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Reporter denied press credentials by Utah Capitol; files suit for access

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Incident Details

Updated on: September 29, 2025
Date of incident: December 17, 2024
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Case number: 2:25-cv-00050
Targets: Bryan Schott (Utah Political Watch)
Case status: Appealed
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice, Press credential or media list

TV reporter shoved, phone thrown by manager at Texas used-car lot

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 5, 2024
Location: Pasadena, Texas
Targets: Gage Goulding (KPRC-TV)

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

TV photographer assaulted by manager at Texas used-car lot

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 5, 2024
Location: Pasadena, Texas
Targets: Oscar Chavez (KPRC-TV)

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

Journalist ordered to turn over notes, communications around murder trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 21, 2024
Location: Dedham, Massachusetts
Targets: Gretchen Voss (Boston)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Nov. 21, 2024: Pending

Nov. 26, 2023: Objected to

Dec. 5, 2024: Upheld

Jan. 7, 2025: Objected to

Jan. 31, 2025: Partially upheld
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

FBI arrests man for hate-based threats against New York reporter

Incident Details

Updated on: August 1, 2025
Date of incident: November 15, 2024
Location: White Plains, New York
Targets: Unidentified reporter 8

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Virgin Islands Daily News reporter barred from governor’s briefings

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 14, 2024
Location: Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
Targets: Suzanne Carlson (The Virgin Islands Daily News)

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Governor
Type of denial →: Government event, Press credential or media list

California court clerk charged with providing search warrant to reporter

Incident Details

Updated on: June 23, 2025
Date of incident: November 13, 2024
Location: Stockton, California

Alleged recipient of leak →: Aaron Leathley (The Stockton Record)
Charged under Espionage Act →: No

FCC commissioner accuses media ratings provider of censorship

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 13, 2024
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: NewsGuard

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