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Student journalists, adviser sue school, alleging intimidation

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 22, 2024
Location: Mountain View, California
Case number: 24CV431640
Targets: Hanna Olson (Mountain View High School Oracle), Hayes Duenow (Mountain View High School Oracle)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Other Incident

Student journalist reports being pushed while filming Princeton protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 9, 2023
Location: Princeton, New Jersey
Targets: Alexandra Orbuch (The Princeton Tory)

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

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 (Kentucky Kernel)

Other Incident

California journalism adviser threatened with suspension, rescinded after appeal

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 1, 2022
Location: Lake Balboa, California
Targets: The Pearl Post

Other Incident

Nebraska high school newspaper, class shuttered after publishing LGBTQ content

Incident Details

Updated On: October 16, 2023
Date of Incident: May 22, 2022
Location: Grand Island, Nebraska
Case number: 4:23-cv-03043
Targets: The Viking Saga
Case Status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Other Incident

Student journalist harassed, forced to delete photos while documenting protesters

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 14, 2021
Location: Long Beach, California
Targets: Abel Reyes (Independent)

Equipment Broken →: Work product, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Washington Post journalist subpoenaed for documents from college reporting

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 22, 2021
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Fenit Nirappil

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Apr. 22, 2021: Pending

May. 10, 2021: Objected to
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

Student journalist shoved to ground by state trooper while covering Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Estelle Timar-Wilcox (The Mac Weekly)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

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