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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]

Other Incident

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: June 23, 2025
Date of incident: August 30, 2024
Location: Stockton, California
Targets: Aaron Leathley (The Stockton Record), Hannah Workman (The Stockton Record)

Chilling Statement

Chicago Reader journalist pushed with police baton amid DNC protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 22, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Shawn Mulcahy (Chicago Reader)

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

Boston Globe reporter subpoenaed for testimony in contractor dispute suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 22, 2024
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Anonymous reporter 9 (The Boston Globe)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Aug. 22, 2024: Pending

Aug. 26, 2024: Upheld

Sept. 12, 2024: Ignored

Dec. 31, 2024: Objected to

March 10, 2025: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Boston Globe ordered to turn over communications, files in contract dispute suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 22, 2024
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: The Boston Globe

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Aug. 22, 2024: Pending

Aug. 26, 2024: Upheld

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Photojournalist arrested, shoved by Chicago police; gear seized and damaged

Incident Details

Updated on: October 24, 2024
Date of incident: August 20, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Josh Pacheco (Independent)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Chicago Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: disorderly conduct

Aug. 21, 2024: Charges pending

Oct. 24, 2024: Charges dropped
Detention date →: August 20, 2024
Release date →: August 21, 2024
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

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

Photojournalist arrested, camera damaged by Chicago police during DNC

Incident Details

Updated on: November 14, 2024
Date of incident: August 20, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Olga Fedorova (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Chicago Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: disorderly conduct

Aug. 21, 2024: Charges pending

Nov. 14, 2024: Charges dropped
Detention date →: August 20, 2024
Release date →: August 21, 2024
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

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

Freelance photojournalist arrested at pro-Palestinian protest at DNC in Chicago

Incident Details

Updated on: January 7, 2025
Date of incident: August 20, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Sinna Nasseri (Die Zeit [Germany])

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Chicago Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: disorderly conduct

Aug. 21, 2024: Charges pending

Jan. 7, 2025: Charges dropped
Detention date →: August 20, 2024
Release date →: August 21, 2024
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

NY Post reporter’s credentials ripped from lanyard at Chicago protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 20, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Steven Vago (New York Post)

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

Journalist pulled off concrete planter box by Chicago police at protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 20, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Tina-Desiree Berg (Independent)

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

Photojournalist repeatedly shoved by police while covering Chicago protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 20, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Madison Swart (Independent)

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

Chicago journalist struck with police bike while covering protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 20, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Raven Geary (Jinx Press)

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

Journalist convicted on arrest charge from Chicago convention protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 20, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Sylvie Evans (Colorado People’s Press)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Chicago Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: disorderly conduct

Aug. 21, 2024: Charges pending

Jan. 6, 2025: Convicted
Detention date →: August 20, 2024
Release date →: August 21, 2024
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

Press obstructed, threatened in and outside DNC

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 19, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Media

Other Incident

Photojournalist shoved with police batons at NYC pro-Palestinian protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 14, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Alexa Wilkinson (Independent)

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

Equipment damaged →: Equipment bag, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Photojournalist struck, shoved with police batons while covering NYC protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 14, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Gerard Dalbon (Independent)

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

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