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Judge dismisses defamation suit against Kansas City Star

Incident Details

Updated on: October 30, 2019
Date of incident: July 2, 2019
Location: Johnson County, Kansas
Targets: Steve Rose (The Kansas City Star), The Kansas City Star

Other Incident

Portland journalist attacked, equipment stolen at protest

Incident Details

Updated on: August 21, 2023
Date of incident: June 29, 2019
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 20CV19618
Targets: Andy Ngo (Independent)
Case status: Verdict issued
Type of case: Civil

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

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

An order limiting photography outside Arizona appellate courts gets scaled back after criticism

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 28, 2019
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Targets: Media

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

Independent photographer stopped for secondary screening, devices seized

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 28, 2019
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Tim Stegmaier (Independent)

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1

Computer, 1

Camera, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

New Mexico settles lawsuit alleging violations of state’s public records law

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 27, 2019
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Targets: Santa Fe Reporter

Other Incident

Newsday reporter threatened and ordered out of the locker room following Mets loss in Chicago

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 23, 2019
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Tim Healey (Newsday)

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Photojournalist arrested while covering climate demonstration, equipment seized

Incident Details

Updated on: July 15, 2019
Date of incident: June 22, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Michael Nigro (Independent)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: New York City Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing: criminal trespass

June 22, 2019: Charges pending

July 15, 2019: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Press identification, 1

Cellphone, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

New York Knicks fined $50,000 for barring NY Daily News from press event

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 21, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: [New York] Daily News

Other Incident

Man arrested for assaulting reporter outside of Trump’s reelection announcement rally

Incident Details

Updated on: September 16, 2019
Date of incident: June 18, 2019
Location: Orlando, Florida
Targets: Michael Williams (Orlando Sentinel)

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

New Yorker staff writer subpoenaed for testimony in civil rights lawsuit

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 18, 2019
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Nicholas Schmidle (The New Yorker)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

June 18, 2019: Pending

July 23, 2019: Objected to

Oct. 18, 2019: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

BuzzFeed receives first subpoena in ongoing Unsworth-Musk defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated on: October 28, 2019
Date of incident: June 14, 2019
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: BuzzFeed News

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

June 14, 2019: Pending

July 1, 2019: Objected to

Oct. 28, 2019: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

Journalist assaulted while covering protest in Memphis

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 12, 2019
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: Patrick Niedzwiedz (WATN-TV)

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

Freelance photographer attacked after Stanley Cup by man yelling support of Trump

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 12, 2019
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Scott Eisen (Freelance)

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

Journalist assaulted, pushed to the ground while covering protest in Memphis

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 12, 2019
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: Luke Jones (WREG-TV)

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

Marine Corps denies veteran and Newsweek reporter interview in apparent retaliation for prior reporting

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 7, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: James LaPorta (Newsweek)

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Pennsylvania journalist barred from publishing document mistakenly made public, order vacated

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2019
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Targets: Reid Frazier (The Allegheny Front), StateImpact Pennsylvania

Status of prior restraint →: Struck down
Mistakenly released materials? →: Yes

Broadcast journalist threatened at gunpoint in Texas

Incident Details

Updated on: August 21, 2025
Date of incident: May 30, 2019
Location: Killeen, Texas
Targets: Emani Payne (KCEN-TV)

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

Reporters removed from Kansas Senate floor, threatened with loss of press passes

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2019
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Targets: Alec Gartner (KSNT), John Hanna (The Associated Press), Jonathan Shorman (The Kansas City Star), Sherman Smith (The Topeka Capital-Journal)

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Government event

Miami freelancer has phone and camera seized by police

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 25, 2019
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Jacob Katel (Freelance)

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1

Camera, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Freelance reporter stopped while crossing border; passport card photographed

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 24, 2019
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: Nate Abaurrea (Freelance)

Border point →: San Ysidro Port of Entry
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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