Bird flu: Background and data overview for reporters

Bird flu: Background and data overview for reporters

As with covering any outbreak or other type of ongoing, developing story, it’s helpful when writing about bird flu to provide context throughout your coverage for those who have not been following it all along. Consider including some of the news developments from the list of resources at the bottom of this post in your story to provide background or a sense of the timeline for your audience. The biology of flu viruses All influenza A viruses ha…