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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

Iowa blogger denied press access to Statehouse

Incident Details

Updated on: April 2, 2024
Date of incident: January 10, 2019
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Case number: 4:24-cv-00021
Targets: Laura Belin (Bleeding Heartland)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice, Press credential or media list

Judge quashes subpoena of New York Post reporter

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 7, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Susan Edelman (New York Post)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Jan. 7, 2019: Pending

June 4, 2019: Objected to

Aug. 9, 2019: Quashed

Aug. 19, 2019: Objected to

Nov. 12, 2019: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Independent filmmaker stopped for second time while crossing U.S.-Mexico border, car and phone searched

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 6, 2019
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: Anonymous documentary journalist 2 (Independent)

Border point →: San Ysidro Port of Entry
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1

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

Journalist stopped at the US-Mexico border, questioned about immigration reporting

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 5, 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? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

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

Photojournalist pulled into secondary screening at border

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Incident Details

Updated on: January 26, 2026
Date of incident: January 5, 2019
Location: San Diego, California
Case number: 1:19-cv-06570
Targets: Mark Abramson (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Photojournalist questioned at San Ysidro border, separated from camera

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Incident Details

Updated on: January 26, 2026
Date of incident: January 4, 2019
Location: San Diego, California
Case number: 1:19-cv-06570
Targets: Ariana Drehsler (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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? →: Yes
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Photojournalist questioned at U.S.-Mexico border for second time

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Incident Details

Updated on: January 26, 2026
Date of incident: January 2, 2019
Location: San Diego, California
Case number: 1:19-cv-06570
Targets: Ariana Drehsler (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Photojournalist stopped and questioned at US-Mexico border

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 2019
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: Emilio Fraile (Freelance)

Border point →: San Ysidro Port of Entry
Target nationality →: Spain
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. non-resident
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

U.S.-based news outlets funded by Russia ordered to register as foreign agents

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: RIA Novosti [Russia], RM Broadcasting

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Rash of cyberattacks in 2019, multiple news organizations hit

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 2019
Location: Multiple
Targets: Entercom, Max Media, The Weather Channel, Townsquare Media, Urban One, WMNF-FM

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Photojournalist questioned at San Ysidro border

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Incident Details

Updated on: January 26, 2026
Date of incident: December 30, 2018
Location: San Diego, California
Case number: 1:19-cv-06570
Targets: Ariana Drehsler (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Cyberattack disrupts Tribune newspaper computer systems and delivery across the U.S.

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 29, 2018
Location: Multiple
Targets: Capital Gazette, Chicago Tribune, Hartford Courant, Los Angeles Times, [New York] Daily News, Orlando Sentinel, South Florida Sun Sentinel, The Baltimore Sun, The San Diego Union-Tribune

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Student photojournalist stopped at US-Mexico border for secondary screening

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Incident Details

Updated on: January 26, 2026
Date of incident: December 29, 2018
Location: San Diego, California
Case number: 1:19-cv-06570
Targets: Bing Guan (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1
Status of equipment →: Searched without seizure
Search warrant obtained →: No

Photojournalist stopped at US-Mexico border for secondary screening

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Incident Details

Updated on: January 26, 2026
Date of incident: December 29, 2018
Location: San Diego, California
Case number: 1:19-cv-06570
Targets: Go Nakamura (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1
Status of equipment →: Searched without seizure
Search warrant obtained →: No

Subject of reporting attempts to force journalist to reveal a source

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 28, 2018
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Teri Buhl (Independent)

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Independent filmmaker stopped while crossing U.S.-Mexico border

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 28, 2018
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: Anonymous documentary journalist 2 (Independent)

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? →: No

Filmmaker Saeed Taji Farouky has device taken and searched upon arrival in U.S.

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 23, 2018
Location: Florida
Targets: Saeed Taji Farouky (Independent)

Border point →: United Kingdom
Target nationality →: United Kingdom
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. non-resident
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Independent journalist cited for trespassing in Florida city hall

Incident Details

Updated on: December 2, 2019
Date of incident: December 20, 2018
Location: Punta Gorda, Florida
Case number: 2:19-cv-00484
Targets: Andrew Sheets (Independent)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Civil

Arresting authority →: Punta Gorda Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Dec. 20, 2018: Convicted

July 12, 2019: Pending appeal

Dec. 2, 2019: Convicted
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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