Independence
Behavioral Wire has no commercial relationship with any company it covers. We do not accept payment, equity, travel, or anything of value in exchange for coverage, and we do not run sponsored content dressed as journalism. No source, company, or advertiser sees an article before it publishes, and no one outside the desk has approval over what we write or when we write it. Our obligation is to readers.
Opinion vs reporting
We keep a clear line between news and argument. Reporting is held to standards of attribution and verification and aims to establish what is true. Opinion is the editor's judgment about what it means, and it is labeled as opinion wherever it appears — in the kicker, on the page, and in the section it belongs to. Analysis that draws conclusions from reported facts is identified as such. You should never have to guess whether you are reading a finding or a view.
Conflicts of interest
The editor's research and professional affiliations in the mental health field are disclosed, and any financial position in a company we cover is disclosed on the relevant article and on the disclosures page. Where a conflict is significant enough to affect coverage, we disclose it prominently or decline the story. We would rather lose a story than launder a conflict.
Sourcing and verification
Behavioral Wire is a documents-first desk. Our work is built on primary and public sources — regulatory filings, trial registrations, research grants, patents, legislation, and peer-reviewed literature. Nothing publishes on a flagged lead alone: an editor confirms the underlying document and establishes what actually changed before we write. We cite the document and link to it wherever we can, so you can check the record yourself.