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Kari Lake targets press as senior adviser for U.S. Agency for Global Media

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 22, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Alhurra, Alhurra-Iraq, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio y Televisión Martí, Sawa Iraq, Sawa Levant, Voice of America

Chilling Statement

Illinois community journalist says fee for library meeting space is retaliatory

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 22, 2025
Location: Elmwood Park, Illinois
Targets: Kevin Gosztola (Elmwood Park Advocate)

Other Incident

WSJ reporter pulled from press pool in retaliation for Epstein article

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 21, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Tarini Parti (The Wall Street Journal)

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: White House
Type of denial →: Government event

Celebrity commentator subpoenaed by Blake Lively for communications

Incident Details

Updated on: September 12, 2025
Date of incident: July 19, 2025
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Perez Hilton (PerezHilton.com)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

July 19, 2025: Pending

July 28, 2025: Objected to

Sept. 12, 2025: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Cincinnati reporter arrested as protest spills across bridge to Kentucky

Incident Details

Updated on: November 13, 2025
Date of incident: July 17, 2025
Location: Covington, Kentucky
Targets: Madeline Fening ([Cincinnati] CityBeat)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Covington Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: disorderly conduct

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

Nov. 13, 2025: Charges dropped

Obstruction: obstructing an emergency responder

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

Nov. 13, 2025: Charges dropped

Rioting

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

July 23, 2025: Charges dropped

Rioting: failure to disperse

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

Nov. 13, 2025: Charges dropped

Rioting: unlawful assembly

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

Sept. 24, 2025: Charges dropped

Traffic violation: obstructing a highway or public passage

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

Nov. 13, 2025: Charges dropped
Detention date →: July 17, 2025
Release date →: July 18, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Cincinnati photojournalist arrested as protest spills across bridge to Kentucky

Incident Details

Updated on: October 2, 2025
Date of incident: July 17, 2025
Location: Covington, Kentucky
Targets: Lucas Griffith ([Cincinnati] CityBeat)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Covington Police Department
Charges →: Rioting

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

July 23, 2025: Charges dropped

Rioting: failure to disperse

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

Oct. 2, 2025: Convicted

Rioting: unlawful assembly

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

Sept. 17, 2025: Charges dropped

Traffic violation: obstructing a highway or public passage

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

Oct. 2, 2025: Acquitted

Obstruction: disorderly conduct

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

Oct. 2, 2025: Acquitted

Obstruction: obstructing an emergency responder

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

Oct. 2, 2025: Acquitted

Obstruction: resisting arrest

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

Sept. 17, 2025: Charges dropped
Detention date →: July 17, 2025
Release date →: July 18, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Congressman accuses Fox of deceptively editing Trump’s Epstein remarks

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 17, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Fox News

Chilling Statement

Florida broadcast photographer attacked by restaurant employee

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 17, 2025
Location: Hialeah, Florida
Targets: Frank Debesa (WPLG)

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

Reporter attacked, microphone damaged by restaurant employee

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 17, 2025
Location: Hialeah, Florida
Targets: Jeff Weinsier (WPLG)

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

Equipment damaged →: Recording equipment, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Photojournalist threatened while covering public drug use in Boston

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 16, 2025
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Barry Chin (The Boston Globe)

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

Boston Globe reporter threatened while covering public drug use in Boston

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 16, 2025
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Niki Griswold (The Boston Globe)

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

Photographer shot with crowd-control munitions at Southern California protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 10, 2025
Location: Camarillo, California
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 40 (KABC-TV)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Unknown

Man charged with vandalizing weather radar at Oklahoma TV station

Incident Details

Updated on: February 18, 2026
Date of incident: July 6, 2025
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Targets: KWTV-DT

Equipment damaged →: Weather radar, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Videographer struck with projectiles by federal officers at Oregon ICE protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 9, 2026
Date of incident: July 4, 2025
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:25-cv-02170
Targets: Mason Lake (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Class Action

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Documentarian shoved by DHS officer at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 4, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Rocky Romano (Winters Rock Entertainment)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Police officer shoves freelance photojournalist at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 4, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Ethan Noah Roy (Freelance)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Blake Lively subpoenas Google for journalists’ account information

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 3, 2025
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Andy Signore (Popcorned Planet), Katie Paulson (Without A Crystal Ball), Kjersti Flaa (FlaawsomeTalk)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

July 3, 2025: Pending

July 31, 2025: Objected to

Aug. 4, 2025: Dropped

subpoena for communications or work product

July 3, 2025: Pending

July 26, 2025: Dropped

subpoena for communications or work product

July 3, 2025: Pending

July 26, 2025: Dropped
Legal order target →: Third-party: Google (tech company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

YouTuber subpoenaed by Blake Lively for communications with Justin Baldoni

Incident Details

Updated on: December 2, 2025
Date of incident: July 2, 2025
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Popcorned Planet

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

July 2, 2025: Pending

July 25, 2025: Objected to

Dec. 2, 2025: Upheld

Dec. 11, 2025: Objected to
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

Photojournalist arrested while covering scene of Northern California fire

Incident Details

Updated on: October 2, 2025
Date of incident: July 2, 2025
Location: Esparto, California
Targets: Richard Grant (San Francisco Chronicle)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: California Highway Patrol
Charges →: Trespassing: unauthorized entry into a closed emergency area

July 2, 2025: Charges pending

Oct. 2, 2025: Charges dropped
Detention date →: July 2, 2025
Release date →: July 3, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Publisher charged for refusing to unpublish police blotter entry on NJ news site

Incident Details

Updated on: July 24, 2025
Date of incident: June 27, 2025
Location: Red Bank, New Jersey
Targets: Kenny Katzgrau (Redbankgreen)

Arrest status →: Charged without arrest
Arresting authority →: Red Bank Borough Municipal Court
Charges →: Publishing: disclosure of expungement order

June 27, 2025: Charges pending

July 24, 2025: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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