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Florida broadcasters threatened with criminal charges by state agency

Incident Details

Updated on: November 6, 2024
Date of incident: October 3, 2024
Location: Multiple, Florida
Targets: Media, WCJB-TV, WFLA-TV, WINK-TV

Chilling Statement

City attorney tells journalist to unpublish articles about arrest report

Incident Details

Updated on: February 5, 2025
Date of incident: October 3, 2024
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Jack Poulson (All-Source Intelligence)

Chilling Statement

Journalists ordered to reveal sources in harassment suit against eBay

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 25, 2024
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: David Steiner (EcommerceBytes), Ina Steiner (EcommerceBytes)

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

Sept. 25, 2024: Upheld
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Journalist arrested while covering Oakland encampment cleanup

Incident Details

Updated on: December 4, 2024
Date of incident: September 17, 2024
Location: Oakland, California
Targets: Yesica Prado ([Berkeley] Street Spirit)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Oakland Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: interfering with employees of a public agency

Sept. 17, 2024: Charges pending

Dec. 4, 2024: Charges dropped

Trespassing: remaining in a safe work zone

Sept. 17, 2024: Charges pending

Dec. 4, 2024: Charges dropped
Detention date →: September 17, 2024
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Local official angered by coverage threatens Texas newspaper on social media

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 15, 2024
Location: Galveston, Texas
Targets: Scott McLendon (The [Galveston] Daily News), The [Galveston] Daily News

Chilling Statement

Photojournalist detained, camera and bag damaged at NYC protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 10, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Olga Fedorova (FreedomNews.TV)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: New York City Police Department
Detention date →: September 10, 2024
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1

Equipment bag, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Photojournalist arrested covering pre-presidential debate protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 10, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Sarah Baum (Independent)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: New York City Police Department
Charges →: Traffic violation: pedestrians on roadways

Sept. 10, 2024: Charges pending

Oct. 7, 2024: Charges dropped
Detention date →: September 10, 2024
Release date →: September 11, 2024
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Photojournalist struck with police bike amid presidential debate protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 10, 2024
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Targets: Cristina Panagi (Independent)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Broadcast reporter robbed at gunpoint in Oakland

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 7, 2024
Location: Oakland, California
Targets: Unidentified reporter 7 (KGO-TV)

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

Equipment damaged →: Recording equipment, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Broadcast crew member robbed at gunpoint in Oakland

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 7, 2024
Location: Oakland, California
Targets: Unidentified journalist 5 (KGO-TV)

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

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

Indian journalist assaulted during interview; phone taken, recording deleted

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 7, 2024
Location: Irving, Texas
Targets: Rohit Sharma (India Today [India])

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

Equipment damaged →: Cellphone, 1

Work product, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Filmmaker subpoenaed in connection with Illinois wrongful conviction suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 5, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Margaret Byrne (Beti Films)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 5, 2024: Pending

Sept. 16, 2024: Objected to

Sept. 25, 2024: Pending

Oct. 16, 2024: Objected to

Nov. 22, 2024: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

State Department classifies six Russian state-owned news outlets ‘foreign missions’

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 4, 2024
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: RIA Novosti [Russia], Rossiya Segodnya [Russia], RT America, Ruptly [Russia], Sputnik [Russia], TV-Novosti [Russia]

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CBS News reporter subpoenaed in Illinois wrongful conviction suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 3, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Jericka Duncan (CBS News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 3, 2024: Pending

Sept. 27, 2024: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

BuzzFeed News reporter subpoenaed in Illinois wrongful conviction suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 3, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Melissa Segura (BuzzFeed News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 3, 2024: Pending

Sept. 27, 2024: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

NBC News producer subpoenaed in Illinois wrongful conviction suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 3, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Maite Amorebieta (NBC News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 3, 2024: Pending

Sept. 16, 2024: Ignored

Oct. 15, 2024: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Sheriff’s deputies question reporter at her home

Incident Details

Updated on: June 23, 2025
Date of incident: August 30, 2024
Location: Stockton, California
Targets: Aaron Leathley (The Stockton Record), Hannah Workman (The Stockton Record)

Chilling Statement

Chicago Reader journalist pushed with police baton amid DNC protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 22, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Shawn Mulcahy (Chicago Reader)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Boston Globe reporter subpoenaed for testimony in contractor dispute suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 22, 2024
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Anonymous reporter 9 (The Boston Globe)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Aug. 22, 2024: Pending

Aug. 26, 2024: Upheld

Sept. 12, 2024: Ignored

Dec. 31, 2024: Objected to

March 10, 2025: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Boston Globe ordered to turn over communications, files in contract dispute suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 22, 2024
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: The Boston Globe

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Aug. 22, 2024: Pending

Aug. 26, 2024: Upheld

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

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