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NBC News broadcast camera seized outside Indiana courthouse

Incident Details

Updated on: October 21, 2024
Date of incident: October 18, 2024
Location: Delphi, Indiana
Targets: Eric Arnold (NBC News)

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Storage device, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Equipment broken →: Work product, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Photojournalist’s camera seized outside Indiana courthouse

Incident Details

Updated on: October 24, 2024
Date of incident: October 18, 2024
Location: Delphi, Indiana
Targets: Ryan Delaney (Freelance)

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Storage device, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Equipment broken →: Work product, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Boston TV station complies with order for interview recordings, notes

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 18, 2024
Location: Dedham, Massachusetts
Targets: WFXT

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Oct. 18, 2024: Pending

Dec. 5, 2024: Upheld

Jan. 3, 2025: Carried out
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Reporter detained while reporting on LA encampment sweep

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 17, 2024
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Lexis-Olivier Ray (L.A. Taco)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Detention date →: October 17, 2024
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Broadcast photographer struck with cane amid attempted robbery

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 17, 2024
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 33 (WDTN)

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

Journalist briefly detained while covering pro-Palestinian protest on Wall Street

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 14, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Talia (Jane) Ben-Ora (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: New York City Police Department
Detention date →: October 14, 2024
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Ohio county staffer posts attack on local reporter; state AG to investigate

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 14, 2024
Location: Tiffin, Ohio
Targets: Kayla Trevino (The Advertiser-Tribune)

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Journalist who published leaked Vance dossier gets visit from FBI

Incident Details

Updated on: May 22, 2025
Date of incident: October 11, 2024
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Targets: Ken Klippenstein (Independent)

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