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Shot fired into FOX13 Memphis station, no injuries reported

Incident Details

Updated On: May 3, 2023
Date of Incident: May 2, 2023
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: WHBQ-TV FOX13

Equipment Broken →: Building, 1

Memphis news photographer, reporter robbed at gunpoint blocks from studio

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 10, 2022
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 27 (WHBQ-TV FOX13)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

Camera equipment, 1

Live unit, 1

Memphis broadcaster robbed at gunpoint blocks from studio

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 10, 2022
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: Jeremy Pierre (WHBQ-TV FOX13)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Memphis newspaper subpoenaed for photos, videos from July protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 13, 2020
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: Commercial Appeal

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Aug. 13, 2020: Pending

Aug. 19, 2020: Objected to

Aug. 20, 2020: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

Commercial Appeal journalist pushed by Memphis police officer at protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: Katherine Burgess (Commercial Appeal)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Unknown

MLK50 journalist files lawsuit to regain access to Memphis mayor’s media list

Incident Details

Updated On: April 30, 2021
Date of Incident: May 13, 2020
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Case number: 2:20-cv-02343
Targets: Wendi C. Thomas (MLK50)
Case Status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: Mayor Jim Strickland

Journalist assaulted, pushed to the ground while covering protest in Memphis

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 19, 2019
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: Luke Jones (WREG-TV)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Journalist assaulted while covering protest in Memphis

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 12, 2019
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: Patrick Niedzwiedz (WATN-TV)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

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