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Freelance journalist subpoenaed by financial firm that he wrote about

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 14, 2018
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Arun Gupta (The Nation)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Feb. 14, 2018: Pending

Feb. 28, 2018: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

KGTV journalist subpoenaed to testify about car accident he witnessed

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 13, 2018
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: Paul Anderegg (KGTV)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Feb. 13, 2018: Pending

Feb. 14, 2018: Objected to

March 29, 2018: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

DOJ secretly seizes phone and email records belonging to New York Times reporter Ali Watkins

Incident Details

Updated on: June 13, 2018
Date of incident: February 13, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Ali Watkins (The New York Times)

Legal orders →: other for communications or work product

Feb. 13, 2018: Carried out
Legal order target →: Third-party: Google (tech company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

Las Vegas judge orders Review-Journal and AP not to report on publicly-available autopsy report

Incident Details

Updated on: February 27, 2018
Date of incident: February 9, 2018
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Associated Press

Status of prior restraint →: Struck down
Mistakenly released materials? →: No

Photographer chased onto highway after trying to interview New Jersey funeral director

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 7, 2018
Location: Hackettstown, New Jersey
Targets: Andrew Mills (NJ Advance Media)

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

Reporter chased onto highway after trying to interview New Jersey funeral director

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 7, 2018
Location: Hackettstown, New Jersey
Targets: Stephen Stirling (NJ Advance Media)

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

PIX11 reporter Howard Thompson attacked with bat during interview

Incident Details

Updated on: November 26, 2019
Date of incident: February 6, 2018
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Howard Thompson (WPIX)

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

PIX11 photographer John Frasse attacked with bat during interview

Incident Details

Updated on: November 26, 2019
Date of incident: February 6, 2018
Location: New York, New York
Targets: John Frasse (WPIX)

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

Health care reporter kicked off press call following critical coverage of federal agency

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 1, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Virgil Dickinson (Modern Healthcare)

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

Chicago Tribune subpoenaed in Laquan McDonald murder case

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 29, 2018
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Chicago Tribune

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Jan. 29, 2018: Pending
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Chicago Sun-Times subpoenaed in Laquan McDonald murder case

Incident Details

Updated on: April 22, 2024
Date of incident: January 29, 2018
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Chicago Sun-Times

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Jan. 29, 2018: Pending

Unknown date: Objected to

Unknown date: Dropped
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Daily Herald subpoenaed in Laquan McDonald murder case

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 29, 2018
Location: Arlington Heights, Illinois
Targets: [Chicago] Daily Herald

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Jan. 29, 2018: Pending
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

New Hampshire prosecutor demands newspaper hand over unpublished interview

Incident Details

Updated on: April 3, 2018
Date of incident: January 29, 2018
Location: Dover, New Hampshire
Targets: Brian Early (Foster’s Daily Democrat)

Legal orders →: Motion to compel for communications or work product

Jan. 29, 2018: Upheld

Feb. 7, 2018: Objected to

April 3, 2018: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Man arrested after threatening to kill CNN staffers

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 22, 2018
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: CNN

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California Highway Patrol officer stops local radio host, seizes his press pass

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 20, 2018
Location: Montecito, California
Targets: Marcus Victor (KZAA-FM)

Government agency or public official involved →: Law enforcement: State
Type of denial →: Press credential or media list, Other

Equipment searched or seized →: Press identification, 1
Status of equipment →: In custody
Search warrant obtained →: No

Documentary journalist Nora Donaghy subpoenaed to testify before grand jury

Incident Details

Updated on: January 26, 2018
Date of incident: January 18, 2018
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Nora Donaghy (Entertainment One)

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: Yes

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Jan. 18, 2018: Pending

Jan. 18, 2018: Carried out

subpoena for other testimony

Jan. 17, 2018: Pending

Unknown date: Objected to

Jan. 26, 2018: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Documentary journalist William Erb subpoenaed to testify before grand jury

Incident Details

Updated on: January 26, 2018
Date of incident: January 17, 2018
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: William Erb (Entertainment One)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Jan. 17, 2018: Pending

Unknown date: Objected to

Jan. 26, 2018: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Subpoena for WCAX-TV footage of police shooting quashed; decision unsealed more than a year later

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 17, 2018
Location: Burlington, Vermont
Targets: WCAX-TV

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Jan. 17, 2018: Pending

Jan. 26, 2018: Objected to

Feb. 16, 2018: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

White House aides shout down CNN’s Jim Acosta as he questions President Trump

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 16, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Jim Acosta (CNN)

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

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Freelance journalist subpoenaed by financial firm that he wrote about

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KGTV journalist subpoenaed to testify about car accident he witnessed

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DOJ secretly seizes phone and email records belonging to New York Times reporter Ali Watkins

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Las Vegas judge orders Review-Journal and AP not to report on publicly-available autopsy report

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Photographer chased onto highway after trying to interview New Jersey funeral director

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Reporter chased onto highway after trying to interview New Jersey funeral director

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PIX11 reporter Howard Thompson attacked with bat during interview

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PIX11 photographer John Frasse attacked with bat during interview

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Health care reporter kicked off press call following critical coverage of federal agency

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Chicago Tribune subpoenaed in Laquan McDonald murder case

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Chicago Sun-Times subpoenaed in Laquan McDonald murder case

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Daily Herald subpoenaed in Laquan McDonald murder case

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New Hampshire prosecutor demands newspaper hand over unpublished interview

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Man arrested after threatening to kill CNN staffers

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California Highway Patrol officer stops local radio host, seizes his press pass

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Documentary journalist Nora Donaghy subpoenaed to testify before grand jury

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Documentary journalist William Erb subpoenaed to testify before grand jury

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Subpoena for WCAX-TV footage of police shooting quashed; decision unsealed more than a year later

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White House aides shout down CNN’s Jim Acosta as he questions President Trump

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Trump vows to take a ‘strong look’ at libel laws

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