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Subpoena to uncover confidential source dropped after agreement reached

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 23, 2022
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Cyd Upson (Fox News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

May 23, 2022: Pending

June 30, 2022: Dropped

subpoena for testimony about confidential source

May 23, 2022: Pending

June 30, 2022: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Reuters reporter’s phone confiscated on Pentagon trip to Europe

Incident Details

Updated on: May 23, 2022
Date of incident: May 22, 2022
Location: Prince George County, Maryland
Targets: Idrees Ali (Reuters)

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Nebraska high school newspaper, class shuttered after publishing LGBTQ content

Incident Details

Updated on: October 16, 2023
Date of incident: May 22, 2022
Location: Grand Island, Nebraska
Case number: 4:23-cv-03043
Targets: [Grand Island Northwest High School] Viking Saga
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Other Incident

Fox News subpoenaed to reveal confidential source, editorial process

Incident Details

Updated on: August 1, 2023
Date of incident: May 19, 2022
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Fox News

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

May 19, 2022: Pending

Aug. 1, 2022: Objected to

Aug. 1, 2023: Quashed

subpoena for other testimony

May 19, 2022: Pending

Aug. 1, 2022: Objected to

Aug. 1, 2023: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

Photojournalist loses camera during confrontation at LA reproductive rights rally

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 14, 2022
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Josh Pacheco (Independent)

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

Freelance journalist detained while covering a deforestation protest

Incident Details

Updated on: May 14, 2024
Date of incident: May 14, 2022
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Case number: 1:24-cv-02117
Targets: Ryan Fatica (Unicorn Riot)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Atlanta Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

AZ Republic denied multiple requests to witness executions

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 11, 2022
Location: Florence, Arizona
Targets: Arizona Republic

Government agency or public official involved →: Law enforcement: State

State government: Governor
Type of denial →: Government event

Congressional candidate’s ad touts crowd-control munition use against press

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 5, 2022
Location: Winter Park, Florida
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Subpoena seeking testimony from Oregon independent journalist dropped

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 5, 2022
Location: Bend, Oregon
Targets: Hannah Merzbach (Independent)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

May 5, 2022: Pending

May 6, 2022: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Sheriff’s Department targets LA Times reporter in criminal leak investigation, then backtracks

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 26, 2022
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Alene Tchekmedyian (Los Angeles Times)

Chilling Statement

Denver Gazette barred from publishing article based on mistakenly released documents

Incident Details

Updated on: April 28, 2022
Date of incident: April 25, 2022
Location: Brighton, Colorado
Targets: Julia Cardi (The Denver Gazette)

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

Social media journalist arrested during San Clemente protest, held overnight

Incident Details

Updated on: March 30, 2023
Date of incident: April 23, 2022
Location: San Clemente, California
Targets: Jessica Rogers (Independent)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Orange County Sheriff's Office
Charges →: Obstruction: resisting, delaying or obstructing a public officer

April 24, 2022: Charges pending

March 30, 2023: Charges dropped
Release date →: April 24, 2022
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

WOIO photojournalist assaulted while covering police standoff

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 22, 2022
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 22 (WOIO)

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

WKYC photojournalist’s camera damaged while covering police standoff

Incident Details

Updated on: August 31, 2022
Date of incident: April 22, 2022
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Targets: Craig Roberson (WKYC)

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

Reporter assaulted in Detroit by contractor profiled in news segment

Incident Details

Updated on: June 21, 2022
Date of incident: April 19, 2022
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Rob Wolchek (WJBK)

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

Daily Beast editor says arrest was in retaliation for his reporting

Incident Details

Updated on: August 15, 2023
Date of incident: April 17, 2022
Location: New York, New York
Case number: 1:22-cv-07198
Targets: Lachlan Cartwright (The Daily Beast)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Other Incident

Two Occupy Democrats journalists removed from press conference with Florida governor

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 12, 2022
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Grant Stern (Occupy Democrats), Thomas Kennedy (Occupy Democrats)

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

A restraining order filed against two LA Times reporters to stop news story dissolved by judge

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 11, 2022
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jack Dolan (Los Angeles Times), Brittny Mejia (Los Angeles Times)

Other Incident

Documentary filmmaker subpoenaed by House Committee investigating Jan. 6 riot

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 5, 2022
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Nick Quested (Goldcrest Films)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

April 5, 2022: Pending

Nov. 1, 2022: Carried out

subpoena for other testimony

April 5, 2022: Pending

Nov. 1, 2022: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Subpoena withdrawn for former NYT reporter in trial of Clinton campaign lawyer

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 2022
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Eric Lichtblau (The New York Times)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

April 1, 2022: Pending

May 24, 2022: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

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