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Journal & Topics editor Todd Wessell subpoenaed to reveal source

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 2017
Location: Des Plaines, Illinois
Targets: Todd Wessell (Journal & Topics Media Group)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

May 20, 2017: Pending

Aug. 16, 2017: Objected to

Dec. 6, 2017: Upheld

Feb. 21, 2018: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

BBC journalist questioned by US border agents, devices searched

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 18, 2017
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Ali Hamedani (BBC News [United Kingdom])

Border point →: O'Hare International Airport
Target nationality →: Iran

United Kingdom
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. non-resident
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Unknown

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1

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

FCC security guards pin reporter against wall as he tries to ask FCC commissioner a question

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 18, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: John Donnelly (CQ Roll Call)

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

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Agency
Type of denial →: Other

DHS secretary jokes about using sword on reporters

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 17, 2017
Location: New London, Connecticut
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Reporter arrested for shouting questions at Trump cabinet official

Incident Details

Updated on: September 6, 2017
Date of incident: May 9, 2017
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Targets: Dan Heyman (Public News Service)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: West Virginia Capitol Police
Charges →: Obstruction: willful disruption of governmental process

May 9, 2017: Charges pending

Sept. 6, 2017: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

South Dakota state prosecutor subpoenas journalist

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 8, 2017
Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Targets: Dana Ferguson (Argus Leader Media)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

May 8, 2017: Pending

May 15, 2017: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Puerto Rico Department of Justice executes search warrant against three student media outlets

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 5, 2017
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Targets: Centro de Comunicación Estudiantil, [University of Puerto Rico] Diálogo, [University of Puerto Rico] Pulso Estudiantil

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

May 5, 2017: Pending

May 6, 2017: Carried out
Legal order target →: Third-party: Facebook (tech company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

Alaska state senator slaps journalist

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 2, 2017
Location: Juneau, Alaska
Targets: Nathaniel Herz (Alaska Dispatch News)

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

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