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Judge limits media access to evidence in Minnesota police shooting trial

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 29, 2019
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minnesota Public Radio

Government agency or public official involved →: Judge Kathryn L. Quaintance

Department of State bars press pool from briefing call, allowing only “faith-based media”

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 18, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: CNN, Press Corps

Government agency or public official involved →: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

U.S. State Department

Ohio political reporter removed from Democratic Party mailing list, reinstated by chair

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 2019
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Targets: Seth Richardson (Cleveland.com)

Government agency or public official involved →: Democratic Party (state)

White House bars four print reporters from covering dinner between U.S., North Korea leaders

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 27, 2019
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Targets: Eli Stokols, Jeff Mason, Jonathan Lemire, Justin Sink

Government agency or public official involved →: Donald Trump

Trump stops regular press briefings, citing unfair media treatment

Incident Details

Updated On: April 23, 2019
Date of Incident: January 23, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: White House Correspondent's Association

Government agency or public official involved →: Donald Trump

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Iowa blogger denied press access to Statehouse

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 10, 2019
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Targets: Laura Belin (Independent)

Government agency or public official involved →: Iowa Legislature