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NC blogger issued no-contact, no-trespass orders after confronting county attorney

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 16, 2024
Location: Currituck, North Carolina
Targets: Thom Roddy (Blackwater Reports)

Status of Prior Restraint →: Upheld
Mistakenly Released Materials? →: No

Reporter assaulted by security for Ghanaian national soccer team

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 14, 2023
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Targets: Seidu Adamu (442 Ghana)

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

Judge again bars media from publishing on expelled student or his lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated On: November 28, 2023
Date of Incident: October 10, 2023
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Targets: Media

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly Released Materials? →: No

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
Mistakenly Released Materials? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Work product, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: In custody
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

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
Mistakenly Released Materials? →: No

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

Reporter arrested, phone confiscated while covering NC homeless camp eviction

Incident Details

Updated On: February 19, 2025
Date of Incident: December 25, 2021
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Case number: 1:24-cv-00307
Targets: Matilda Bliss (The Asheville Blade)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Asheville Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Dec. 26, 2021: Charges pending

April 19, 2023: Convicted

April 19, 2023: Pending appeal

June 16, 2023: Convicted

March 22, 2024: Pending appeal

Feb. 19, 2025: Convicted
Release Date →: December 26, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Jan. 1, 2022: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Journalist arrested while covering North Carolina homeless camp eviction

Incident Details

Updated On: February 19, 2025
Date of Incident: December 25, 2021
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Case number: 1:24-cv-00307
Targets: Veronica Coit (The Asheville Blade)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Asheville Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Dec. 26, 2021: Charges pending

April 19, 2023: Convicted

April 19, 2023: Pending appeal

June 16, 2023: Convicted

March 22, 2024: Pending appeal

Feb. 19, 2025: Convicted
Release Date →: December 26, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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