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Illinois County judge orders watchdog publication not to publish school records released by lawyer

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 4, 2019
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Better Government Association

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

Journalist subpoenaed for reporting materials by Jason Miller, Trump’s former adviser

Incident Details

Updated on: August 27, 2019
Date of incident: February 4, 2019
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: J. Arthur Bloom (Independent)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 4, 2019: Pending

Aug. 27, 2019: Ignored
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

IRS employee charged with leaking suspicious financial transactions to prominent lawyer and the media

Incident Details

Updated on: January 17, 2020
Date of incident: February 4, 2019
Location: San Francisco, California

Alleged recipient of leak →: Ronan Farrow (The New Yorker)
Charged under Espionage Act →: No

BuzzFeed News reporter aggressively questioned about reporting at passport checkpoint

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 3, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: David Mack (BuzzFeed News)

Border point →: John F. Kennedy International Airport
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. permanent resident (green card)
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

WLTX reporters arrested in Columbia, S.C.

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 29, 2019
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Targets: Jenna Kurzyna (WLTX)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Private security
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Portland man arrested for stalking, harassing Oregon editor

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 29, 2019
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: The Oregonian

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Federal judge orders Chicago Sun-Times not to publish information

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 2019
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Chicago Sun-Times

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

California Attorney General threatens reporters with legal action over public record

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 29, 2019
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Jason Paladino (UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program; Investigative Studios), Robert Lewis (UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program; Investigative Studios)

Chilling Statement

South Carolina Housing Authority arrests two reporters

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 29, 2019
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Targets: Susan Ardis (WLTX)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Private security
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Journalist stopped at the border for the second time, camera searched

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 26, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Manuel Rapalo (Freelance)

Border point →: Washington, D.C.
Target nationality →: United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Equipment bag, 1

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

Reporter hit in face, has phone stolen while interviewing voters in Los Angeles

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 26, 2019
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Tina-Desiree Berg (Washington Babylon)

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

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

Trump stops regular press briefings, citing unfair media treatment

Incident Details

Updated on: April 23, 2019
Date of incident: January 23, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: White House Press Corps

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: White House
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

Subpoena issued for contents of Illinois government watchdog’s Dropbox account

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 23, 2019
Location: Algonquin Township, Illinois
Targets: Edgar County Watchdogs

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Jan. 23, 2019: Pending

Feb. 8, 2019: Objected to

Feb. 11, 2019: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Colorado judge strikes down order preventing CBS4 from publishing

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 23, 2019
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: KCNC-TV

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

N.D. legislature considers bill shielding pipeline projects from public records requests

Incident Details

Updated on: April 9, 2019
Date of incident: January 22, 2019
Location: Bismark, North Dakota
Targets: Media

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Photojournalist questioned by CBP in Detroit after being denied entry to Mexico

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Incident Details

Updated on: January 26, 2026
Date of incident: January 18, 2019
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Case number: 1:19-cv-06570
Targets: Kitra Cahana (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Journalist denied entry into Mexico found on government’s secret database

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Incident Details

Updated on: January 26, 2026
Date of incident: January 17, 2019
Location: Montreal, Canada
Case number: 1:19-cv-06570
Targets: Kitra Cahana (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Border point →: Montréal–Trudeau 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

American-born Iranian journalist arrested and held as material witness in grand jury case

Incident Details

Updated on: January 24, 2019
Date of incident: January 13, 2019
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Marzieh Hashemi (Press TV [Iran])

Other Incident

Journalist attacked during live broadcast at scene of California mass overdose

Incident Details

Updated on: March 11, 2020
Date of incident: January 12, 2019
Location: Chico, California
Targets: Meaghan Mackey (KRCR-TV)

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

Court orders journalist to write blog, censor replies as part of sentencing

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 11, 2019
Location: Franklin, North Carolina
Targets: Davin Eldridge (Trappalachia)

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

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