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University staff member interrupts student journalist’s coverage at SEC Tournament

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 10, 2023
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Targets: Jack Weaver (The Kentucky Kernel)

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Editor files lawsuit after new policy closes access to Tenn. courts annual meeting

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 13, 2022
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Targets: Dan McCaleb (The Center Square)

Government agency or public official involved →: Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts

Tennessee state representative introduces resolution to reprimand AP for reporting

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 20, 2022
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Targets: The Associated Press

Chilling Statement

Man attacks TV reporter filming outside of Nashville school

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 12, 2020
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Targets: Caresse Jackman (WSMV News 4)

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

Man attacks TV photojournalist filming outside of Nashville school

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 12, 2020
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 8 (WSMV News 4)

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

Tennessee lawmaker introduces bill to declare CNN, Washington Post ‘fake news’

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 29, 2020
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Targets: CNN, The Washington Post

Chilling Statement

Tennessee Highway Patrol blocks reporters from covering protest, threaten with arrest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 16, 2019
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Targets: Joel Ebert (The Tennessean), Kyle Horan (WTVF NewsChannel 5), Natalie Allison (The Tennessean), Sergio Martínez-Beltrán (Nashville Public Radio)

Government agency or public official involved →: State Troopers