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Investigative reporter subpoenaed in lawsuit against Maui County, officer

Incident Details

Updated on: January 20, 2023
Date of incident: October 13, 2022
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Targets: Lynn Kawano (KGMB/KHNL)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Oct. 13, 2022: Pending

Oct. 31, 2022: Objected to

Nov. 9, 2022: Pending

Nov. 26, 2022: Objected to

Jan. 20, 2023: Quashed

subpoena for other testimony

Oct. 13, 2022: Pending

Oct. 31, 2022: Objected to

Nov. 9, 2022: Pending

Nov. 26, 2022: Objected to

Jan. 20, 2023: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Boston Globe editor subpoenaed for testimony in Harvard admissions bribery case

Incident Details

Updated on: December 13, 2022
Date of incident: October 11, 2022
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Joshua Miller (The Boston Globe)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Oct. 11, 2022: Pending

Nov. 3, 2022: Objected to

Dec. 2, 2022: Upheld

Dec. 13, 2022: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

KC photographer shoved to ground by NFL player after game

Incident Details

Updated on: February 5, 2025
Date of incident: October 10, 2022
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Case number: 2316-CV11878
Targets: Park Zebley (Unidentified production company)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Jewish newspaper boxes vandalized in Queens

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 6, 2022
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Media

Other Incident

Journalist gains access to Arizona county news conferences following suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 30, 2022
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Case number: 2:22-cv-01925
Targets: Jordan Conradson (The Gateway Pundit)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Fast Company disables website after cyberattack results in ‘vile’ push alerts, posts

Incident Details

Updated on: October 5, 2022
Date of incident: September 25, 2022
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Fast Company

Other Incident

Judge rules Starbucks union organizers must turn over media exchanges

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 23, 2022
Location: Buffalo, New York
Targets: Media

Other Incident

Two Occupy Democrats journalists barred from DeSantis press conference

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 22, 2022
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Grant Stern (Occupy Democrats), Thomas Kennedy (Occupy Democrats)

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

Illinois reporter subpoenaed in civil rights lawsuit; judge sets order aside

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 15, 2022
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Denise Crosby (The Beacon-News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Sept. 15, 2022: Pending

Oct. 11, 2022: Objected to

Oct. 24, 2022: Quashed

subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 15, 2022: Pending

Oct. 11, 2022: Objected to

Oct. 24, 2022: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Ransomware attack delays two daily newspapers in Utah

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 5, 2022
Location: Ogden, Utah
Targets: [Ogden] Standard-Examiner, [Provo] Daily Herald

Other Incident

Devices illegally seized in investigation of reporter’s murder, Review-Journal argues

Incident Details

Updated on: October 16, 2024
Date of incident: September 2022
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Case number: A-22-859361-C
Targets: Jeff German (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1

Computer, 4

Storage device, 1
Status of equipment →: In custody
Search warrant obtained →: Yes

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Sept. 3, 2022: Pending

Sept. 3, 2022: Carried out

Sept. 26, 2022: Objected to

May 10, 2023: Upheld

May 22, 2023: Objected to

Oct. 5, 2023: Partially upheld

Jan. 26, 2024: Partially upheld

July 25, 2024: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

County official arrested in stabbing death of Las Vegas investigative journalist

Incident Details

Updated on: October 16, 2024
Date of incident: September 2, 2022
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Jeff German (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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

California journalism adviser threatened with suspension, rescinded after appeal

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 1, 2022
Location: Lake Balboa, California
Targets: The [Daniel Pearl Magnet High School] Pearl Post

Other Incident

Judge quashes subpoena of opinion editor as part of Flint water suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 1, 2022
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Targets: Brendan Clarey (The Detroit News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 1, 2022: Pending

Oct. 17, 2022: Objected to

Nov. 17, 2022: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Two Detroit News editors subpoenaed as part of Flint water suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 1, 2022
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Targets: Gary Miles (The Detroit News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 1, 2022: Pending

Oct. 17, 2022: Objected to

Nov. 17, 2022: Quashed

subpoena for other testimony

Sept. 1, 2022: Pending

Oct. 17, 2022: Objected to

Nov. 17, 2022: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Editor’s subpoena in DC civil suit set aside

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 29, 2022
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Carl Prine (Navy Times)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Aug. 29, 2022: Pending

Sept. 21, 2022: Objected to

Dec. 20, 2022: Partially upheld

Jan. 23, 2023: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal