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Times bureau chief questioned by customs officers when flying into NYC

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Jeffrey Gettleman (The New York Times)

Border point →: John F. Kennedy International 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

Albuquerque news crew watches as news van stolen during report on local crime

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 23, 2017
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Targets: KOB

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

Photojournalist Brooke Anderson struck with baton by Berkeley police officer while covering protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 20, 2017
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Brooke Anderson (Independent)

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

Student journalist arrested while covering protest in Minnesota

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 17, 2017
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: David Clarey ([University of] Minnesota Daily)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Minnesota State Patrol
Charges →: Obstruction: being a public nuisance

June 17, 2017: Charges pending

July 28, 2017: Charges dropped

Rioting: unlawful assembly

June 17, 2017: Charges pending

July 28, 2017: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Minneapolis journalist arrested while covering protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 17, 2017
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Susan Du (City Pages)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Minnesota State Patrol
Charges →: Obstruction: being a public nuisance

June 17, 2017: Charges pending

July 28, 2017: Charges dropped

Rioting: unlawful assembly

June 17, 2017: Charges pending

July 28, 2017: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Computer, 1

Work product, 1

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

Courthouse security officer handcuffs Syracuse court reporter, seizes his phone

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2017
Location: Syracuse, New York
Targets: Douglass Dowty (The [Syracuse] Post-Standard)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Onondaga County Courthouse Security
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Alpha News reporter Preya Samsundar attacked by protesters in Minnesota

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 10, 2017
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Targets: Preya Samsundar (Alpha News)

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

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

Reality Winner charged with leaking information to The Intercept

Incident Details

Updated on: June 14, 2021
Date of incident: June 3, 2017
Location: Augusta, Georgia

Alleged recipient of leak →: The Intercept
Charged under Espionage Act →: Yes

Al Jazeera journalist stopped and questioned in Los Angeles airport

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 27, 2017
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Ali Latifi (Al Jazeera [Qatar])

Border point →: Los Angeles International Airport
Target nationality →: Afghanistan

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

GOP Congressional candidate assaults Guardian U.S. reporter

Incident Details

Updated on: November 17, 2017
Date of incident: May 24, 2017
Location: Bozeman, Montana
Targets: Ben Jacobs (The Guardian)

Assailant →: Politician
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Journal & Topics editor Todd Wessell subpoenaed to reveal source

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 2017
Location: Des Plaines, Illinois
Targets: Todd Wessell (Journal & Topics Media Group)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

May 20, 2017: Pending

Aug. 16, 2017: Objected to

Dec. 6, 2017: Upheld

Feb. 21, 2018: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

BBC journalist questioned by US border agents, devices searched

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 18, 2017
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Ali Hamedani (BBC News [United Kingdom])

Border point →: O'Hare International Airport
Target nationality →: Iran

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Computer, 1

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

FCC security guards pin reporter against wall as he tries to ask FCC commissioner a question

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 18, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: John Donnelly (CQ Roll Call)

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

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Agency
Type of denial →: Other

DHS secretary jokes about using sword on reporters

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 17, 2017
Location: New London, Connecticut
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Reporter arrested for shouting questions at Trump cabinet official

Incident Details

Updated on: September 6, 2017
Date of incident: May 9, 2017
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Targets: Dan Heyman (Public News Service)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: West Virginia Capitol Police
Charges →: Obstruction: willful disruption of governmental process

May 9, 2017: Charges pending

Sept. 6, 2017: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

South Dakota state prosecutor subpoenas journalist

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 8, 2017
Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Targets: Dana Ferguson (Argus Leader Media)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

May 8, 2017: Pending

May 15, 2017: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Puerto Rico Department of Justice executes search warrant against three student media outlets

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 5, 2017
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Targets: Centro de Comunicación Estudiantil, [University of Puerto Rico] Diálogo, [University of Puerto Rico] Pulso Estudiantil

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

May 5, 2017: Pending

May 6, 2017: Carried out
Legal order target →: Third-party: Facebook (tech company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

Alaska state senator slaps journalist

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 2, 2017
Location: Juneau, Alaska
Targets: Nathaniel Herz (Alaska Dispatch News)

Assailant →: Politician
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Appeals court says that hearing in murder case can be secret

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 26, 2017
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Judiciary: State Court
Type of denial →: Other

TV reporter charged at by man with ax while covering eviction

Incident Details

Updated on: May 22, 2017
Date of incident: April 26, 2017
Location: Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Targets: Ben Hall (WTVF)

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

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