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Restauranteur steals reporter’s cellphones during interview

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 5, 2019
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Targets: Priscilla Totiyapungprasert (Arizona Republic)

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

Equipment damaged →: Cellphone, 2
Actor →: Public figure

Indiana governor sends cease and desist letters to news outlets following investigative report

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 29, 2019
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Targets: Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, The Indianapolis Star

Chilling Statement

Broadcast reporter attacked, camera damaged while reporting in Florida

Incident Details

Updated on: October 26, 2021
Date of incident: November 28, 2019
Location: North Fort Myers, Florida
Targets: Delia D’Ambra (WBBH-TV)

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

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

Spokesman-Review subpoenaed in defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 25, 2019
Location: Spokane, Washington
Targets: The Spokesman-Review

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Nov. 25, 2019: Pending

June 1, 2021: Objected to

Jan. 10, 2023: Quashed

subpoena for communications or work product

Nov. 25, 2019: Pending

June 1, 2021: Objected to

Jan. 10, 2023: Upheld

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

Congressman Nunes alleges CNN, Daily Beast ‘committed crimes’ in reporting, says will sue

Incident Details

Updated on: April 14, 2022
Date of incident: November 24, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: CNN, The Daily Beast

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Photographer knocked to ground, camera damaged at football game

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 23, 2019
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Targets: Jamm Aquino (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera lens, 1
Actor →: Public figure

Arkansas broadcast journalist found in contempt of court, released on time served

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 19, 2019
Location: Bentonville, Arkansas
Targets: Nkiruka Azuka Omeronye (KNWA-TV)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Benton County Circuit Court
Charges →: Contempt of court

Nov. 19, 2019: Convicted
Detention date →: November 20, 2019
Release date →: November 20, 2019
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

NC judge grants then dissolves restraining order barring TV station from airing investigative report

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 13, 2019
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Targets: David Hodges (WBTV)

Status of prior restraint →: Struck down
Mistakenly released materials? →: No

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