Erica L. Green

I am a White House correspondent for The New York Times, covering President Biden and his administration.

What I Cover

Along with the rest of the White House team, I cover the daily decisions, comings and goings and newsworthy events involving the president, the vice president and other members of his cabinet.

While I am particularly interested in social policy and civil rights, I cover a range of topics — domestic policy implementation, foreign policy decisions, and other deliberations from inside the White House. I’m also drawn to stories that illustrate how the decisions made on Pennsylvania Avenue impact the American people, and shape the dynamics of American society. I look to broaden my coverage from beyond the Beltway to ensure that Americans are represented alongside the administration, which I believe is crucial to holding them accountable to the people they are elected to serve.

My Background

I joined the White House beat in the summer of 2023 after covering education for 13 years, more than six of them at The Times.

I started at The Times in 2017 to cover former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and federal education policy. Many of my stories focused on the political tumult that the nation’s K-12 schools and higher education institutions navigated during the Trump years. I also reported a myriad other features and investigations on school districts across the country, with a focus on civil rights and marginalized student populations, including the dismal educational outcomes for Native American students; the disproportionate disciplining of Black girls in school; and the secret and illegal suspensions of special education students. I also coauthored a Times investigation exposing the leaders of a Louisiana school who abused students and falsified their college applications to get them into the Ivy League. The story was the debut episode on The Times’ television show “The Weekly,” and is the subject of an upcoming book. In 2022, I was recognized as the best education beat reporter in the country by the Education Writers Association.

Before joining The Times, I covered education at my hometown paper, The Baltimore Sun, for seven years. While there, I was also part of the team named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the death of Freddie Gray in police custody, and the riots that resulted. I coauthored a book about the riots, “Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City,” that documented the events.

I graduated from Goucher College with a bachelor’s degree in communications, and I received my master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

Journalistic Ethics

Maintaining journalistic independence is important for every journalist at The Times, which has an extensive ethics policy that I follow. I want all of my work to be accurate and fair. I go above and beyond to ensure that multiple viewpoints are heard and represented in my coverage, but I do not allow that to devolve into false equivalencies or distract from the irrefutable truths readers should know. I value the trust I build with my sources, and fiercely protect them. I do not accept gifts, money or favors from anyone who might figure into my reporting. I do not make political donations. When I am working, I always identify myself as a reporter for The Times. And I do not forget that with the great privilege of having a front-row seat to history comes the huge responsibility to report without fear or favor.

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