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Judge orders ProPublica Illinois, other media, not to publish details of juvenile court case

Incident Details

Updated on: April 15, 2019
Date of incident: March 14, 2019
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Media, ProPublica Illinois

Status of prior restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly released materials? →: No

Ohio political reporter removed from Democratic Party mailing list, reinstated by chair

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 2019
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Targets: Seth Richardson (The [Cleveland] Plain Dealer)

Government agency or public official involved →: Democratic Party (state)
Type of denial →: Press credential or media list

Sacramento photojournalist pushed to the ground by police while covering protest, his camera damaged

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 4, 2019
Location: Sacramento, California
Targets: Hector Amezcua (The Sacramento Bee)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1

Miscellaneous equipment, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Three journalists arrested while covering Stephon Clark protest in Sacramento

Incident Details

Updated on: April 25, 2019
Date of incident: March 4, 2019
Location: Sacramento, California
Targets: Scott Rodd (Sacramento Business Journal)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Sacramento Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

March 4, 2019: Charges pending

April 11, 2019: Charges dropped
Detention date →: March 4, 2019
Release date →: March 5, 2019
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Nevada judge orders online journalist to reveal sources, says not protected by shield law

Incident Details

Updated on: June 15, 2020
Date of incident: March 4, 2019
Location: Carson City, Nevada
Targets: Sam Toll (The Storey Teller)

Legal orders →: Motion to compel for testimony about confidential source

March 4, 2019: Upheld

March 18, 2019: Objected to

March 19, 2020: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Student journalist among reporters arrested while covering Sacramento protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 4, 2019
Location: Sacramento, California
Targets: William Coburn (The [Sacramento State University] State Hornet)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Sacramento Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

March 5, 2019: Charges pending

March 8, 2019: Charges dropped
Detention date →: March 4, 2019
Release date →: March 5, 2019
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Sacramento Bee reporter detained while covering protest march

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 4, 2019
Location: Sacramento, California
Targets: Dale Kasler (The Sacramento Bee)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Sacramento Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

March 4, 2019: Charges pending

March 4, 2019: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

San Francisco police seize multiple phone records of independent journalist Bryan Carmody

Incident Details

Updated on: May 26, 2020
Date of incident: March 1, 2019
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Bryan Carmody (North Bay News)

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

May 9, 2019: Pending

May 10, 2019: Carried out

May 16, 2019: Objected to

Aug. 2, 2019: Quashed

warrant for communications or work product

May 10, 2019: Pending

May 10, 2019: Carried out

May 16, 2019: Objected to

Aug. 2, 2019: Quashed
Legal order target →: Third-party: Verizon, AT&T (telecom company)
Legal order venue →: State

White House bars four print reporters from covering dinner between U.S., North Korea leaders

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 27, 2019
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Targets: Eli Stokols (Los Angeles Times), Jeff Mason (Reuters), Jonathan Lemire (The Associated Press), Justin Sink (Bloomberg News)

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

Undercover police threaten to arrest journalist after he films the search of a black man

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 26, 2019
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Targets: Mike Elk (Payday Report)

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Pennsylvania judge denies energy company’s subpoena of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette staff

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 25, 2019
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Targets: Don Hopey (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 25, 2019: Pending

March 11, 2019: Objected to

May 3, 2019: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Judge quashes energy company’s subpoena of former Post-Gazette managing editor

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 25, 2019
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Targets: Sally Stapleton (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 25, 2019: Pending

March 11, 2019: Objected to

May 3, 2019: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Judge quashes energy company’s subpoena of Post-Gazette reporter, staff

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 25, 2019
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Targets: David Templeton (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 25, 2019: Pending

March 11, 2019: Objected to

May 3, 2019: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

CBS San Francisco news reporter robbed at gunpoint, security guard shot

Incident Details

Updated on: October 18, 2021
Date of incident: February 24, 2019
Location: Oakland, California
Targets: Joe Vazquez (KPIX-TV)

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

CBS San Francisco photographer robbed at gunpoint, security guard shot

Incident Details

Updated on: October 18, 2021
Date of incident: February 24, 2019
Location: Oakland, California
Targets: John Anglin (KPIX-TV)

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

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

New Yorker staff writer subpoenaed for 'all documents' around 2014 article

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 22, 2019
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Nicholas Schmidle (The New Yorker)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 22, 2019: Pending

Nov. 8, 2019: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Second subpoena issued for content of Illinois watchdog’s Dropbox account

Incident Details

Updated on: July 10, 2019
Date of incident: February 22, 2019
Location: Algonquin Township, Illinois
Targets: Edgar County Watchdogs

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 22, 2019: Pending

March 1, 2025: Objected to

April 16, 2019: Upheld

Unknown date: Objected to

July 10, 2019: Quashed
Legal order target →: Third-party: Dropbox (tech company)
Legal order venue →: State

Trump uses Twitter to endorse Covington student’s lawsuit against The Washington Post

Incident Details

Updated on: July 24, 2020
Date of incident: February 20, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: The Washington Post

Chilling Statement

Subpoena issued for Illinois-based government watchdog’s communications

Incident Details

Updated on: May 31, 2024
Date of incident: February 19, 2019
Location: Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Targets: Edgar County Watchdogs

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 19, 2019: Pending

Unknown date: Objected to

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

Town marshal stops young journalist in Arizona, threatens to arrest her

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 18, 2019
Location: Patagonia, Arizona
Targets: Hilde Kate Lysiak (Orange Street News)

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