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Radio correspondent subpoenaed, testifies in Oath Keepers criminal trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 15, 2022
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Micah Loewinger (On the Media)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Aug. 15, 2022: Pending

Oct. 17, 2022: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Iowa man convicted for threatening meteorologist, who later left TV news

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 10, 2022
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Targets: Chris Gloninger (KCCI)

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Independent journalist removed from press conference with Philadelphia DA

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 8, 2022
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Targets: Ralph Cipriano (Big Trial)

Government agency or public official involved →: Law enforcement: Prosecutor
Type of denial →: Government event

WCHS reporter attacked, camera damaged while reporting on abandoned cars

Incident Details

Updated on: February 6, 2023
Date of incident: August 4, 2022
Location: Putnam County, West Virginia
Targets: Bob Aaron (WCHS-TV)

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

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

Music journalist subpoenaed in criminal trial of singer R. Kelly

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 3, 2022
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Jim DeRogatis (The New Yorker)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Aug. 3, 2022: Pending

Sept. 6, 2022: Objected to

Sept. 7, 2022: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Atlanta photojournalist files lawsuit following arrest, device search

Incident Details

Updated on: July 8, 2026
Date of incident: July 29, 2022
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Case number: 1:24-cv-02921
Targets: Ben Hendren (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Case status: Ongoing, Appealed
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Georgia State University Police Department
Detention date →: July 29, 2022
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Cellphone, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

WGHP photojournalist attacked while reporting on NC dog kennel violations

Incident Details

Updated on: May 19, 2026
Date of incident: July 28, 2022
Location: Thomasville, North Carolina
Targets: Derrick Deon Reid (WGHP)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1

Vehicle, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Photojournalist assaulted while reporting at Portland park

Incident Details

Updated on: January 25, 2023
Date of incident: July 25, 2022
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 25 (KGW)

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

Subpoena for CNN footage quashed in criminal case against Capitol rioter

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 25, 2022
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: CNN

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

July 15, 2022: Pending

Aug. 10, 2022: Objected to

Aug. 14, 2022: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

Journalist struck by man on scooter at L.A. County protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 18, 2022
Location: Norwalk, California
Targets: Vishal Singh (Independent)

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

Legal journalist may write about revenge porn case after prior restraint overturned

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 18, 2022
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Targets: Eugene Volokh (The Volokh Conspiracy)

Status of prior restraint →: Struck down
Mistakenly released materials? →: Yes

Photojournalist assaulted while on assignment in downtown Baltimore

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 15, 2022
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Targets: Kyle Dodd (WBFF)

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

Podcast host subpoenaed a second time for testimony in murder case

Incident Details

Updated on: July 15, 2022
Date of incident: July 10, 2022
Location: Salinas, California
Targets: Chris Lambert (Freelance)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

July 10, 2022: Pending

July 11, 2022: Objected to

July 15, 2022: Quashed

subpoena for communications or work product

July 10, 2022: Pending

July 11, 2022: Objected to

July 15, 2022: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

AJC subpoenaed as part of criminal investigation into 2020 presidential election

Incident Details

Updated on: July 14, 2022
Date of incident: July 2022
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

July 5, 2022: Pending

July 14, 2022: Carried out
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Maine reporter on assignment attacked by group of teenagers

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 5, 2022
Location: Lewiston, Maine
Targets: Anonymous reporter 4 ([Lewiston] Sun Journal)

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

Journalist subpoenaed to testify in grand jury hearing on Georgia election interference

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 2022
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: George Chidi (Freelance)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

July 1, 2022: Pending

July 1, 2022: Objected to

July 13, 2022: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Newspaper editor compelled to reveal confidential sources in defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 30, 2022
Location: Woburn, Massachusetts
Targets: Joshua Resnek (Everett Leader Herald News Gazette)

Legal orders →: Motion to compel for testimony about confidential source

June 30, 2022: Upheld

Unknown date: Carried out

Motion to compel for communications or work product

June 30, 2022: Partially upheld

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Documentarian subpoenaed in Georgia election fraud investigation

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 28, 2022
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: Alex Holder (AJH Films)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

June 28, 2022: Pending

July 12, 2022: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State