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Trump suggests taking away journalists’ press credentials in response to negative coverage

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 9, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

TV reporter Maria Lisignoli assaulted while documenting public fight

Incident Details

Updated on: December 3, 2018
Date of incident: May 6, 2018
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Targets: Maria Lisignoli (WHO-DT)

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

AP photojournalist hit with rubber bullets in Puerto Rico

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 1, 2018
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Targets: Carlos Rivera Giusti (The Associated Press)

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

Police officer strikes journalist in Puerto Rico

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 1, 2018
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Targets: José Encarnación (Metro Puerto Rico)

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

Pentagon revokes embed opportunity for Washington Post reporter following critical coverage

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 2018
Location: Arlington, Virginia
Targets: Dan Lamothe (The Washington Post)

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

DNC sues WikiLeaks for wiretapping and ‘economic espionage’

Incident Details

Updated on: July 30, 2019
Date of incident: April 20, 2018
Location: New York, New York
Targets: WikiLeaks

Other Incident

Police union tries to prevent BuzzFeed from releasing NYPD disciplinary records

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 11, 2018
Location: New York, New York
Targets: BuzzFeed News

Other Incident

WABC reporter Tim Fleischer punched by stranger in NYC

Incident Details

Updated on: November 8, 2023
Date of incident: April 10, 2018
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Tim Fleischer (WABC-TV)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

Former Michigan county judge sues newspaper, attempts to compel editor to reveal sources

Incident Details

Updated on: June 21, 2019
Date of incident: April 9, 2018
Location: Saugatuk, Michigan
Targets: Michael Gallagher (The Local Observer), The Local Observer

Other Incident

Rhode Island judge orders journalists not to contact jurors after trial

Incident Details

Updated on: May 7, 2018
Date of incident: April 6, 2018
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Targets: Katie Mulvaney (The Providence Journal)

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

Journalist Manuel Duran, arrested while covering immigration protest, could be deported by ICE

Incident Details

Updated on: March 24, 2022
Date of incident: April 3, 2018
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: Manuel Duran (Memphis Noticias)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Memphis Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: disorderly conduct

April 3, 2018: Charges pending

April 5, 2018: Charges dropped

Traffic violation: obstructing a highway or passageway

April 3, 2018: Charges pending

April 5, 2018: Charges dropped
Detention date →: April 3, 2018
Release date →: July 11, 2019
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Journalist Ken Lovett arrested for talking on cellphone in New York State Senate lobby

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 28, 2018
Location: Albany, New York
Targets: Ken Lovett ([New York] Daily News)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: New York State Police
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Former FBI agent Terry Albury accused of leaking documents to The Intercept

Incident Details

Updated on: November 18, 2020
Date of incident: March 27, 2018
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

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

Illinois Township Sought Takedown of Watchdog Group’s YouTube Video

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 16, 2018
Location: Algonquin Township, Illinois
Targets: Edgar County Watchdogs

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KGTV reporter attacked while filming in San Diego

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 12, 2018
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: Bree Steffen (KGTV)

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

Journalist Samantha Baars subpoenaed to testify in Jason Kessler trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 12, 2018
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Samantha Baars (C-ville Weekly)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

March 12, 2018: Pending

March 19, 2018: Objected to

March 20, 2018: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

KGTV photographer attacked while filming in San Diego

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 12, 2018
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: Mike Gold (KGTV)

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

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

High school coach in Arkansas arrested after threatening journalist

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 6, 2018
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Targets: Mitchell McCoy (KARK-TV)

Other Incident

Kentucky State Police spokesperson threatens media with denial of access

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 2, 2018
Location: Harlan, Kentucky
Targets: The Mountain Advocate, WRIL-FM

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

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert refuses question from Russian TV reporter

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 1, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Channel One [Russia]

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

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