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Political journalist subpoenaed by state senator for source communications

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 8, 2023
Location: Chesterfield, Virginia
Targets: Brandon Jarvis (Virginia Scope)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

March 8, 2023: Pending

March 15, 2023: Objected to

March 23, 2023: Quashed

subpoena for testimony about confidential source

March 8, 2023: Pending

March 15, 2023: Objected to

March 23, 2023: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Political newsletter subpoenaed by state senator for source communications

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 8, 2023
Location: Chesterfield, Virginia
Targets: Virginia Scope

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

March 8, 2023: Pending

March 15, 2023: Objected to

March 23, 2023: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Oklahoma public officials accused of discussing killing local journalists

Incident Details

Updated on: June 30, 2023
Date of incident: March 6, 2023
Location: Idabel, Oklahoma
Targets: Bruce Willingham (McCurtain Gazette-News), Chris Willingham (McCurtain Gazette-News)

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Newspaper subpoenaed for reporter’s notes from jailhouse interview

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 3, 2023
Location: Bakersfield, California
Targets: The Bakersfield Californian

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

March 3, 2023: Pending

March 16, 2023: Objected to

April 4, 2023: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Spectrum News 13 reporter killed, photographer shot while reporting

Incident Details

Updated on: February 17, 2025
Date of incident: February 22, 2023
Location: Pine Hills, Florida
Case number: 6:25-cv-00252
Targets: Dylan Lyons (Spectrum News 13)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Spectrum News 13 photographer shot while reporting; reporter killed

Incident Details

Updated on: March 30, 2023
Date of incident: February 22, 2023
Location: Pine Hills, Florida
Targets: Jesse Walden (Spectrum News 13)

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

Judge bars media from publishing on expelled student suing UNC system

Incident Details

Updated on: March 1, 2023
Date of incident: February 22, 2023
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Targets: Media

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

MinnPost reporter reinstated to press list after coalition backing

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 9, 2023
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Targets: Peter Callaghan (MinnPost)

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

Florida city officials enact media conduct rules, threaten to ban editor

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 9, 2023
Location: Winter Garden, Florida
Targets: Norine Dworkin (VoxPopuli), Media

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

NewsNation reporter arrested while covering Ohio governor news conference

Incident Details

Updated on: January 30, 2024
Date of incident: February 8, 2023
Location: East Palestine, Ohio
Case number: 4:23-cv-02200
Targets: Evan Lambert (NewsNation)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: East Palestine Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing: criminal trespass

Feb. 8, 2023: Charges pending

Feb. 15, 2023: Charges dropped

Obstruction: resisting arrest

Feb. 8, 2023: Charges pending

Feb. 15, 2023: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Subpoena for NBC reporter to testify at murder trial quashed

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 7, 2023
Location: Binghamton, New York
Targets: Andrea Canning (NBC News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Feb. 7, 2023: Pending

March 10, 2023: Objected to

May 8, 2023: Upheld

June 5, 2023: Objected to

Sept. 14, 2023: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Reporter pepper-sprayed while covering ‘Justice for Tyre’ protest

Incident Details

Updated on: February 2, 2023
Date of incident: February 1, 2023
Location: Johnson City, New York
Targets: Sarah Eames ([Binghamton] Press & Sun-Bulletin)

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

TV news van vandalized during Tyre Nichols protest in LA

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 28, 2023
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: KTLA

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

NY Assembly keeping pandemic restrictions for press access this session

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 23, 2023
Location: Albany, New York
Targets: Media

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

Journalist subpoenaed by DC construction company after libel claims dismissed

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 20, 2023
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Natalie Delgadillo (DCist)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Jan. 20, 2023: Pending

Feb. 16, 2023: Objected to

March 30, 2023: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

SC reporter arrested, banned from tribal lands

Incident Details

Updated on: July 17, 2023
Date of incident: January 14, 2023
Location: Rock Hill, South Carolina
Targets: Maggie Brown (The Post and Courier)

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

Jan. 14, 2023: Charges pending

July 17, 2023: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Texas judge vacates order limiting murder trial coverage

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 9, 2023
Location: Waco, Texas
Targets: KWTX-TV, Media, Waco Tribune-Herald

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

Texas Senate extends barring reporters from floor

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 6, 2023
Location: Austin, Texas
Targets: Media

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

Bloomberg subpoenaed for reporter communications, quashed by judge

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 4, 2023
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Bloomberg News

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Jan. 4, 2023: Pending

April 20, 2023: Objected to

Aug. 25, 2023: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

Penn. journalist ordered to destroy, unpublish copies of leaked report

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 15, 2022
Location: Exeter Township, Pennsylvania
Targets: Jerry Geleff (Jerry Geleff Media), The Exeter Examiner, The Exeter Underground

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

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