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Reporter assaulted during Miami anti-mask mandate protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 18, 2021
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Danny Rivero (WLRN-FM)

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

Journalist at advocacy news organization dragged from press conference

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 5, 2021
Location: Hialeah Gardens, Florida
Targets: Grant Stern (Occupy Democrats)

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

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Legislature

State government: Governor
Type of denial →: Government event

Equipment Broken →: Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

CBS4 News reporter hit, sprayed with alcohol as she reported in Miami Beach

Incident Details

Updated On: August 8, 2022
Date of Incident: May 12, 2021
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Bobeth Yates (WFOR-TV)

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

CBS4 News photojournalist assaulted, camera damaged as he covered story in Miami Beach

Incident Details

Updated On: August 8, 2022
Date of Incident: May 12, 2021
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Ebenezer Mends (WFOR-TV)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 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

Florida county commission passes resolution sarcastically ‘honoring’ journalist who wrote critically of it

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 9, 2021
Location: Brevard County, Florida
Targets: Isadora Rangel (Florida Today)

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Reporter for Tampa Bay Times subpoenaed following investigative report

Incident Details

Updated On: April 18, 2024
Date of Incident: December 22, 2020
Location: Tampa, Florida
Targets: Bethany Barnes (Tampa Bay Times)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Dec. 22, 2020: Pending

Dec. 31, 2020: Objected to

Unknown date: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Photojournalist slammed into wall by police during Miami protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 6, 2020
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Sam Navarro (Freelance)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

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