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Broadcast reporter attacked, camera damaged while reporting in Florida

Incident Details

Updated on: October 26, 2021
Date of incident: November 28, 2019
Location: North Fort Myers, Florida
Targets: Delia D’Ambra (WBBH-TV)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Spokesman-Review subpoenaed in defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 25, 2019
Location: Spokane, Washington
Targets: The Spokesman-Review

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Nov. 25, 2019: Pending

June 1, 2021: Objected to

Jan. 10, 2023: Quashed

subpoena for communications or work product

Nov. 25, 2019: Pending

June 1, 2021: Objected to

Jan. 10, 2023: Upheld

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Congressman Nunes alleges CNN, Daily Beast ‘committed crimes’ in reporting, says will sue

Incident Details

Updated on: April 14, 2022
Date of incident: November 24, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: CNN, The Daily Beast

Other Incident

Photographer knocked to ground, camera damaged at football game

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 23, 2019
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Targets: Jamm Aquino (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

Assailant →: Public figure
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Equipment damaged →: Camera lens, 1
Actor →: Public figure

Arkansas broadcast journalist found in contempt of court, released on time served

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 19, 2019
Location: Bentonville, Arkansas
Targets: Nkiruka Azuka Omeronye (KNWA-TV)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Benton County Circuit Court
Charges →: Contempt of court

Nov. 19, 2019: Convicted
Detention date →: November 20, 2019
Release date →: November 20, 2019
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

NC judge grants then dissolves restraining order barring TV station from airing investigative report

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 13, 2019
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Targets: David Hodges (WBTV)

Status of prior restraint →: Struck down
Mistakenly released materials? →: No

NYC building owner assaults reporter, breaks station camera equipment

Incident Details

Updated on: November 7, 2023
Date of incident: November 12, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Michael Herzenberg (Spectrum News NY1)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Court grants motion to compel former editor to reveal confidential source

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 5, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Milo Yiannopoulos (Breitbart News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Nov. 5, 2019: Pending

Oct. 14, 2020: Upheld

Nov. 5, 2020: Ignored

Dec. 7, 2020: Upheld

Dec. 21, 2020: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Multimedia journalist assaulted while reporting in Charlotte

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 1, 2019
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Targets: Paige Pauroso (WBTV)

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

Fox News White House correspondent subpoenaed in defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 1, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Ellen Ratner (Fox News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Aug. 18, 2019: Pending

Jan. 7, 2020: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Tech investor attempts to compel U.S. journalist to identify confidential source

Incident Details

Updated on: June 30, 2021
Date of incident: October 31, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Marcus Baram (Fast Company)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Oct. 31, 2019: Pending

Feb. 18, 2020: Objected to

Oct. 3, 2020: Upheld

June 30, 2021: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Editor says arrest is in retaliation for his reporting

Incident Details

Updated on: December 6, 2019
Date of incident: October 25, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Max Blumenthal (The Grayzone)

Other Incident

White House plans to instruct federal agencies to cancel subscriptions to two major news outlets

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 24, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: The New York Times, The Washington Post

Chilling Statement

California journalists sued for ‘hacking’ city’s open Dropbox folder; barred from publishing

Incident Details

Updated on: May 12, 2021
Date of incident: October 24, 2019
Location: Fullerton, California
Targets: Friends for Fullerton’s Future

Status of prior restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly released materials? →: Yes

Reporter says White House senior adviser threatened to ‘delve’ into her personal life

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 23, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Caitlin Yilek (Washington Examiner)

Chilling Statement

Former House Speaker Gingrich says, if he could, he would eliminate the White House press corps

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 21, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: White House Press Corps

Chilling Statement

Trump’s anti-press language on Twitter mirrored in violent video created by supporter

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 2019
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Mika Brzezinski (MSNBC/MS NOW), Rachel Maddow (MSNBC/MS NOW), Media

Other Incident

Astros fire assistant general manager for inappropriate comments to reporters

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 19, 2019
Location: Houston, Texas
Targets: Stephanie Apstein (Sports Illustrated)

Other Incident

Journalist alleges bodyguard pushed, assaulted him outside San Francisco courthouse

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 15, 2019
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Phelim McAleer (Independent)

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

Documentarian questioned about film when returning from West Bank

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 10, 2019
Location: Dallas, Texas
Targets: Michael Rowley (Independent)

Border point →: Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
Target nationality →: United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

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