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Student journalist hit by pepper ball at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 6, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jake Crandall (The [Santa Monica College] Corsair)

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

Photojournalist pepper-sprayed by federal agent at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 6, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Anonymous photojournalist 8 (Freelance)

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

Photojournalist shot at with pepper balls at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 6, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Ethan Noah Roy (Freelance)

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

At LA-area protests in June, press denied access, exposed to chemical irritants, more

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 2025
Location: Multiple, California
Targets: Media

Other Incident

Egyptian former journalist jailed in Ohio after U.S. revokes asylum

Incident Details

Updated on: September 19, 2025
Date of incident: June 3, 2025
Location: Hamilton, Ohio
Case number: 1:25-cv-00510
Targets: Ayman Soliman (Freelance)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Civil

Other Incident

Judge rules ‘Cop City’ foundation must comply with news outlet’s records request

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2025
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Case number: 24CV001116
Targets: Atlanta Community Press Collective
Case status: Verdict issued
Type of case: Civil

Other Incident

Pete Hegseth restricts journalists’ access inside Pentagon

Incident Details

Updated on: December 4, 2025
Date of incident: May 23, 2025
Location: Arlington, Virginia
Case number: 1:25-cv-04218
Targets: Media
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Agency
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

FTC demands records from NewsGuard about its media ratings

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Incident Details

Updated on: February 6, 2026
Date of incident: May 20, 2025
Location: Washington, D.C.
Case number: 1:26-cv-00353
Targets: NewsGuard
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

May 20, 2025: Pending

June 3, 2025: Carried out

July 17, 2025: Carried out

Sept. 11, 2025: Carried out

Nov. 18, 2025: Carried out

Dec. 8, 2025: Carried out

Jan. 16, 2026: Objected to
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

South Carolina court clerk pleads guilty to sharing sealed photos with press

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 14, 2025
Location: Walterboro, South Carolina

Alleged recipient of leak →: Unknown
Charged under Espionage Act →: No

Multimedia journalist held for an hour by US border officers at LA airport

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 11, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Anonymous reporter 8 (Freelance)

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

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

Journalist subpoenaed by reporters arrested at 2021 California protest

Incident Details

Updated on: July 23, 2025
Date of incident: May 9, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: James Queally (Los Angeles Times)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

May 9, 2025: Pending

May 23, 2025: Objected to

July 23, 2025: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

CNN journalist deposed in Nexstar lawsuit, questioned about emails

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 2025
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Targets: Liam Reilly (CNN)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

May 1, 2025: Pending

July 14, 2025: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Town officials in Arizona remove press table from council chamber

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 30, 2025
Location: Fountain Hills, Arizona
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Local government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

Kash Patel targets press, leakers as FBI director

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 28, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Pam Bondi targets journalists, leakers as U.S. attorney general

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 25, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Former journalist subpoenaed to testify at ex-mayor’s criminal trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 24, 2025
Location: Indio, California
Targets: Barrett Newkirk (The Desert Sun)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

April 24, 2025: Pending

April 30, 2025: Objected to

May 7, 2025: Upheld

May 14, 2025: Unknown
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Tulsi Gabbard targets press, leakers as national intelligence director

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 23, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: HuffPost, Media, NBC News, The Record, The Washington Post

Chilling Statement

Mississippi Today dropped from press list in wake of watchdog reporting

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 2025
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Targets: Mississippi Today

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice, Press credential or media list

Freelance journalist barred from New York school board meeting

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 22, 2025
Location: Mastic Beach, New York
Targets: Jennifer Holloway (PRO_NYC)

Government agency or public official involved →: Local government: Public school district
Type of denial →: Government event

News crew caught in gunfire near South Carolina park, vehicle damaged

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2025
Location: Chester, South Carolina
Targets: Jen Cardone (WJZY)

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

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

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