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Journalist sues Indiana attorney general over exclusion from press conferences

Incident Details

Updated On: March 28, 2022
Date of Incident: October 14, 2021
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Case number: 1:22-cv-00268
Targets: Abdul-Hakim Shabazz (IndyPolitics.org)
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: Law enforcement: Prosecutors
Type of denial →: Government event, Press credential or media list

Reporter, public removed from Illinois city council meeting

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 13, 2021
Location: Country Club Hills, Illinois
Targets: Erica Chiang (The Southland Journal)

Government agency or public official involved →: Local government: Mayor
Type of denial →: Government event

New policy removes freelance journalists from MS health department media lists

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 2021
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Targets: Media

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

Reporters excluded from Maine CDC media briefings after being labeled ‘advocacy journalists’

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 25, 2021
Location: Portland, Maine
Targets: Katherine Revello (The Maine Wire), Evan Popp (Maine Beacon)

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

Journalist at advocacy news organization dragged from press conference

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 5, 2021
Location: Hialeah Gardens, Florida
Targets: Grant Stern (Occupy Democrats)

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

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Legislature

State government: Governor
Type of denial →: Government event

Equipment Broken →: Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Texas journalist barred from briefing by sheriff, files civil rights suit

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 12, 2021
Location: Richmond, Texas
Case number: 4:22-cv-04210
Targets: Justin Pulliam (Independent)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: Law enforcement: Local
Type of denial →: Government event

Jersey City Times sues mayor, city after removal from press list

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 20, 2021
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey
Case number: 2:23-cv-23197
Targets: Jersey City Times
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Media prevented from reporting on Texas execution for first time for decades

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 19, 2021
Location: Huntsville, Texas
Targets: Joseph Brown (The Huntsville Item), Michael Graczyk (The Associated Press)

Government agency or public official involved →: Law enforcement: State
Type of denial →: Government event

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