This study explicates the complex relationship between journalistic responsibility and the imperative to inform the public in media coverage of security issues in West Africa and the Sahel vis-à-vis the challenges posed by the new media. It highlights how the activities of citizen journalists and other non-professionals, who disseminate information without ethical considerations, undermine journalistic self-regulation and credibility. Using conceptual methodology and underpinned by Gandhi’s theory of journalism, it examines the perennial debate between the right of the people to know and the importance of managing information in a manner that does not compromise security, law and order within society. It also interrogates the dilemma faced by journalists in striving to remain credible without jeopardising society’s well-being. The chapter contends that journalists and security agencies must collaborate more in this era of heightened insecurity, disinformation, misinformation and citizen journalism since the two sides claim to work for the good of society.