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Utah AG appeals order to turn over calendar to news outlet and pay court fees

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 27, 2024
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Targets: Annie Knox (KSL-TV)

Other Incident

Salman Rushdie subpoenaed for memoir materials by alleged attacker

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 26, 2024
Location: Mayville, New York
Targets: Salman Rushdie (Independent)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 26, 2024: Pending

March 4, 2024: Objected to

April 15, 2024: Objected to

July 18, 2024: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Student journalists, adviser sue school, alleging intimidation

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 22, 2024
Location: Mountain View, California
Case number: 24CV431640
Targets: Hanna Olson (The Mountain View High School Oracle), Hayes Duenow (The Mountain View High School Oracle)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Other Incident

New York courts grant, then overturn prior restraint on documentary release

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 22, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: A&E Television Networks

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

Florida journalist indicted on allegations of conspiracy, computer fraud, wiretapping

Incident Details

Updated on: September 25, 2025
Date of incident: February 21, 2024
Location: Tampa, Florida
Targets: Tim Burke (Independent)

Arrest status →: Charged without arrest
Arresting authority →: U.S. Department of Justice
Charges →: Computer fraud: accessing protected computer without authorization

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Computer fraud: accessing protected computer without authorization

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Conspiracy

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Wiretapping: interception of wire, oral or electronic communications

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Sept. 25, 2025: Charges dropped

Computer fraud: accessing protected computer without authorization

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Computer fraud: accessing protected computer without authorization

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Computer fraud: accessing protected computer without authorization

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Computer fraud: accessing protected computer without authorization

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Wiretapping: interception of wire, oral or electronic communications

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Sept. 25, 2025: Charges dropped

Wiretapping: interception of wire, oral or electronic communications

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Sept. 25, 2025: Charges dropped

Wiretapping: interception of wire, oral or electronic communications

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Sept. 25, 2025: Charges dropped

Wiretapping: interception of wire, oral or electronic communications

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Sept. 25, 2025: Charges dropped

Wiretapping: disclosing illegally intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Sept. 25, 2025: Charges dropped

Wiretapping: disclosing illegally intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Sept. 25, 2025: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Florida photojournalist struck by rock thrown by rapper

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 21, 2024
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Targets: Bryan Murphy (WPLG)

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

Florida reporter threatened after questioning rapper Kodak Black

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 21, 2024
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Targets: Rosh Lowe (WPLG)

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

Two journalists in different states say police called on them while reporting

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 20, 2024
Location: Multiple
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Photojournalist briefly detained at pro-Palestinian march in NYC

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 19, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Josh Pacheco (Independent)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: New York City Police Department
Detention date →: February 19, 2024
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Photojournalist hurled to ground by police at NYC protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 19, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Cristina Panagi (Independent)

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

NC blogger issued no-contact, no-trespass orders after confronting county attorney

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 16, 2024
Location: Currituck, North Carolina
Targets: Thom Roddy (Blackwater Reports)

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

New Yorker reporter subpoenaed by federal government in criminal trial

Incident Details

Updated on: March 4, 2024
Date of incident: February 15, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Eric Lach (The New Yorker)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Feb. 15, 2024: Pending

Feb. 19, 2024: Objected to

March 4, 2024: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Reporter, public barred from Illinois township board meeting

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 13, 2024
Location: South Holland, Illinois
Targets: Josh Bootsma (The Lansing Journal)

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

Photographer grabbed by Wyoming state representative on first day of session

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 12, 2024
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Targets: Anonymous photojournalist 4 (WyoFile)

Assailant →: Politician
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Podcaster arrested, assaulted at NYC protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 4, 2024
Date of incident: February 10, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Reed Dunlea (Scene Report)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: New York City Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: resisting arrest

Feb. 10, 2024: Charges pending

March 4, 2024: Charges dropped
Detention date →: February 10, 2024
Release date →: February 11, 2024
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment damaged →: Recording equipment, 2
Actor →: Law enforcement

Kansas state senator calls for slashing local PBS funding

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 8, 2024
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Targets: KTWU

Chilling Statement

Judge quashes subpoena for Salman Rushdie’s memoir notes, contract

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 8, 2024
Location: Mayville, New York
Targets: Penguin Random House

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 8, 2024: Pending

Feb. 23, 2024: Objected to

April 15, 2024: Objected to

July 18, 2024: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State