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Journalist subpoenaed for reporting and communications in defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 6, 2023
Location: Wilmington, Delaware
Targets: Jessica Pressler (New York)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Dec. 6, 2023: Pending

Feb. 16, 2024: Objected to
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Top state legal officers warn outlets against giving ‘material support’ to Hamas

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 4, 2023
Location: Multiple
Targets: CNN, Reuters, The Associated Press, The New York Times

Chilling Statement

Texas attorney general subpoenas Media Matters after report on X

Incident Details

Updated on: April 12, 2024
Date of incident: December 1, 2023
Location: Austin, Texas
Case number: 1:24-cv-00147
Targets: Media Matters for America
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Legal orders →: other for communications or work product

Dec. 1, 2023: Pending

Dec. 11, 2023: Objected to

April 12, 2024: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Chilling Statement

Newsmax ordered to turn over journalists’ texts in Dominion defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 1, 2023
Location: Wilmington, Delaware
Targets: Newsmax Media

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

Dec. 1, 2023: Upheld
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Arizona radio reporter arrested at pro-Palestinian protest in Tucson

Incident Details

Updated on: December 21, 2023
Date of incident: November 30, 2023
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Targets: Alisa Reznick (KJZZ)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Pima County Sheriff's Department
Charges →: Trespassing: criminal trespass

Nov. 30, 2023: Charges pending

Dec. 21, 2023: Charges dropped
Detention date →: November 30, 2023
Release date →: November 30, 2023
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Colorado reporter ignores order to return, destroy legally obtained court filings

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 30, 2023
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: Justin Wingerter (BusinessDen)

Status of prior restraint →: Ignored
Mistakenly released materials? →: Yes

California journalist barred from press conference with district attorney

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 29, 2023
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Emilie Raguso (The Berkeley Scanner)

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

Illinois watchdog blog subpoenaed in defamation case; subpoena later withdrawn

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 28, 2023
Location: Belleville, Illinois
Targets: Edgar County Watchdogs

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Nov. 28, 2023: Pending

Dec. 20, 2023: Dropped

subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Nov. 28, 2023: Pending

Dec. 20, 2023: Dropped
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

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