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Massachusetts reporter arrested for threatening Walpole Times reporter

Incident Details

Updated on: October 1, 2019
Date of incident: July 6, 2018
Location: Walpole, Massachusetts
Targets: Unidentified reporter 3 (GateHouse Media)

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Denver police officers arrest journalist for taking photos

Incident Details

Updated on: September 30, 2019
Date of incident: July 5, 2018
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: Susan Greene (The Colorado Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Denver Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

Independent journalist Matt Lee forcibly removed from UN, stripped of press credentials

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 3, 2018
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Matt Lee (Independent)

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

Freelance multimedia reporter stopped at San Ysidro border crossing, questioned about reporting

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 2018
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: Brooke Binkowski (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? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Journalist stopped at the border multiple times, told passport is flagged

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 2018
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: Brooke Binkowski (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? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Photojournalist Liam Cohen pepper-sprayed by police while covering Patriot Prayer rally

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 30, 2018
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Liam Cohen (Freelance)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

Editor killed in Capital Gazette newsroom shooting by man upset with newspaper coverage

Incident Details

Updated on: January 3, 2023
Date of incident: June 28, 2018
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Case number: C-02-CV-21-000820
Targets: Gerald Fischman (Capital Gazette)
Case status: Ongoing, Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Oregon cameraman attacked while covering ICE protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 28, 2018
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Carter Maynard (KATU)

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

Sports reporter killed in Capital Gazette newsroom shooting by man upset with newspaper coverage

Incident Details

Updated on: January 3, 2023
Date of incident: June 28, 2018
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Case number: C-02-CV-21-000820
Targets: John McNamara (Capital Gazette)
Case status: Ongoing, Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Columnist killed in Capital Gazette newsroom shooting by man upset with newspaper coverage

Incident Details

Updated on: January 3, 2023
Date of incident: June 28, 2018
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Case number: C-02-CV-21-000820
Targets: Rob Hiaasen (Capital Gazette)
Case status: Ongoing, Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Community news reporter killed in Capital Gazette newsroom shooting by man upset with newspaper coverage

Incident Details

Updated on: January 3, 2023
Date of incident: June 28, 2018
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Case number: C-02-CV-21-000820
Targets: Wendi Winters (Capital Gazette)
Case status: Ongoing, Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Capital Gazette doors shattered by armed gunman

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 28, 2018
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Targets: Capital Gazette

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

Photographer shot at while fleeing Capital Gazette newsroom gunman

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 28, 2018
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Case number: C-02-CV-21-000820
Targets: Paul W. Gillespie (Capital Gazette)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Crime reporter hid from Capital Gazette newsroom gunman

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 28, 2018
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Case number: C-02-CV-21-000820
Targets: Phil Davis (Capital Gazette)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Reporter injured while hiding from Capital Gazette newsroom gunman

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 28, 2018
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Case number: C-02-CV-21-000820
Targets: Rachael Pacella (Capital Gazette)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Reporter hid from Capital Gazette newsroom gunman

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 28, 2018
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Case number: C-02-CV-21-000820
Targets: Selene San Felice (Capital Gazette)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Sports intern hid from Capital Gazette newsroom gunman

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 28, 2018
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Case number: C-02-CV-21-000820
Targets: Anthony Messenger (Capital Gazette)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

New York Times reporter subpoenaed to testify in murder trial

Incident Details

Updated on: November 18, 2018
Date of incident: June 27, 2018
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Frances Robles (The New York Times)

Other Incident

DHS agents interrupt CBS News interview with ICE whistleblower

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 27, 2018
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Jamie Yuccas (CBS News)

Other Incident

Federal judge quashes subpoena of Indiana newspaper’s communications

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 27, 2018
Location: Elkhart, Indiana
Targets: South Bend Tribune

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

June 27, 2018: Pending

July 26, 2018: Objected to

Feb. 26, 2019: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

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