Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Adds Hispanic Media Resources to New Online Newsroom

WHAT: Resources for Hispanic media have been added to the new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Online Newsroom. The Hispanic Media Resource section is designed to provide easy access to credible health information for Spanish-language media and English-language media that reaches Hispanic audiences. The web pages will supplement the new CDC Online Newsroom, which launched on September 4, 2008.

Hispanic Media Resources include:
– Quick links to popular information like Hispanic and Latino health
disparity information, data and statistics, as well as CDC documents
translated into Spanish
– An expanded library of formatted articles translated into Spanish.
These ready-to-print health articles are free to use in any
publication
– Biographies for some of CDC’s most popular Spanish-speaking experts
– Timely story ideas of special relevance for Hispanic and Latino
audiences
– Contact information for Arleen Porcell-Pharr, CDC’s Spanish Language
Public Affairs Specialist

The following features of the new CDC Online Newsroom are available for all media:

– Sign-up option to receive embargoed press releases and updates from
other CDC publications
– Newsroom image library with frequently requested high resolution
photos
– Press officer contact information
– CDC media kit and fact sheet

WHEN: CDC Hispanic Media Resources are live at www.cdc.gov/media/subtopic/spResources.htm. The new online newsroom is accessible at www.cdc.gov/media.”

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