Incident Database

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

May 10, 2021: Pending

May 29, 2021: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Broadcast reporter threatened, spat on by man at event with Michigan governor

Incident Details

Updated on: September 10, 2021
Date of incident: May 6, 2021
Location: Greilickville, Michigan
Targets: Cortney Brown (WPBN-TV)

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

Michigan broadcast reporter assaulted by a man who grabs and throws her microphone

Incident Details

Updated on: September 10, 2021
Date of incident: May 6, 2021
Location: Greilickville, Michigan
Targets: Natalie Spala (WPBN-TV)

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

Equipment damaged →: Recording equipment, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Florida journalists barred from covering Gov. DeSantis signing of controversial new election law

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 6, 2021
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Targets: Danielle Waugh DeRos (WPEC), Madeline Montgomery (WPEC), Steve Bousquet (South Florida Sun Sentinel), Anthony Man (South Florida Sun Sentinel), Glenna Milberg (WPLG), Matt Sczesny (WPTV-TV), Linnie Supall (WPTV-TV)

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

Two Valley News Live journalists attacked in Fargo by man with screwdriver

Incident Details

Updated on: October 20, 2021
Date of incident: May 3, 2021
Location: Fargo, North Dakota
Targets: Nachai Taylor (KVLY-TV)

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

Valley News Live journalists attacked in North Dakota, camera damaged

Incident Details

Updated on: October 20, 2021
Date of incident: May 3, 2021
Location: Fargo, North Dakota
Targets: Michael Downs (KVLY-TV)

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

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

Univision journalist arrested, his phone seized while reporting in Arizona

Incident Details

Updated on: November 22, 2022
Date of incident: April 30, 2021
Location: Gilbert, Arizona
Targets: León Felipe González Cortés (KTVW-DT)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Gilbert Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: hindering, resisting, delaying, obstructing or preventing police officers

April 30, 2021: Charges pending

April 25, 2022: Convicted

Nov. 22, 2022: Charges dropped

Trespassing

April 30, 2021: Charges pending

April 25, 2022: Convicted

Nov. 22, 2022: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Intercept reporter told “You are not a journalist” when stopped by border officials

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 30, 2021
Location: Nogales, Arizona
Targets: Ryan Devereaux (The Intercept)

Border point →: Nogales-Morley Gate Port of Entry
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: No

Photojournalist stopped, strip searched while crossing back into U.S.

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 30, 2021
Location: Nogales, Arizona
Targets: Ash Ponders (Independent)

Border point →: Nogales-Morley Gate Port of Entry
Target nationality →: United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: Unknown
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

FBI drops 'unconstitutional' subpoena for USA Today readership information

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 29, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: USA Today

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

April 29, 2021: Pending

June 5, 2021: Dropped
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

Washington Post journalist subpoenaed for documents from college reporting

Incident Details

Updated on: July 8, 2024
Date of incident: April 22, 2021
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Fenit Nirappil ([Northwestern University] Medill Investigative Lab)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

April 22, 2021: Pending

May 10, 2021: Objected to

Unknown date: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Reporter detained by LA deputies while trying to re-enter press conference

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 20, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Cerise Castle (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Boston Globe reporter subpoenaed a second time in condo dispute

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 20, 2021
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Jon Chesto (The Boston Globe)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

April 20, 2021: Pending

April 28, 2021: Objected to

May 10, 2021: Ignored

Aug. 13, 2021: Pending

Aug. 24, 2021: Objected to

Jan. 11, 2022: Quashed

subpoena for communications or work product

April 20, 2021: Pending

April 28, 2021: Objected to

May 10, 2021: Ignored

Aug. 13, 2021: Pending

Aug. 24, 2021: Objected to

Jan. 11, 2022: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State