International News

Digest Readers Want More International News
We do too! Can you help expand our media coverage?

How to help
  • Provide foreign language translations of disease name keywords,
  • Suggest useful sources for non-English based news outlets, and
  • Share specific news articles with a focus on wildlife disease detection and/or spread.
Stories posted to the Wildlife Disease News Digest that have a geographical component are indexed and placed on the Global Wildlife Disease News Map, providing a geographical context for disease events.

The challenge - news reports outside of primarily English-speaking countries are limited because:
  1. Our current keyword filters are English-based, and
  2. Our news sources are biased toward the English language.
We are asking our international wildlife health community for help to improve the Digest’s news coverage.

How to submit
Figure 1. Wildlife organization logos
    Disease Name Keywords Download our list of disease name keywords here. Find or add language column heading, add term translation and submit to us at wdin@usgs.gov.
    Non-English News Outlet Sources Download our list of sources here. Add source name and url, and submit to us at wdin@usgs.gov.
    Non-English and English News Articles Submit news articles with a focus on wildlife disease detection and/or spread that also have a geographical location at any level (city, province, country). See below for specific requirements.
Submitting articles – What to Send Us
  • URL
Non-English Articles, translate:
  • Title,
  • Disease name,
  • Species affected, and
  • Brief summary in English, two to three sentences (preferred).
This information will be used to index the articles for placement on the Global Wildlife Disease News Map.

Figure 2. Help us put more pins around the News Map!
Why help?
  • Digest readers expressed a desire for more international news, according to our Digest survey,
  • A global perspective is needed for a more complete understanding of wildlife health issues, and
  • Wildlife health events don’t just happen in the USA!
Whom to contact
    Email Cris Marsh, WDIN Content Manager, at cmarsh@usgs.gov.
More information
Disclaimers
    WDIN reserves the right to not use a submitted article if it does not follow our news selection policy, which is available here.

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