diff --git a/_data/CONTRIBUTORS.yaml b/_data/CONTRIBUTORS.yaml
index d0655555..209dc9f4 100644
--- a/_data/CONTRIBUTORS.yaml
+++ b/_data/CONTRIBUTORS.yaml
@@ -200,3 +200,12 @@ Wolmar Nyberg Åkerström:
   email: wolmar.n.akerstrom@nbis.se
   orcid: 0000-0002-3890-6620
   affiliation: NBIS / ELIXIR-SE
+Flora D'Anna:
+    git: floradanna
+    orcid: 0000-0003-4665-6673    
+    affiliation: VIB Data Core / ELIXIR-BE
+Zahra Waheed:
+    git: z-w123
+    email: zahra@ebi.ac.uk
+    orcid: 0000-0002-7224-5280    
+    affiliation: EMBL-EBI
diff --git a/_data/news.yml b/_data/news.yml
index 3e5ddfb6..d3889743 100644
--- a/_data/news.yml
+++ b/_data/news.yml
@@ -62,3 +62,7 @@
   description: Content was added to the Data sources page in the Human biomolecular data section. [Discover the page here](/human-biomolecular-data/data-sources)
   date: 2023-09-19
   linked_pr: 155
+- name: "New page: Pathogen Characterisation data description"
+  description: Content was added to the Data Description page in the Pathogen characterization section. [Discover the page here](/pathogen-characterisation/data-description)
+  date: 2023-11-20
+  linked_pr: 194