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TV reporter assaulted while covering protest in NC

Incident Details

Updated on: January 29, 2018
Date of incident: August 13, 2017
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Targets: Unidentified reporter 2 (WLOS)

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

Journalist Taylor Lorenz punched while filming aftermath of fatal attack

Incident Details

Updated on: November 3, 2017
Date of incident: August 12, 2017
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Taylor Lorenz (The Hill)

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

Independent livestreamer kicked while reporting in Charlottesville

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 12, 2017
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Jen Patrice (Independent)

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

Unicorn Riot journalist attacked while reporting in Charlottesville

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 11, 2017
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Christopher Schiano (Unicorn Riot)

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

New York Times editor testifies in defamation suit brought by former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin

Incident Details

Updated on: April 22, 2025
Date of incident: August 10, 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: The New York Times

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Attorney general considers making it easier to subpoena journalists

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 4, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Customs officers search reporter’s car and phone at Canadian border

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 3, 2017
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Anne Elizabeth Moore (Freelance)

Border point →: Ambassador Bridge Port of Entry
Target nationality →: United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: Yes

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1

Vehicle, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Journalist stopped for secondary screening, cellphone searched

Incident Details

Updated on: June 28, 2021
Date of incident: July 30, 2017
Location: Highgate Springs, Vermont
Case number: 1:17-cv-11730
Targets: Isma’il Kushkush (Freelance)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Border point →: Highgate Springs Port of Entry
Target nationality →: Sudan

United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

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