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Kansas reporter injured during police raid of newsroom

Incident Details

Updated On: August 30, 2023
Date of Incident: August 11, 2023
Location: Marion, Kansas
Case number: 6:23-CV-01179
Targets: Deb Gruver (Marion County Record)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

WLS-TV photographer assaulted, phones stolen, vehicle damaged

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 8, 2023
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 30 (ABC 7 Chicago)

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

Equipment Broken →: Cellphone, 2

Vehicle, 1

Journalist called to testify before grand jury on Trump election interference

Incident Details

Updated On: August 31, 2023
Date of Incident: July 31, 2023
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: George Chidi (Freelance)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Jul. 31, 2023: Pending

Aug. 31, 2023: Dropped

subpoena for other testimony

Jul. 31, 2023: Pending

Aug. 31, 2023: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

North Carolina judge seizes reporter’s notes, issues gag order

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 28, 2023
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Targets: Kenwyn Caranna (News & Record)

Status of Prior Restraint →: Pending

Equipment Seized →: Work product, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: In custody
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Politician

WSAZ-TV publishes government document after judge ends protective order

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 18, 2023
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Targets: WSAZ-TV

Status of Prior Restraint →: Struck down

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

Pennsylvania cameraman struck by pellet gun on assignment

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 11, 2023
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 28 (WFMZ-TV 69 News)

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

LA Times journalists accused by police union of ‘stalking’

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 10, 2023
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Brittny Mejia (Los Angeles Times), Libor Jany (Los Angeles Times)

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