Incident Database

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

April 5, 2022: Pending

Nov. 1, 2022: Carried out

subpoena for other testimony

April 5, 2022: Pending

Nov. 1, 2022: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Subpoena withdrawn for former NYT reporter in trial of Clinton campaign lawyer

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 2022
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Eric Lichtblau (The New York Times)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

April 1, 2022: Pending

May 24, 2022: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Colorado investigative journalist assaulted by city official

Incident Details

Updated on: January 2, 2024
Date of incident: March 29, 2022
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
Case number: 23CV123
Targets: Stacy Lynne (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

New York Post reporter assaulted by man being evicted from encampment

Incident Details

Updated on: October 11, 2023
Date of incident: March 28, 2022
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Kevin Sheehan (New York Post)

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

New York Post photographer assaulted by man being evicted from encampment

Incident Details

Updated on: October 11, 2023
Date of incident: March 28, 2022
Location: New York, New York
Targets: G.N. Miller (New York Post)

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

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

DC reporter subpoenaed by Republican fundraiser over leaked documents

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 23, 2022
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Ben Wieder (McClatchy)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

March 23, 2022: Pending

April 25, 2022: Objected to

June 23, 2022: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Photojournalist assaulted in Denver while reporting on city’s efforts to curb crime

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 21, 2022
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 21 (KCNC-TV)

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

Deputy editor subpoenaed in connection with blinded photojournalist’s lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated on: June 2, 2022
Date of incident: March 18, 2022
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Max Nesterak (Minnesota Reformer)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

March 18, 2022: Pending

May 26, 2022: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Reporter subpoenaed in connection with blinded photojournalist’s lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated on: June 2, 2022
Date of incident: March 18, 2022
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Andy Mannix (Minnesota Star Tribune)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

March 18, 2022: Pending

May 26, 2022: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Journalist subpoenaed in connection with blinded photojournalist’s lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated on: June 2, 2022
Date of incident: March 18, 2022
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Jared Goyette (Freelance)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

March 18, 2022: Pending

May 26, 2022: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Tulsa multimedia journalist shot with pellet gun while preparing for live shot

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 16, 2022
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Targets: Katie Keleher (KJRH-TV)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

Mississippi GOP’s ban on press access to caucus meetings upheld

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 14, 2022
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Targets: Nick Judin (Mississippi Free Press)

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Government event

Judge will review her order forcing Berkshire Eagle editor to turn over reporting notes

Incident Details

Updated on: October 3, 2022
Date of incident: March 10, 2022
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Targets: Larry Parnass (The Berkshire Eagle)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

March 10, 2022: Pending

March 18, 2022: Objected to

July 29, 2022: Quashed

July 30, 2022: Objected to

Oct. 3, 2022: Quashed

subpoena for communications or work product

March 10, 2022: Pending

March 18, 2022: Objected to

July 29, 2022: Upheld

Aug. 29, 2022: Objected to

Oct. 3, 2022: Upheld

Motion to compel for testimony about confidential source

July 7, 2022: Pending

July 7, 2022: Objected to

July 29, 2022: Upheld

Aug. 29, 2022: Objected to

Oct. 3, 2022: Upheld
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Louisiana photojournalist assaulted during investigation of mistaken release of convict

Incident Details

Updated on: March 6, 2023
Date of incident: March 3, 2022
Location: Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Targets: T.J. Pipitone (WWL-TV)

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

Louisiana reporter assaulted during investigation of mistaken release of convict

Incident Details

Updated on: March 6, 2023
Date of incident: March 3, 2022
Location: Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Targets: David Hammer (WWL-TV)

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

Equipment damaged →: Cellphone, 1

Recording equipment, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Utah Senate becomes third state legislature this year to limit journalists’ access

Incident Details

Updated on: February 28, 2022
Date of incident: February 15, 2022
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

Subpoena for ABC News’ reporting materials on a ‘Real Housewives’ cast member quashed

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 11, 2022
Location: New York, New York
Targets: ABC News

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 11, 2022: Pending

Feb. 25, 2022: Objected to

May 5, 2022: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

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