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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 Broken →: 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

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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

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