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Photojournalist stopped for secondary screening at CBP preclearance in Canada

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 28, 2017
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Targets: John Rudoff (Independent)

Border point →: Vancouver 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? →: No

Berkeleyside reporter Emilie Raguso subpoenaed to testify in criminal trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 2017
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Emilie Raguso (Berkeleyside)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Dec. 15, 2017: Pending

Dec. 27, 2017: Objected to

Jan. 2, 2018: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Citizen journalist arrested for publishing information before local police

Incident Details

Updated on: March 23, 2026
Date of incident: December 13, 2017
Location: Laredo, Texas
Case number: 5:19-cv-00048
Targets: Priscilla Villarreal (Independent)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Laredo Police Department
Charges →: Misuse of official information

Dec. 13, 2017: Charges pending

March 28, 2018: Charges dropped

Misuse of official information

Dec. 13, 2017: Charges pending

March 28, 2018: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Legal orders →: warrant for other

Dec. 5, 2017: Pending

Dec. 13, 2017: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Roy Moore campaign bans Washington Post reporters from election watch party

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 12, 2017
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Targets: The Washington Post

Other Incident

Iowa judge orders Des Moines Register not to publish article about attorney

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 11, 2017
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Targets: Clark Kauffman (The Des Moines Register)

Status of prior restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly released materials? →: Yes

President Trump says ABC News reporter Brian Ross should be fired

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 9, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Brian Ross (ABC News)

Chilling Statement

Donald Trump says Washington Post should fire reporter Dave Weigel

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 9, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Dave Weigel (The Washington Post)

Chilling Statement

Mexican reporter Emilio Gutiérrez Soto detained by ICE while appealing denial of asylum

Incident Details

Updated on: September 5, 2023
Date of incident: December 7, 2017
Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico
Targets: Emilio Gutiérrez Soto (El Diario Noroeste [Mexico])

Other Incident

EPA removes reporter Ethan Stoetzer from Scott Pruitt event in Iowa

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 1, 2017
Location: Nevada, Iowa
Targets: Ethan Stoetzer (InsideSources)

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

Public radio reporter stopped for secondary screening while crossing U.S.-Mexico border

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 2017
Location: El Paso, Texas
Targets: Latif Nasser (WNYC)

Border point →: El Paso Paso del Norte Port of Entry
Target nationality →: Canada
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. permanent resident (green card)
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Reporter called “fake news,” harassed by CBP officer when entering US

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 30, 2017
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Alastair Jamieson (NBC News)

Border point →: Miami International Airport
Target nationality →: United Kingdom
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

Fox News cameraman shoved by Roy Moore campaign official in Alabama

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 27, 2017
Location: Henager, Alabama
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 18 (Fox News)

Assailant →: Public figure
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

President Trump says that CNN International is ‘fake news’

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 25, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: CNN

Other Incident

Santa Clara reporter has finger broken while filming in court records room

Incident Details

Updated on: September 24, 2023
Date of incident: November 14, 2017
Location: Santa Clara, California
Case number: 3:18-cv-07239
Targets: Susan Bassi (Independent)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Civil

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

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

Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore threatens to sue the Washington Post

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 12, 2017
Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Targets: The Washington Post

Chilling Statement

RT America compelled to register as ‘foreign agent’ by Department of Justice

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 10, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: RT America

Other Incident

San Diego County subpoenas journalist Kelly Davis

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 9, 2017
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: Kelly Davis (Freelance)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Nov. 9, 2017: Pending

Dec. 4, 2017: Objected to

Feb. 2, 2018: Quashed

subpoena for other testimony

Nov. 9, 2017: Pending

Dec. 4, 2017: Objected to

Feb. 2, 2018: Quashed

Motion to compel for other testimony

Jan. 3, 2018: Pending

Jan. 19, 2018: Objected to

Feb. 2, 2018: Quashed

Motion to compel for communications or work product

Jan. 3, 2018: Pending

Jan. 19, 2018: Objected to

Feb. 2, 2018: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State