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North Carolina judge seizes reporter’s notes, issues gag order

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 28, 2023
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Targets: Kenwyn Caranna (News & Record)

Status of Prior Restraint →: Pending

Equipment Seized →: Work product, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: In custody
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Politician

WSAZ-TV publishes government document after judge ends protective order

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 18, 2023
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Targets: WSAZ-TV

Status of Prior Restraint →: Struck down

St. Louis Post-Dispatch barred from publishing mistakenly released report

Incident Details

Updated On: September 15, 2023
Date of Incident: May 23, 2023
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Katie Kull (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Status of Prior Restraint →: Pending

Arizona judge grants state senator’s restraining order against journalist

Incident Details

Updated On: May 10, 2023
Date of Incident: April 19, 2023
Location: Flagstaff, Arizona
Targets: Camryn Sanchez (Arizona Capitol Times)

Status of Prior Restraint →: Struck down

Judge bars media from publishing on expelled student suing UNC system

Incident Details

Updated On: March 1, 2023
Date of Incident: February 22, 2023
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Targets: Media

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped

Texas judge vacates order limiting murder trial coverage

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 9, 2023
Location: Waco, Texas
Targets: KWTX, Media, Waco Tribune-Herald

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped

Penn. journalist ordered to destroy, unpublish copies of leaked report

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 15, 2022
Location: Exeter Township, Pennsylvania
Targets: Jerry Geleff (Jerry Geleff Media), The Exeter Examiner, The Exeter Underground

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped

‘Confidentiality order’ sent to California news outlet attempts to stop newsgathering

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 16, 2022
Location: Contra Costa, California
Targets: East Bay Times

Status of Prior Restraint →: Ignored

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