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Kansas House bans reporting from floor, mirroring move in Senate

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 10, 2025
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Targets: Media

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

Colorado TV reporter tackled, choked outside station in apparent bias attack

Incident Details

Updated on: January 9, 2026
Date of incident: December 18, 2024
Location: Grand Junction, Colorado
Targets: Ja’Ronn Alex (KKCO/KJCT)

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

New Yorker writer subpoenaed ahead of Massachusetts murder trial

Incident Details

Updated on: May 16, 2025
Date of incident: December 18, 2024
Location: Brockton, Massachusetts
Targets: Eren Orbey (The New Yorker), Condé Nast

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Dec. 18, 2024: Pending

Feb. 7, 2025: Upheld

March 14, 2025: Objected to

May 16, 2025: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Freelance reporter subpoenaed in connection with defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 18, 2024
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Targets: Lily Dobrovolskaya (Freelance)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Dec. 18, 2024: Pending

Jan. 16, 2025: Objected to

March 7, 2025: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Reporter denied press credentials by Utah Capitol; files suit for access

Incident Details

Updated on: September 29, 2025
Date of incident: December 17, 2024
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Case number: 2:25-cv-00050
Targets: Bryan Schott (Utah Political Watch)
Case status: Appealed
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice, Press credential or media list

TV reporter shoved, phone thrown by manager at Texas used-car lot

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 5, 2024
Location: Pasadena, Texas
Targets: Gage Goulding (KPRC-TV)

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

TV photographer assaulted by manager at Texas used-car lot

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 5, 2024
Location: Pasadena, Texas
Targets: Oscar Chavez (KPRC-TV)

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

Idaho editor subpoenaed to testify in defamation case

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 5, 2024
Location: Pocatello, Idaho
Targets: Nate Sunderland (EastIdahoNews.com)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Dec. 5, 2024: Pending

Dec. 11, 2024: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Journalist ordered to turn over notes, communications around murder trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 21, 2024
Location: Dedham, Massachusetts
Targets: Gretchen Voss (Boston)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Nov. 21, 2024: Pending

Nov. 26, 2023: Objected to

Dec. 5, 2024: Upheld

Jan. 7, 2025: Objected to

Jan. 31, 2025: Partially upheld
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

FBI arrests man for hate-based threats against New York reporter

Incident Details

Updated on: August 1, 2025
Date of incident: November 15, 2024
Location: White Plains, New York
Targets: Unidentified reporter 8

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Virgin Islands Daily News reporter barred from governor’s briefings

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 14, 2024
Location: Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
Targets: Suzanne Carlson (The Virgin Islands Daily News)

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Governor
Type of denial →: Government event, Press credential or media list

California court clerk charged with providing search warrant to reporter

Incident Details

Updated on: June 23, 2025
Date of incident: November 13, 2024
Location: Stockton, California

Alleged recipient of leak →: Aaron Leathley (The Stockton Record)
Charged under Espionage Act →: No

FCC commissioner accuses media ratings provider of censorship

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 13, 2024
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: NewsGuard

Chilling Statement

Indiana student paper says state politician’s posts about outlet threatening

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 12, 2024
Location: Bloomington, Indiana
Targets: Indiana [University Bloomington] Daily Student

Chilling Statement

ABC, local affiliate subpoenaed ahead of Massachusetts murder trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 12, 2024
Location: Dedham, Massachusetts
Targets: ABC News, WCVB-TV

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Nov. 12, 2024: Pending

Dec. 9, 2024: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

NBC, local affiliate subpoenaed ahead of Massachusetts murder trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 12, 2024
Location: Dedham, Massachusetts
Targets: NBC News, WBTS-CD

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Nov. 12, 2024: Pending

Nov. 20, 2024: Pending

Dec. 9, 2024: Unknown
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Three arrested in murder-for-hire plot against Iranian American journalist

Incident Details

Updated on: January 28, 2026
Date of incident: November 8, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Masih Alinejad (Independent)

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Reporters forced from California county meeting during protester’s arrest

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 7, 2024
Location: Redding, California
Targets: Doni Chamberlain (A News Cafe), Annelise Pierce (Shasta Scout), David Benda ([Redding] Record Searchlight)

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

California journalist grabbed by sheriff’s deputy at county board meeting

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 7, 2024
Location: Redding, California
Targets: Doni Chamberlain (A News Cafe)

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

Philadelphia 76ers player shoves columnist in locker room over article

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 2, 2024
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Targets: Marcus Hayes (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Assailant →: Public figure
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

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