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Man who threatened CNN and ABC anchors pleads guilty to federal charge

Incident Details

Updated on: December 20, 2021
Date of incident: October 15, 2021
Location: New York, New York
Targets: George Stephanopoulos (ABC News), Brian Stelter (CNN), Don Lemon (CNN)

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Journalist sues Indiana attorney general over exclusion from press conferences

Incident Details

Updated on: March 28, 2022
Date of incident: October 14, 2021
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Case number: 1:22-cv-00268
Targets: Abdul-Hakim Shabazz (IndyPolitics.org)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: Law enforcement: Prosecutor
Type of denial →: Government event, Press credential or media list

Missouri governor labels reporter a hacker, threatens criminal prosecution

Incident Details

Updated on: February 11, 2022
Date of incident: October 13, 2021
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Josh Renaud (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Chilling Statement

Univision reporter ‘blocked, shoved’ by Miami mayor’s security

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 6, 2021
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Erika Carrillo (WLTV-DT)

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

CBS journalist shoved by University of Colorado football coach

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 2, 2021
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 15 (KCNC-TV)

Assailant →: Public figure
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Bangladeshi journalist assaulted during press conference in New York

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 22, 2021
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Farid Alam (News Communication Network)

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

Forbes deputy wealth editor ordered to testify in Trump investigation

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 21, 2021
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Chase Peterson-Withorn (Forbes)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Sept. 21, 2021: Pending

Sept. 22, 2021: Objected to

Dec. 16, 2021: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Forbes chief content officer ordered to testify before grand jury in Trump investigation

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 21, 2021
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Randall Lane (Forbes)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Sept. 21, 2021: Pending

Sept. 22, 2021: Objected to

Dec. 16, 2021: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Border Report correspondent detained photographing outside Texas Air Force base

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 19, 2021
Location: Del Rio, Texas
Targets: Sandra Sanchez (Border Report)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Laughlin Air Force Base military police
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Equipment damaged →: Work product, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Independent journalist harassed, equipment damaged at LA anti-vaccine rally

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 18, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Emily Molli (Independent)

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

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

Student journalist harassed, forced to delete photos while documenting protesters

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 14, 2021
Location: Long Beach, California
Targets: Abel Reyes (Independent)

Equipment damaged →: Work product, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Reporter, public removed from Illinois city council meeting

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 13, 2021
Location: Country Club Hills, Illinois
Targets: Erica Chiang (The Southland Journal)

Government agency or public official involved →: Local government: Mayor
Type of denial →: Government event

Filmmaker arrested at ‘Cop City’ protest, sues Atlanta and police

Incident Details

Updated on: August 6, 2026
Date of incident: September 8, 2021
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Case number: 1:23-cv-04041
Targets: Lev Omelchenko (Independent)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Atlanta Police Department
Charges →: Traffic violation: pedestrian walking in roadway

Sept. 8, 2021: Charges pending

Sept. 8, 2023: Unknown
Detention date →: September 8, 2021
Release date →: September 9, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Independent journalist chased, assaulted by mob during protest in Oregon

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 4, 2021
Location: Olympia, Oregon
Targets: Alissa Azar (Independent)

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

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

NBC News correspondent harassed while reporting live on Hurricane Ida in Mississippi

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 30, 2021
Location: Gulfport, Mississippi
Targets: Shaquille Brewster (NBC News)

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

Reporter shoved, punched during anti-mask demonstration in Traverse City, Michigan

Incident Details

Updated on: August 1, 2022
Date of incident: August 26, 2021
Location: Traverse City, Michigan
Targets: Brendan Quealy (Traverse City Record-Eagle)

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

Independent journalist ordered to turn over phone, laptop in defamation case

Incident Details

Updated on: March 17, 2025
Date of incident: August 26, 2021
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
Targets: Kevin Brookman (We The People — Hartford)

Legal orders →: Motion to compel for communications or work product

Aug. 26, 2021: Upheld

Oct. 5, 2021: Objected to

Oct. 20, 2021: Upheld

Nov. 24, 2021: Objected to

March 5, 2025: Pending

March 17, 2025: Upheld
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Reporters excluded from Maine CDC media briefings after being labeled ‘advocacy journalists’

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 25, 2021
Location: Portland, Maine
Targets: Katherine Revello (Maine Wire), Evan Popp ([Maine] Beacon)

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

Freelance journalist struck with projectiles amid Portland demonstrations

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 22, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Shane Burley (Truthout)

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

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