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Man arrested following assault of reporter during live broadcast

Incident Details

Updated on: April 11, 2023
Date of incident: May 23, 2020
Location: Shorewood, Illinois
Targets: Gaynor Hall (WGN-TV)

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

Photojournalist assaulted and camera destroyed by passerby

Incident Details

Updated on: August 25, 2020
Date of incident: May 1, 2020
Location: Rock Island, Illinois
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 2 (WQAD-TV)

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

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

Fox 11 News photojournalist held at knifepoint over footage of California shelter-in-place protest

Incident Details

Updated on: July 13, 2023
Date of incident: April 17, 2020
Location: Huntington Beach, California
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 1 (KTTV)

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

Journalist has phone knocked to ground by police while recording NYC protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 31, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Ashoka Jegroo (Independent)

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

Two journalists attacked, news van vandalized while covering Puerto Rico protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 23, 2020
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Targets: Kefrén Velázquez (WAPA-TV)

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

NotiCentro photojournalist attacked with reporter while covering Puerto Rico protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 23, 2020
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Targets: Luis Ojeda (WAPA-TV)

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

California shop owner charged with assaulting journalists, breaking camera equipment

Incident Details

Updated on: March 10, 2021
Date of incident: January 20, 2020
Location: La Mesa, California
Targets: Dan Plante (KUSI-TV)

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

Shop owner charged with assaulting journalists, breaking Univision equipment

Incident Details

Updated on: March 10, 2021
Date of incident: January 20, 2020
Location: La Mesa, California
Targets: Claudia Buccio (Univision)

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

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

Shop owner in California charged with assaulting journalists, breaking camera equipment

Incident Details

Updated on: March 10, 2021
Date of incident: January 20, 2020
Location: La Mesa, California
Targets: Michael Saucedo (KUSI-TV)

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

Wife of Georgia county commissioner dumps drink on reporter’s head, soaking her and her equipment

Incident Details

Updated on: July 10, 2023
Date of incident: December 13, 2019
Location: Chattooga County, Georgia
Targets: Casie Bryant (AllOnGeorgia)

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

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

Man arrested after assaulting reporter during live broadcast

Incident Details

Updated on: September 1, 2020
Date of incident: December 7, 2019
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Targets: Alex Bozarjian (WSAV-TV)

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

Restauranteur steals reporter’s cellphones during interview

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 5, 2019
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Targets: Priscilla Totiyapungprasert (Arizona Republic)

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

Equipment damaged →: Cellphone, 2
Actor →: Public figure

Broadcast reporter attacked, camera damaged while reporting in Florida

Incident Details

Updated on: October 26, 2021
Date of incident: November 28, 2019
Location: North Fort Myers, Florida
Targets: Delia D’Ambra (WBBH-TV)

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

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

Photographer knocked to ground, camera damaged at football game

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 23, 2019
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Targets: Jamm Aquino (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera lens, 1
Actor →: Public figure

NYC building owner assaults reporter, breaks station camera equipment

Incident Details

Updated on: November 7, 2023
Date of incident: November 12, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Michael Herzenberg (Spectrum News NY1)

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

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

Multimedia journalist assaulted while reporting in Charlotte

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 1, 2019
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Targets: Paige Pauroso (WBTV)

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

Journalist alleges bodyguard pushed, assaulted him outside San Francisco courthouse

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 15, 2019
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Phelim McAleer (Independent)

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

Kentucky journalist harassed, kissed on cheek during live broadcast

Incident Details

Updated on: December 20, 2019
Date of incident: September 20, 2019
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Targets: Sara Rivest (WAVE)

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

North Carolina state senator damages reporter’s phone in physical altercation

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 11, 2019
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Targets: Joe Killian (NC Newsline)

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

Equipment damaged →: Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Politician

Man robs and briefly kidnaps NBC affiliate reporter at gunpoint

Incident Details

Updated on: July 7, 2021
Date of incident: August 27, 2019
Location: Kennewick, Washington
Targets: Unidentified reporter 1 (KNDU)

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

Equipment damaged →: Recording equipment, 1

Vehicle, 1
Actor →: Private individual

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