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Media outlets sue Denver Public Schools for records from closed meeting

Incident Details

Updated on: July 23, 2023
Date of incident: March 23, 2023
Location: Denver, Colorado
Case number: 2023CV031265
Targets: Chalkbeat Colorado, Colorado Newsline, Colorado Politics, KDVR, KUSA, The Denver Gazette, The Denver Post
Case status: Verdict issued
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: Local government: Public school district
Type of denial →: Government event

Neo-Nazi leader charged with sending death threats to New York journalist

Incident Details

Updated on: April 19, 2024
Date of incident: March 21, 2023
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Unidentified reporter 4

Other Incident

Man arrested, pleads guilty to threatening West Virginia-based news crew

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 21, 2023
Location: Steubenville, Ohio
Targets: Brenda Danehart (WTRF-TV), John Lynch (WTRF-TV), WTRF-TV

Other Incident

City manager threatens reporter, outlet with legal action

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 20, 2023
Location: Newburgh, New York
Targets: Blaise Gomez (News 12 Hudson Valley)

Chilling Statement

Judge rules Virginia county must turn over recording of closed meeting

Incident Details

Updated on: August 26, 2025
Date of incident: March 20, 2023
Location: Verona, Virginia
Case number: CL23002339-00
Targets: Samuel Orlando (Breaking Through Media), Chris Graham (Augusta Free Press), Breaking Through Media
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

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

Photojournalist choked, his camera damaged in attack at Maine drama competition

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 11, 2023
Location: Skowhegan, Maine
Targets: Michael G. Seamans ([Waterville] Morning Sentinel)

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

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

University staff member interrupts student journalist’s coverage at SEC Tournament

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 10, 2023
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Targets: Jack Weaver ([University of] Kentucky Kernel)

Other Incident

Judge delays public notice of Texas abortion pill hearing

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 10, 2023
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Targets: Media

Other Incident

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

New York county’s letter asks for changes to paper’s reporting

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 8, 2023
Location: Delhi, New York
Case number: 3:23-cv-01531
Targets: The Reporter
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Chilling Statement

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)

Chilling Statement

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

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