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Alabama publisher charged over report on grand jury investigation

Incident Details

Updated on: November 20, 2024
Date of incident: October 27, 2023
Location: Atmore, Alabama
Case number: 1:24-cv-00425
Targets: Sherry Digmon (Atmore News)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Escambia County Sheriff’s Office
Charges →: Publishing: revealing, disclosing or divulging grand jury information

Oct. 27, 2023: Charges pending

April 19, 2024: Charges dropped
Detention date →: October 27, 2023
Release date →: October 27, 2023
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Photojournalist says phone snatched at drag performance protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 25, 2023
Location: San Fernando, California
Targets: Kelly Stuart (Independent)

Equipment broken →: Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Freelance photojournalist detained, cited at Reno rally

Incident Details

Updated on: October 25, 2023
Date of incident: October 20, 2023
Location: Reno, Nevada
Targets: Eric Marks (This Is Reno)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Reno Police Department
Charges →: Traffic violation: crossing a roadway outside of a marked crosswalk

Oct. 20, 2023: Charges pending

Oct. 25, 2023: Convicted
Detention date →: October 20, 2023
Release date →: October 20, 2023
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

California journalist restored to district attorney’s media list

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 20, 2023
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Emilie Raguso (The Berkeley Scanner)

Government agency or public official involved →: Law enforcement: Prosecutor
Type of denial →: Press credential or media list

Reporter assaulted by security for Ghanaian national soccer team

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 14, 2023
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Targets: Seidu Adamu (442gh [Ghana])

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

Subpoena for financial reporter’s documents in California suit quashed

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 11, 2023
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Roddy Boyd (Foundation for Financial Journalism)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Oct. 11, 2023: Pending

Oct. 23, 2023: Objected to

Jan. 16, 2024: Pending

Jan. 30, 2024: Objected to

Aug. 7, 2024: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Judge again bars media from publishing on expelled student or his lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated on: November 28, 2023
Date of incident: October 10, 2023
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Targets: Media

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

Freelance journalist harassed, press badge briefly stolen at pro-Israel rally

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 8, 2023
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Talia (Jane) Ben-Ora (Freelance)

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

Equipment broken →: Miscellaneous equipment, 1

Press identification, 1
Actor →: Private individual

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