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Press Enterprise reporter subpoenaed to testify in Pennsylvania murder trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 22, 2018
Location: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Targets: John-Erik Koslosky ([Bloomsburg] Press Enterprise)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

May 22, 2018: Pending

May 23, 2018: Objected to

May 24, 2018: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

The Daily Item reporter Francis Scarcella subpoenaed to testify in Pennsylvania murder trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 22, 2018
Location: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Targets: Francis Scarcella (The Daily Item)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

May 22, 2018: Pending

May 23, 2018: Objected to

May 24, 2018: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Press Enterprise reporter subpoenaed to testify in Pennsylvania murder trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 22, 2018
Location: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Targets: Kristin Baver ([Bloomsburg] Press Enterprise)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

May 22, 2018: Pending

May 23, 2018: Objected to

May 24, 2018: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Republican fundraiser subpoenas AP for documents related to anonymous sources

Incident Details

Updated on: September 27, 2018
Date of incident: May 16, 2018
Location: New York, New York
Targets: The Associated Press

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

May 16, 2018: Pending

Sept. 27, 2018: Dropped
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

Former University of Arizona coach convicted of assault subpoenas reporter who covered his case

Incident Details

Updated on: July 2, 2018
Date of incident: May 16, 2018
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Targets: Caitlin Schmidt (Arizona Daily Star)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

May 16, 2018: Pending

June 5, 2018: Carried out

July 20, 2018: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Trump suggests taking away journalists’ press credentials in response to negative coverage

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 9, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

TV reporter Maria Lisignoli assaulted while documenting public fight

Incident Details

Updated on: December 3, 2018
Date of incident: May 6, 2018
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Targets: Maria Lisignoli (WHO-DT)

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

AP photojournalist hit with rubber bullets in Puerto Rico

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 1, 2018
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Targets: Carlos Rivera Giusti (The Associated Press)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

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