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New York Times reporter assaulted, cameras stolen and damaged amid Capitol riot

Incident Details

Updated On: September 12, 2024
Date of Incident: January 6, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Erin Schaff (The New York Times)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

Camera lens, 1

Press identification, 1
Actor →: Private individual

FOX 8 photojournalist attacked while reporting on NC dog kennel violations

Incident Details

Updated On: August 14, 2024
Date of Incident: July 28, 2022
Location: Thomasville, North Carolina
Targets: Derrick Deon Reid (WGHP)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

Vehicle, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Turkish journalist slapped repeatedly during live broadcast in Pennsylvania

Incident Details

Updated On: August 8, 2024
Date of Incident: June 1, 2024
Location: Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
Targets: Yunus Paksoy (CNN Türk)

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

New York Post reporter threatened, kicked by woman wielding machete

Incident Details

Updated On: June 25, 2024
Date of Incident: May 23, 2023
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Reuven Fenton (New York Post)

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

Photojournalist threatened, chased by woman wielding machete

Incident Details

Updated On: June 25, 2024
Date of Incident: May 23, 2023
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Robert Miller (New York Post)

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

Freelance journalist struck with book at NYC protest against drag story hour

Incident Details

Updated On: June 10, 2024
Date of Incident: December 16, 2023
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Talia (Jane) Ben-Ora (Freelance)

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

OC Weekly intern Frank Tristan attacked at pro-Trump rally

Incident Details

Updated On: April 4, 2024
Date of Incident: March 25, 2017
Location: Huntington Beach, California
Targets: Frank Tristan (OC Weekly)

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

AP photojournalist assaulted by bystander during event in Philadelphia

Incident Details

Updated On: March 21, 2024
Date of Incident: June 4, 2020
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Targets: Matt Rourke (The Associated Press)

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

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