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Editor’s laptop, cellphone seized following publication of courtroom recording

Incident Details

Updated On: February 14, 2024
Date of Incident: October 28, 2022
Location: Waverly, Ohio
Case number: 2:23-cv-04102
Targets: Derek Myers (Scioto Valley Guardian)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Equipment Searched or Seized →: Cellphone, 1

Computer, 1
Status of Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Oct. 28, 2022: Pending

Oct. 28, 2022: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Investigative outlet subpoenaed for documents in securities fraud case

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 27, 2022
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Foundation for Financial Journalism

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Oct. 27, 2022: Pending

Nov. 25, 2022: Ignored
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

KC broadcast station subpoenaed for unaired interview footage

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 26, 2022
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Targets: KMBC-TV

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Oct. 26, 2022: Pending
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

Documentarian targeted with pepper spray while covering Penn State protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 24, 2022
Location: State College, Pennsylvania
Targets: Ford Fischer (News2Share)

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

Photojournalist targeted with pepper spray while covering Penn State protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 24, 2022
Location: State College, Pennsylvania
Targets: Zach Roberts (Freelance)

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

Journalist harassed, shoved while covering protest in Texas

Incident Details

Updated On: May 17, 2023
Date of Incident: October 22, 2022
Location: University Park, Texas
Targets: Steven Monacelli (Independent)

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

Investigative reporter subpoenaed in lawsuit against Maui County, officer

Incident Details

Updated On: January 20, 2023
Date of Incident: October 13, 2022
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Targets: Lynn Kawano (KGMB/KHNL)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Oct. 13, 2022: Pending

Oct. 31, 2022: Objected to

Nov. 9, 2022: Pending

Nov. 26, 2022: Objected to

Jan. 20, 2023: Quashed

subpoena for other testimony

Oct. 13, 2022: Pending

Oct. 31, 2022: Objected to

Nov. 9, 2022: Pending

Nov. 26, 2022: Objected to

Jan. 20, 2023: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

Boston Globe editor subpoenaed for testimony in Harvard admissions bribery case

Incident Details

Updated On: December 13, 2022
Date of Incident: October 11, 2022
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Joshua Miller (The Boston Globe)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Oct. 11, 2022: Pending

Nov. 3, 2022: Objected to

Dec. 2, 2022: Upheld

Dec. 13, 2022: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

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