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Miami mayor tries to grab phone from reporter’s hands

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 9, 2023
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Sarah Blaskey (Miami Herald)

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

Chicago TV reporter attacked while livestreaming

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 6, 2023
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Unidentified reporter 6 (WGBO-DT)

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

Videographer assaulted at NY migrant housing protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 5, 2023
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Lukasz Matyja (Freelance)

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

Univision reporter, photographer robbed at gunpoint in Chicago

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 28, 2023
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Unidentified reporter 5 (WGBO-DT)

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

Univision photographer, reporter robbed at gunpoint in Chicago

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 28, 2023
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 31 (WGBO-DT)

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

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

Independent journalist repeatedly assaulted while documenting LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 22, 2023
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Vishal Singh (Independent)

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

Florida broadcast photographer assaulted outside of jail

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 17, 2023
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 29 (WPLG)

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

Kansas reporter injured when cellphone seized during police raid of newsroom

Incident Details

Updated on: November 20, 2025
Date of incident: August 11, 2023
Location: Marion, Kansas
Case number: 6:23-cv-01179
Targets: Deb Gruver (Marion County Record)
Case status: Settled
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

WLS-TV photographer assaulted, phones stolen, vehicle damaged

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 8, 2023
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 30 (WLS-TV)

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

Equipment damaged →: Cellphone, 2

Vehicle, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Boston TV reporter shoved after court hearing

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 26, 2023
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Bob Ward (WFXT)

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

Colorado reporter says he was assaulted by subject of reporting

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 14, 2023
Location: Silverton, Colorado
Targets: Reuben Schafir (The Durango Herald)

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

California reporter assaulted at meeting as man grabs camera

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 6, 2023
Location: Cottonwood, California
Targets: Doni Chamberlain (A News Cafe)

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

Journalist says public official shoved him after town meeting

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 26, 2023
Location: Vestal, New York
Targets: John Solak (Independent)

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

New York Post reporter threatened, kicked by woman wielding machete

Incident Details

Updated on: June 25, 2024
Date of incident: May 23, 2023
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Reuven Fenton (New York Post)

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

Photojournalist threatened, chased by woman wielding machete

Incident Details

Updated on: June 25, 2024
Date of incident: May 23, 2023
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Robert Miller (New York Post)

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

Freelance journalist shoved, arrested while filming police in Arizona

Incident Details

Updated on: February 25, 2025
Date of incident: May 16, 2023
Location: Yuma, Arizona
Case number: 2:25-cv-00637
Targets: Lucas Mullikin (Freelance)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Yuma Police Department
Charges →: Failure to obey: obedience to officers

May 16, 2023: Charges pending

Sept. 19, 2023: Charges pending

Sept. 19, 2024: Charges dropped

Obstruction: resisting arrest

May 16, 2023: Charges pending

Sept. 19, 2023: Charges pending

Sept. 19, 2024: Charges dropped
Detention date →: May 16, 2023
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Anchorage photojournalist attacked while covering campaign sign vandalism

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 31, 2023
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Targets: Loren Holmes (Anchorage Daily News)

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

Louisiana photojournalist attacked, his camera thrown

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 29, 2023
Location: Slidell, Louisiana
Targets: Steven A. Wolfram (WVUE-DT)

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

Equipment damaged →: Recording equipment, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Photojournalist assaulted in Alabama courthouse

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 28, 2023
Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Targets: Erik (WAFF)

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

Indian journalist harassed, struck in head while documenting DC protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 25, 2023
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Lalit K. Jha (Press Trust of India [India])

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

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