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Newspaper publisher shot after dispute over caricatures

Incident Details

Updated on: February 5, 2026
Date of incident: October 4, 2023
Location: Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Targets: Bernardo Isaías Amaro Pérez (El Periodiquito)

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

New York reporter abruptly dropped from online forum

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 3, 2023
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Emily Swanson (Freelance)

Other Incident

Florida daily newspaper said feud led sheriff to disinvite it from news conference

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 2, 2023
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

IRS consultant charged with leaking tax returns to two news outlets

Incident Details

Updated on: January 29, 2024
Date of incident: September 29, 2023
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

Alleged recipient of leak →: ProPublica

The New York Times
Charged under Espionage Act →: No

Reporter assaulted at Tennessee mayoral forum

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 27, 2023
Location: Franklin, Tennessee
Targets: Phil Williams (WTVF)

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

Police union sues Las Vegas Review-Journal over jail video

Incident Details

Updated on: May 2, 2025
Date of incident: September 27, 2023
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Las Vegas Review-Journal

Chilling Statement

Idaho reporter subpoenaed for materials by defendant in defamation case

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 26, 2023
Location: Pocatello, Idaho
Targets: Kaitlyn Hart (EastIdahoNews.com)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 26, 2023: Pending

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

New England newspaper subpoenaed over defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 25, 2023
Location: Concord, New Hampshire
Targets: Caledonian Record

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 25, 2023: Pending

Sept. 29, 2023: Objected to

Oct. 6, 2023: Dropped

subpoena for other testimony

Sept. 25, 2023: Pending

Sept. 29, 2023: Objected to

Oct. 6, 2023: Dropped
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

New Hampshire reporter subpoenaed over defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 25, 2023
Location: Concord, New Hampshire
Targets: Robert Blechl (Caledonian Record)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 25, 2023: Pending

Sept. 29, 2023: Objected to

Oct. 6, 2023: Dropped

subpoena for other testimony

Sept. 25, 2023: Pending

Sept. 29, 2023: Objected to

Oct. 6, 2023: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Man leaves fake bomb outside Ohio newspaper offices

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 24, 2023
Location: Elyria, Ohio
Targets: The Chronicle-Telegram

Other Incident

Journalist assaulted filming Iranian delegation's New York visit

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 20, 2023
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Kian Amani (Iran International [Iran])

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

Judge orders journalist to turn over source communications

Incident Details

Updated on: December 1, 2023
Date of incident: September 14, 2023
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Targets: Mike Elk (Payday Report)

Legal orders →: Motion to compel for communications or work product

Sept. 14, 2023: Upheld

Oct. 16, 2023: Objected to

Dec. 1, 2023: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Miami mayor tries to grab phone from reporter’s hands

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 9, 2023
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Sarah Blaskey (Miami Herald)

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

Chicago TV reporter attacked while livestreaming

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 6, 2023
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Unidentified reporter 6 (WGBO-DT)

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

Videographer assaulted at NY migrant housing protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 5, 2023
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Lukasz Matyja (Freelance)

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

ABC subpoenaed in connection with Massachusetts murder trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 1, 2023
Location: Dedham, Massachusetts
Targets: ABC News

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 1, 2023: Pending

Sept. 20, 2023: Objected to

Oct. 11, 2023: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

NBC subpoenaed in connection with Massachusetts murder trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 1, 2023
Location: Dedham, Massachusetts
Targets: NBC News

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 1, 2023: Pending

Sept. 20, 2023: Objected to

Oct. 11, 2023: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Media barred from identifying officer working DeSantis security

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 30, 2023
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Grant Stern (Occupy Democrats), Media

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

Univision reporter, photographer robbed at gunpoint in Chicago

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 28, 2023
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Unidentified reporter 5 (WGBO-DT)

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

Univision photographer, reporter robbed at gunpoint in Chicago

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 28, 2023
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 31 (WGBO-DT)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1
Actor →: Private individual

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