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Toledo Blade editor tear gassed, shot at with police projectiles during Ohio protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Targets: Nolan Rosenkrans (The [Toledo] Blade)

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

News crew shot at in Toledo, no injuries but damage to news van

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 13, 2019
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Targets: Unidentified journalist 1 (WTVG)

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

Equipment Broken →: Vehicle, 1
Actor →: Unknown

Toledo news van shot at, no injuries but damage to news vehicle

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 13, 2019
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Targets: Unidentified journalist 2 (WTVG)

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

Ohio editor testifies at Oberlin College defamation trial

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 29, 2019
Location: Oberlin, Ohio
Targets: Jason Hawk (Oberlin News Tribune)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

April 29, 2019: Pending

May 10, 2019: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Ohio political reporter removed from Democratic Party mailing list, reinstated by chair

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 2019
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Targets: Seth Richardson (Cleveland.com)

Government agency or public official involved →: Democratic Party (state)
Type of denial →: Press credential or media list

Ohio newspapers receive threatening letters containing unknown substances

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 2018
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Targets: Circleville Herald, The Columbus Dispatch

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Oberlin College subpoenas local newspaper editor in defamation suit

Incident Details

Updated On: September 18, 2018
Date of Incident: May 30, 2018
Location: Oberlin, Ohio
Targets: Jason Hawk (Oberlin News Tribune)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

May 30, 2018: Pending

June 27, 2018: Carried out

July 24, 2018: Objected to

Aug. 22, 2018: Partially upheld

Sept. 18, 2018: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Local newspaper editor shot by police officer in Ohio

Incident Details

Updated On: May 23, 2019
Date of Incident: September 4, 2017
Location: New Carlisle, Ohio
Case number: 3:17-cv-00422
Targets: Andy Grimm (New Carlisle News)
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: No