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Independent journalist arrested, injured while covering Texas protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 8, 2024
Location: Austin, Texas
Targets: Jeff Zavala (Independent)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Austin Police Department
Charges →: Traffic violation: stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in certain places

March 8, 2024: Charges pending

March 11, 2024: Charges dropped

Obstruction: resisting arrest, search, or transportation

March 8, 2024: Charges pending

June 27, 2024: Charges dropped
Detention date →: March 8, 2024
Release date →: March 9, 2024
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera equipment, 1

Recording equipment, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Freelancer forcibly removed, press badge taken at Israeli conference in NYC

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 4, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Caroline Haskins (Freelance)

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

Equipment damaged →: Press identification, 1
Actor →: Private security

Former Fox News reporter held in contempt for refusing to comply with subpoena

Incident Details

Updated on: July 2, 2026
Date of incident: February 29, 2024
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Catherine Herridge (Fox News)

Arrest status →: Charged without arrest
Arresting authority →: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Charges →: Contempt of court

Feb. 29, 2024: Convicted

March 13, 2024: Pending appeal

Sept. 30, 2025: Convicted

Nov. 25, 2025: Pending appeal

May 22, 2026: Convicted
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Police agree to pay Las Vegas paper’s legal fees in public records lawsuits

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 29, 2024
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Case number: A-20-811063 & A-20-809924
Targets: Las Vegas Review-Journal
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Other Incident

Florida paper says sheriff disinvited it from news conference for second time

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 29, 2024
Location: DeLand, Florida
Targets: The Daytona Beach News-Journal

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

Independent journalist arrested at Wall Street protest

Incident Details

Updated on: September 20, 2024
Date of incident: February 29, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Ashoka Jegroo (Independent)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: New York City Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: disorderly conduct

Feb. 29, 2024: Charges pending

March 20, 2024: Charges pending

Sept. 20, 2024: Charges dropped

Traffic violation: pedestrians on roadways

Feb. 29, 2024: Charges pending

March 20, 2024: Charges dropped
Detention date →: February 29, 2024
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Utah AG appeals order to turn over calendar to news outlet and pay court fees

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 27, 2024
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Targets: Annie Knox (KSL-TV)

Other Incident

Salman Rushdie subpoenaed for memoir materials by alleged attacker

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 26, 2024
Location: Mayville, New York
Targets: Salman Rushdie (Independent)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 26, 2024: Pending

March 4, 2024: Objected to

April 15, 2024: Objected to

July 18, 2024: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Student journalists, adviser sue school, alleging intimidation

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 22, 2024
Location: Mountain View, California
Case number: 24CV431640
Targets: Hanna Olson (The Mountain View High School Oracle), Hayes Duenow (The Mountain View High School Oracle)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Other Incident

New York courts grant, then overturn prior restraint on documentary release

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 22, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: A&E Television Networks

Status of prior restraint →: Struck down
Mistakenly released materials? →: No

Florida journalist indicted on allegations of conspiracy, computer fraud, wiretapping

Incident Details

Updated on: October 8, 2026
Date of incident: February 21, 2024
Location: Tampa, Florida
Targets: Tim Burke (Independent)

Arrest status →: Charged without arrest
Arresting authority →: U.S. Department of Justice
Charges →: Computer fraud: accessing protected computer without authorization

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Oct. 8, 2026: Charges pending

Computer fraud: accessing protected computer without authorization

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Oct. 8, 2026: Charges pending

Computer fraud: accessing protected computer without authorization

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Oct. 8, 2026: Charges pending

Computer fraud: accessing protected computer without authorization

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Oct. 8, 2026: Charges pending

Computer fraud: accessing protected computer without authorization

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Oct. 8, 2026: Charges pending

Computer fraud: accessing protected computer without authorization

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Oct. 8, 2026: Charges pending

Conspiracy

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Oct. 8, 2026: Charges pending

Wiretapping: disclosing illegally intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Sept. 25, 2025: Charges dropped

Oct. 8, 2026: Charges pending

Wiretapping: interception of wire, oral or electronic communications

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Sept. 25, 2025: Charges dropped

Oct. 8, 2026: Charges pending

Wiretapping: interception of wire, oral or electronic communications

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Sept. 25, 2025: Charges dropped

Oct. 8, 2026: Charges pending

Wiretapping: interception of wire, oral or electronic communications

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Sept. 25, 2025: Charges dropped

Oct. 8, 2026: Charges pending

Wiretapping: disclosing illegally intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Sept. 25, 2025: Charges dropped

Wiretapping: interception of wire, oral or electronic communications

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Sept. 25, 2025: Charges dropped

Oct. 8, 2026: Charges pending

Wiretapping: interception of wire, oral or electronic communications

Feb. 15, 2024: Charges pending

Sept. 25, 2025: Charges dropped

Oct. 8, 2026: Charges pending
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Florida photojournalist struck by rock thrown by rapper

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 21, 2024
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Targets: Bryan Murphy (WPLG)

Assailant →: Public figure
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Florida reporter threatened after questioning rapper Kodak Black

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 21, 2024
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Targets: Rosh Lowe (WPLG)

Assailant →: Public figure
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Two journalists in different states say police called on them while reporting

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 20, 2024
Location: Multiple
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Photojournalist briefly detained at pro-Palestinian march in NYC

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 19, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Josh Pacheco (Independent)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: New York City Police Department
Detention date →: February 19, 2024
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Photojournalist hurled to ground by police at NYC protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 19, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Cristina Panagi (Independent)

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

NC blogger issued no-contact, no-trespass orders after confronting county attorney

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 16, 2024
Location: Currituck, North Carolina
Targets: Thom Roddy (Blackwater Reports)

Status of prior restraint →: Upheld
Mistakenly released materials? →: No

New Yorker reporter subpoenaed by federal government in criminal trial

Incident Details

Updated on: March 4, 2024
Date of incident: February 15, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Eric Lach (The New Yorker)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Feb. 15, 2024: Pending

Feb. 19, 2024: Objected to

March 4, 2024: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal