update NEWS for v0.1.4

NEWS.md

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-## Changes since last release
+## covidHubUtils 0.1.4
+
+This is a release focusing on updates that provide better interface with Zoltar and European COVID-19 Forecast Hub. The release also contains new feature updates and bug fixes in other util functions.
+
+### Feature updates
+
+- Update `load_forecasts()` and `load_latest_forecasts()`
+
+  + Add `hub` parameter to specify the forecast hub for which data should be loaded. 
+
+  + Add `as_of` parameter to improve interface with the Zoltar query.
+
+  + Add `verbose` parameter to specify whether to print out diagnostic messages.
+
+  + Support `source = local_hub_repo` in `load_forecasts()`. However, loading versioned forecast files is only available through zoltar.
+
+  + All models inputed into `load_latest_forecasts()` must be available in the selected `source`.
+
+  + Refactor to improve efficiency.
+
+- Update `plot_forecast()`
+
+  + Load `"inc hosp"` truth data from remote hub repository. The user does not need to provide `truth_data` parameter to plot daily incident hospitalization forecasts.
+
+  + `target_variable` is now optional when `forecast_data` only has one target variable.
+
+  + Add a new parameter `use_median_as_point` that defaults to FALSE. "TRUE" uses the median quantile and "FALSE" uses the point forecasts.
+
+  + The function now errors when trying to plot multiple locations without a facet formula.
+
+  + Fix bug that model legend is missing when the user is only plotting quantile forecasts.
+
+  + Update quantile forecast color so that color transparency will not be overwritten by `fill_transparency` when plotting more than five models.
+
+- Update `load_truth()`
+
+  + Add `hub` parameter to specify the forecast hub for which data should be loaded. 
+
+  + Add `"inc hosp"` target variable and `"HealthData"` source.
 
-- add a hub argument to `load_forecasts()`, `load_latest_forecasts()`, `load_latest_forecasts_zoltar()` and `load_truth()` to specify the forecast hub for which data should be loaded. 
-- `plot_forecast()` now errors when trying to plot multiple locations without a facet formula.
-- Fix bug that model legend is missing when the user is only plotting quantile forecasts in `plot_forecast()`. If `forecast_data` doesn't contain point forecasts, the function will look for all available medians in `forecast_data` and plot them as point forecasts. 
-- Update quantile forecast color so that color transparency will not be overwritten by `fill_transparency` in `plot_forecast()` when plotting more than five models.
-- Add optional `as_of` parameter in `get_model_designations()`. Currently only support versioned model designation in local hub repo.
-- `target_variable` in `plot_forecast()` now optional when `forecast_data` only has one target variable
-- All models inputed into `load_latest_forecasts()` must be available in the source
-- `plot_forecast()` has new parameter `use_median_as_point` that defaults to FALSE. "TRUE" uses the median quantile and "FALSE" uses the point forecasts.
-- Add the `as_of` parameter to `load_forecasts()`, `load_latest_forecasts()` and `load_latest_forecasts_zoltar()` to improve interface with the Zoltar query.
 - `score_forecasts()` has new parameter `use_median_as_point` that defaults to FALSE. "TRUE" uses the median quantile when calculating absolute error and "FALSE" uses the point forecasts for absolute error.
-- Add `verbose` parameter to `load_forecasts()` and `load_latest_forecasts()`.
-- Refactor `load_latest_forecasts()` and `load_forecasts()` to improve efficiency.
-- Support `source = local_hub_repo` in `load_forecasts()`. However, loading versioned forecast files is only available through zoltar. 
-- Add `"inc hosp"` target variable and `"HealthData"` source to `load_truth()`.
-- Load `"inc hosp"` truth data from remote hub repository in `plot_forecast()`. The user does not need to provide `truth_data` parameter to plot daily incident hospitalization forecasts. 
+
+- Add optional `as_of` parameter in `get_model_designations()`. Currently only support versioned model designation in local hub repo.
+
+### Package updates
+- There is no backwards compatibility.
+- Add Nikos I. Bosse and Ariane Stark to author/contributor list
+- Add hub_locations_ecde.rda to data folder
 
 
 ## covidHubUtils 0.1.3