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TV reporter charged at by man with ax while covering eviction

Incident Details

Updated On: May 22, 2017
Date of Incident: April 26, 2017
Location: Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Targets: Ben Hall (WTVF)

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

Photojournalist charged at by man with ax while covering eviction

Incident Details

Updated On: May 22, 2017
Date of Incident: April 26, 2017
Location: Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Targets: Bob Stinnett (WTVF)

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

Tennessee man threatens three journalists with ax; charges later dropped

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 26, 2017
Location: Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Targets: Kevin Wisniewski (WTVF)

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

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

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

GOP Congressional candidate assaults Guardian U.S. reporter

Incident Details

Updated On: November 17, 2017
Date of Incident: May 24, 2017
Location: Bozeman, Montana
Targets: Ben Jacobs (The Guardian)

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

Alpha News reporter Preya Samsundar attacked by protesters in Minnesota

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 10, 2017
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Targets: Preya Samsundar (Alpha News)

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

Equipment Broken →: Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Photojournalist Brooke Anderson struck with baton by Berkeley police officer while covering protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 20, 2017
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Brooke Anderson (Independent)

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

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