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Broadcast crew member robbed at gunpoint in Oakland

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 7, 2024
Location: Oakland, California
Targets: Unidentified journalist 17 (KGO-TV)

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

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

Indian journalist assaulted during interview; phone taken, recording deleted

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 7, 2024
Location: Irving, Texas
Targets: Rohit Sharma (India Today [India])

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

Equipment broken →: Cellphone, 1

Work product, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Filmmaker subpoenaed in connection with Illinois wrongful conviction suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 5, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Margaret Byrne (Beti Films)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 5, 2024: Pending

Sept. 16, 2024: Objected to

Sept. 25, 2024: Pending

Oct. 16, 2024: Objected to

Nov. 22, 2024: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

State Department classifies six Russian state-owned news outlets ‘foreign missions’

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 4, 2024
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: RIA Novosti [Russia], Rossiya Segodnya [Russia], RT America, Ruptly [Russia], Sputnik [Russia], TV-Novosti [Russia]

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CBS News reporter subpoenaed in Illinois wrongful conviction suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 3, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Jericka Duncan (CBS News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 3, 2024: Pending

Sept. 27, 2024: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

BuzzFeed News reporter subpoenaed in Illinois wrongful conviction suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 3, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Melissa Segura (BuzzFeed News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 3, 2024: Pending

Sept. 27, 2024: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

NBC News producer subpoenaed in Illinois wrongful conviction suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 3, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Maite Amorebieta (NBC News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 3, 2024: Pending

Sept. 16, 2024: Ignored

Oct. 15, 2024: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Sheriff’s deputies question reporter at her home

Incident Details

Updated on: December 4, 2024
Date of incident: August 30, 2024
Location: Stockton, California
Targets: Aaron Leathley (The Stockton Record), Hannah Workman (The Stockton Record)

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