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U.S. News subpoenaed about hospital rankings by city attorney

Incident Details

Updated on: April 25, 2025
Date of incident: January 9, 2024
Location: San Francisco, California
Case number: 3:24-cv-00395
Targets: U.S. News & World Report
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Jan. 9, 2024: Pending

Jan. 23, 2024: Objected to

May 7, 2024: Upheld

May 7, 2024: Objected to

April 25, 2025: Dropped
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Reporter turns over interview recordings in connection with murder trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 4, 2024
Location: Dedham, Massachusetts
Targets: Gretchen Voss (Boston)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Jan. 4, 2024: Pending

Jan. 18, 2024: Objected to

Jan. 23, 2024: Partially upheld

March 12, 2024: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Reporter arrested, held overnight while covering NYC pro-Palestinian protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 31, 2023
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Roni Jacobson ([New York] Daily News)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: New York City Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: obstructing government administration

Dec. 31, 2023: Charges pending

Jan. 1, 2024: Charges dropped

Obstruction: disorderly conduct

Dec. 31, 2023: Charges pending

Jan. 1, 2024: Charges dropped
Detention date →: December 31, 2023
Release date →: January 1, 2024
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Freelance journalist struck with book at NYC protest against drag story hour

Incident Details

Updated on: June 10, 2024
Date of incident: December 16, 2023
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Talia (Jane) Ben-Ora (Freelance)

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

Republican House member calls for the jailing of journalists

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 15, 2023
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Atlanta broadcast photographer held hostage for 90 minutes

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 11, 2023
Location: Jonesboro, Georgia
Targets: Lauren Swaim (WANF)

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

Atlanta broadcast reporter held hostage for 90 minutes

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 11, 2023
Location: Jonesboro, Georgia
Targets: Asia Wilson (WANF)

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

Vandal throws brick, shattering glass door at Oregon daily

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 8, 2023
Location: Grants Pass, Oregon
Targets: Unidentified journalist 10 (Grants Pass Daily Courier)

Equipment damaged →: Building, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Colorado newspaper wins access to recording of closed city council session

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 7, 2023
Location: Aurora, Colorado
Targets: Sentinel Colorado

Other Incident

Journalist subpoenaed for reporting and communications in defamation suit

Incident Details

Updated on: November 4, 2025
Date of incident: December 6, 2023
Location: Wilmington, Delaware
Targets: Jessica Pressler (New York)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Dec. 6, 2023: Pending

Feb. 16, 2024: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Top state legal officers warn outlets against giving ‘material support’ to Hamas

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 4, 2023
Location: Multiple
Targets: CNN, Reuters, The Associated Press, The New York Times

Chilling Statement

Texas attorney general subpoenas Media Matters after report on X

Incident Details

Updated on: April 12, 2024
Date of incident: December 1, 2023
Location: Austin, Texas
Case number: 1:24-cv-00147
Targets: Media Matters for America
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Legal orders →: other for communications or work product

Dec. 1, 2023: Pending

Dec. 11, 2023: Objected to

April 12, 2024: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Chilling Statement

Newsmax ordered to turn over journalists’ texts in Dominion defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 1, 2023
Location: Wilmington, Delaware
Targets: Newsmax Media

Legal orders →: Motion to compel for communications or work product

Dec. 1, 2023: Upheld
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Arizona radio reporter arrested at pro-Palestinian protest in Tucson

Incident Details

Updated on: December 21, 2023
Date of incident: November 30, 2023
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Targets: Alisa Reznick (KJZZ)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Pima County Sheriff's Department
Charges →: Trespassing: criminal trespass

Nov. 30, 2023: Charges pending

Dec. 21, 2023: Charges dropped
Detention date →: November 30, 2023
Release date →: November 30, 2023
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Colorado reporter ignores order to return, destroy legally obtained court filings

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 30, 2023
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: Justin Wingerter (BusinessDen)

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

California journalist barred from press conference with district attorney

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 29, 2023
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Emilie Raguso (The Berkeley Scanner)

Government agency or public official involved →: Law enforcement: Prosecutor
Type of denial →: Government event

Illinois watchdog blog subpoenaed in defamation case; subpoena later withdrawn

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 28, 2023
Location: Belleville, Illinois
Targets: Edgar County Watchdogs

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Nov. 28, 2023: Pending

Dec. 20, 2023: Dropped

subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Nov. 28, 2023: Pending

Dec. 20, 2023: Dropped
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

California newsroom, free speech group get $500,000 in public records lawsuit

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 28, 2023
Location: San Jose, California
Case number: 22CV394443
Targets: San José Spotlight
Case status: Verdict issued
Type of case: Civil

Other Incident

Freelance photojournalist arrested filming police in California

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 27, 2023
Location: San Diego, California
Case number: 3:24-cv-00893
Targets: Edward Baier (Freelance)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: San Diego Police Department
Detention date →: November 27, 2023
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Vehicle, 1
Status of equipment →: Searched without seizure
Search warrant obtained →: No

Reporter subpoenaed for testimony in Title IX lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated on: February 1, 2024
Date of incident: November 22, 2023
Location: Sacramento, California
Targets: Kenneth “Kenny” Jacoby (USA Today)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Nov. 22, 2023: Pending

Dec. 6, 2023: Objected to

Feb. 1, 2024: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

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