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Journalists removed from Iowa Senate floor, overturning a century-old practice

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 7, 2022
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

Journalists moved from Kansas Senate floor to public gallery for new legislative session

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 4, 2022
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

As many as 20 journalists investigated by secretive CBP division

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 11, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Ali Watkins (Politico), Arianna Huffington (HuffPost), Martha Mendoza (The Associated Press), Media, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal

Chilling Statement

New policy removes freelance journalists from MS health department media lists

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 2021
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Agency
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice, Press credential or media list

April: Journalists ordered to disperse, threatened with arrest while reporting on racial justice protests

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 2021
Location: Multiple
Targets: Media

Other Incident

Law enforcement agencies photograph journalists and their IDs as they cover protests

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 12, 2021
Location: Multiple
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

January: Journalists harassed, threatened while reporting from DC riot and across the country

Incident Details

Updated On: December 9, 2022
Date of Incident: January 6, 2021
Location: Multiple
Targets: Media

Other Incident

November: Journalists harassed, threatened while covering election and social justice protests

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 2020
Location: Multiple
Targets: Media

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