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Maryland reporter subpoenaed to testify in Texas murder trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 31, 2023
Location: Dallas, Texas
Targets: Jamie Leigh Thompson (D)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

July 31, 2023: Pending

Aug. 28, 2023: Objected to

Sept. 7, 2023: Upheld

Oct. 6, 2023: Objected to

Jan. 9, 2024: Upheld

Jan. 12, 2024: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Judge delays public notice of Texas abortion pill hearing

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 10, 2023
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Targets: Media

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Texas judge vacates order limiting murder trial coverage

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 9, 2023
Location: Waco, Texas
Targets: KWTX-TV, Media, Waco Tribune-Herald

Status of prior restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly released materials? →: No

Texas Senate extends barring reporters from floor

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 6, 2023
Location: Austin, Texas
Targets: Media

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

Journalist harassed, shoved while covering protest in Texas

Incident Details

Updated on: May 17, 2023
Date of incident: October 22, 2022
Location: University Park, Texas
Targets: Steven Monacelli (Independent)

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

Legal journalist may write about revenge porn case after prior restraint overturned

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 18, 2022
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Targets: Eugene Volokh (The Volokh Conspiracy)

Status of prior restraint →: Struck down
Mistakenly released materials? →: Yes

Reporters removed from Uvalde committee hearing on school shooting response

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 20, 2022
Location: Uvalde, Texas
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Local government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Government event

Texas journalist files suit following arrest, equipment seizure

Incident Details

Updated on: June 18, 2026
Date of incident: December 21, 2021
Location: Damon, Texas
Case number: 4:22-cv-04210
Targets: Justin Pulliam (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office
Charges →: Obstruction: interference with public duties

May 16, 2022: Charges pending

May 15, 2024: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 2

Cellphone, 1

External battery, 1

Miscellaneous equipment, 3

Recording equipment, 1

Storage device, 2
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: Yes

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Jan. 14, 2022: Pending

Jan. 14, 2022: Carried out

warrant for communications or work product

Jan. 14, 2022: Pending

Jan. 14, 2022: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Border Report correspondent detained photographing outside Texas Air Force base

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 19, 2021
Location: Del Rio, Texas
Targets: Sandra Sanchez (Border Report)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Laughlin Air Force Base military police
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

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

Texas journalist barred from briefing by sheriff, files civil rights suit

Incident Details

Updated on: June 18, 2026
Date of incident: July 12, 2021
Location: Richmond, Texas
Case number: 4:22-cv-04210
Targets: Justin Pulliam (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: Law enforcement: Local
Type of denial →: Government event

San Antonio TV reporter shot at while covering suspicious fire

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 5, 2021
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Targets: Dillon Collier (KSAT-TV)

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

San Antonio TV video journalist shot at while covering suspicious house fire

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 5, 2021
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Targets: Joshua Saunders (KSAT-TV)

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

Media prevented from reporting on Texas execution for first time for decades

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 19, 2021
Location: Huntsville, Texas
Targets: Joseph Brown (The Huntsville Item), Michael Graczyk (The Associated Press)

Government agency or public official involved →: Law enforcement: State
Type of denial →: Government event

Legal news website subpoenaed in Texas employment lawsuit

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 1, 2021
Location: Austin, Texas
Targets: Above the Law

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Feb. 1, 2021: Pending

Feb. 17, 2021: Objected to

March 4, 2021: Objected to

April 7, 2021: Quashed

subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 1, 2021: Pending

Feb. 17, 2021: Objected to

March 4, 2021: Objected to

April 7, 2021: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

Videojournalist assaulted, equipment broken during Austin demonstration

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 24, 2020
Location: Austin, Texas
Targets: Hiram Gilberto Garcia (Freelance)

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

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

Videojournalist arrested, equipment seized and damaged during Austin protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 17, 2020
Location: Austin, Texas
Targets: Hiram Gilberto Garcia (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Austin Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: interfering with public duties

July 17, 2020: Charges pending

Oct. 30, 2020: Charges dropped

Obstruction: resisting arrest

July 17, 2020: Charges pending

Oct. 30, 2020: Charges dropped
Release date →: July 19, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Camera equipment, 2

External battery, 1

Miscellaneous equipment, 3

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

Equipment damaged →: Recording equipment, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

San Antonio Express-News reporter hit by projectiles while covering protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 2, 2020
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Targets: Mark Dunphy (San Antonio Express-News)

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

Journalist arrested during Houston protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 2, 2020
Location: Houston, Texas
Targets: Derrick Broze (KPFT-FM)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Houston Police Department
Charges →: Traffic violation: obstructing a highway or passageway

June 3, 2020: Charges pending

June 9, 2020: Charges dropped
Release date →: June 3, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Spectrum News reporter hit by police projectile amid San Antonio protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 2, 2020
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Targets: Lena Blietz (Spectrum News)

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

Dallas Morning News photojournalist caught in crossfire documenting protesters on bridge

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Dallas, Texas
Targets: Ryan Michalesko (The Dallas Morning News)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

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