

The answer is to use a template file, but it needs a bit of tweaking for the logo bit:

---
title:       "My report"
author:      "me"
output:
   pdf_document:
   toc: yes
   includes:
     in_header: style.tex
---

Prepare the document "style.tex" in the same folder as your markdown file and make sure you have changed you working directory in R to this folder.

Add the following lines to your "style.tex" file:

\institute{My institute}
\pgfdeclareimage[width=2cm]{logo}{logo.png}
\usebackgroundtemplate{\pgfuseimage{logo}}

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