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Denver school administrators attempt to prevent student journalists from sharing work with the press

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 2019
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: Toby Lichtenwalter

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Cameraman, other reporters attacked at Trump rally

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 11, 2019
Location: El Paso, Texas
Targets: Ron Skeans (BBC News [United Kingdom])

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

Unprecedented criminal complaint filed for violations of the Georgia Open Records Act

Incident Details

Updated on: December 19, 2019
Date of incident: February 11, 2019
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: WSB-TV

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Illinois County judge orders watchdog publication not to publish school records released by lawyer

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 4, 2019
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Better Government Association

Status of prior restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly released materials? →: Yes

Journalist subpoenaed for reporting materials by Jason Miller, Trump’s former adviser

Incident Details

Updated on: August 27, 2019
Date of incident: February 4, 2019
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: J. Arthur Bloom (Independent)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 4, 2019: Pending

Aug. 27, 2019: Ignored
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

IRS employee charged with leaking suspicious financial transactions to prominent lawyer and the media

Incident Details

Updated on: January 17, 2020
Date of incident: February 4, 2019
Location: San Francisco, California

Alleged recipient of leak →: Ronan Farrow (The New Yorker)
Charged under Espionage Act →: No

BuzzFeed News reporter aggressively questioned about reporting at passport checkpoint

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 3, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: David Mack (BuzzFeed News)

Border point →: John F. Kennedy International Airport
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. permanent resident (green card)
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

WLTX reporters arrested in Columbia, S.C.

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 29, 2019
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Targets: Jenna Kurzyna (WLTX)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Private security
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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