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Colorado TV reporter tackled, choked outside station in apparent bias attack

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 18, 2024
Location: Grand Junction, Colorado
Targets: Ja’Ronn Alex (KKCO/KJCT)

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

New Yorker writer subpoenaed ahead of Massachusetts murder trial

Incident Details

Updated on: May 16, 2025
Date of incident: December 18, 2024
Location: Brockton, Massachusetts
Targets: Eren Orbey (The New Yorker), Condé Nast

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Dec. 18, 2024: Pending

Feb. 7, 2025: Upheld

March 14, 2025: Objected to

May 16, 2025: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Freelance reporter subpoenaed in connection with defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 18, 2024
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Targets: Lily Dobrovolskaya (Freelance)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Dec. 18, 2024: Pending

Jan. 16, 2025: Objected to

March 7, 2025: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

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

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

Idaho editor subpoenaed to testify in defamation case

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 5, 2024
Location: Pocatello, Idaho
Targets: Nate Sunderland (EastIdahoNews.com)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Dec. 5, 2024: Pending

Dec. 11, 2024: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

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

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