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ProPublica journalist subpoenaed over IRS lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated on: October 6, 2023
Date of incident: August 22, 2023
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Ash Ngu (ProPublica)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Aug. 22, 2023: Pending

Oct. 6, 2023: Unknown
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

ProPublica senior data reporter subpoenaed over IRS lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated on: October 6, 2023
Date of incident: August 22, 2023
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Jeff Ernsthausen (ProPublica)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Aug. 22, 2023: Pending

Oct. 6, 2023: Unknown
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

ProPublica senior editor subpoenaed over IRS lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated on: October 6, 2023
Date of incident: August 22, 2023
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Jesse Eisinger (ProPublica)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Aug. 22, 2023: Pending

Oct. 6, 2023: Unknown
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Former ProPublica reporter subpoenaed over IRS lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated on: October 6, 2023
Date of incident: August 22, 2023
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Mick Dumke (ProPublica)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Aug. 22, 2023: Pending

Oct. 6, 2023: Unknown
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

ProPublica reporter subpoenaed over IRS suit

Incident Details

Updated on: October 6, 2023
Date of incident: August 22, 2023
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Paul Kiel (ProPublica)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Aug. 22, 2023: Pending

Oct. 6, 2023: Unknown
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Independent journalist repeatedly assaulted while documenting LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 22, 2023
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Vishal Singh (Independent)

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

Florida broadcast photographer assaulted outside of jail

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 17, 2023
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 29 (WPLG)

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

New York congressman lifts press ban for public town hall meetings

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 12, 2023
Location: Carmel, New York
Targets: Media, News 12 Westchester, Rockland Daily, The Highlands Current, The Journal News, The New York Times

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

Newsroom, personal equipment seized in Kansas raid

Incident Details

Updated on: November 10, 2025
Date of incident: August 11, 2023
Location: Marion, Kansas
Case number: 2:24-cv-02122
Targets: Marion County Record
Case status: Ongoing, Settled
Type of case: Civil

Equipment searched or seized →: Computer, 4

Storage device, 1

Work product, 2
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: Yes

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Aug. 11, 2023: Pending

Aug. 11, 2023: Carried out

Aug. 16, 2023: Dropped
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Kansas newspaper editor’s home raided by local law enforcement

Incident Details

Updated on: November 10, 2025
Date of incident: August 11, 2023
Location: Marion, Kansas
Case number: 2:24-cv-02122
Targets: Eric Meyer (Marion County Record), Joan Meyer (Marion County Record)
Case status: Ongoing, Settled
Type of case: Civil

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1

Computer, 3

Storage device, 1

Work product, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: Yes

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Aug. 11, 2023: Pending

Aug. 11, 2023: Carried out

Aug. 16, 2023: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Kansas reporter injured when cellphone seized during police raid of newsroom

Incident Details

Updated on: November 20, 2025
Date of incident: August 11, 2023
Location: Marion, Kansas
Case number: 6:23-cv-01179
Targets: Deb Gruver (Marion County Record)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Cameraman hit by village vehicle, municipal employee arrested

Incident Details

Updated on: February 7, 2024
Date of incident: August 11, 2023
Location: Hillsdale, Missouri
Targets: Wade Smith (KTVI)

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

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

Kansas reporter files suit after phone seized in newsroom raid

Incident Details

Updated on: August 11, 2026
Date of incident: August 11, 2023
Location: Marion, Kansas
Case number: 2:24-cv-02044
Targets: Phyllis Zorn (Marion County Record)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Subpoena quashed for Ohio reporter’s documents in civil rights case

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 10, 2023
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Targets: Jeremy Pelzer (The [Cleveland] Plain Dealer)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Aug. 10, 2023: Pending

Aug. 24, 2023: Objected to

Oct. 9, 2023: Pending

Nov. 2, 2023: Objected to

Feb. 5, 2024: Quashed

March 1, 2024: Objected to

March 19, 2024: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

WLS-TV photographer assaulted, phones stolen, vehicle damaged

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 8, 2023
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 30 (WLS-TV)

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

Equipment damaged →: Cellphone, 2

Vehicle, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Cannabis commission restricts reporter’s access

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 4, 2023
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
Targets: Grant Smith-Ellis (Independent)

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Agency
Type of denial →: Press credential or media list

Journalist called to testify before grand jury on Trump election interference

Incident Details

Updated on: August 31, 2023
Date of incident: July 31, 2023
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: George Chidi (Freelance)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

July 31, 2023: Pending

Aug. 31, 2023: Dropped

subpoena for other testimony

July 31, 2023: Pending

Aug. 31, 2023: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Maryland reporter subpoenaed to testify in Texas murder trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 31, 2023
Location: Dallas, Texas
Targets: Jamie Leigh Thompson (D)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

July 31, 2023: Pending

Aug. 28, 2023: Objected to

Sept. 7, 2023: Upheld

Oct. 6, 2023: Objected to

Jan. 9, 2024: Upheld

Jan. 12, 2024: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

North Carolina judge seizes reporter’s notes, issues gag order

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 28, 2023
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Targets: Kenwyn Caranna ([Greensboro] News & Record)

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Work product, 1
Status of equipment →: In custody
Search warrant obtained →: No

Boston TV reporter shoved after court hearing

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 26, 2023
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Bob Ward (WFXT)

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

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