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Boston TV station turns over interview recordings, notes ahead of murder trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 7, 2025
Location: Dedham, Massachusetts
Targets: WFXT

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 7, 2025: Pending

Feb. 19, 2025: Upheld

March 3, 2025: Carried out
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

More than 75 Lee Enterprises newspapers affected by cyberattack

Incident Details

Updated on: February 27, 2025
Date of incident: February 3, 2025
Location: Davenport, Iowa
Targets: Lee Enterprises

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Freelance photojournalist arrested at anti-deportation protest in Indiana

Incident Details

Updated on: March 27, 2025
Date of incident: January 18, 2025
Location: Gary, Indiana
Targets: Matthew Kaplan (Freelance)

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

Jan. 18, 2025: Charges pending

March 27, 2025: Charges dropped

Obstruction: resisting law enforcement

Jan. 18, 2025: Charges pending

March 27, 2025: Charges dropped

Trespassing: criminal trespass

Jan. 18, 2025: Charges pending

March 27, 2025: Charges dropped
Detention date →: January 18, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Two journalists removed from briefing after interrupting Blinken

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 16, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Sam Husseini (Independent), Max Blumenthal (The Grayzone)

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Kansas House bans reporting from floor, mirroring move in Senate

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 10, 2025
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

Colorado TV reporter tackled, choked outside station in apparent bias attack

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 18, 2024
Location: Grand Junction, Colorado
Targets: Ja’Ronn Alex (KKCO/KJCT)

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

New Yorker writer subpoenaed ahead of Massachusetts murder trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 18, 2024
Location: Brockton, Massachusetts
Targets: Eren Orbey (The New Yorker), Condé Nast

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Dec. 18, 2024: Pending

Feb. 7, 2025: Upheld

March 14, 2025: Objected to
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Freelance reporter subpoenaed in connection with defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 18, 2024
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Targets: Lily Dobrovolskaya (Freelance)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Dec. 18, 2024: Pending

Jan. 16, 2025: Objected to

March 7, 2025: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

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