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Reporter arrested, phone confiscated while covering NC homeless camp eviction

Incident Details

Updated on: June 4, 2025
Date of incident: December 25, 2021
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Case number: 1:24-cv-00307
Targets: Matilda Bliss (The Asheville Blade)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Asheville Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Dec. 26, 2021: Charges pending

April 19, 2023: Convicted

April 19, 2023: Pending appeal

June 16, 2023: Convicted

March 22, 2024: Pending appeal

June 4, 2025: Convicted
Release date →: December 26, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: Yes

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Jan. 1, 2022: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Three men charged with vandalizing homes of two NH radio journalists

Incident Details

Updated on: May 29, 2025
Date of incident: June 15, 2023
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Lauren Chooljian (New Hampshire Public Radio), Dan Barrick (New Hampshire Public Radio)

Other Incident

Reporter alleges phone data copied, sent to CIA during Assange interviews

Incident Details

Updated on: May 23, 2025
Date of incident: January 2017
Location: London, England
Case number: 1:22-cv-06913
Targets: Charles Glass (Freelance)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

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

Journalist alleges phone data copied, sent to CIA during Assange interviews

Incident Details

Updated on: May 23, 2025
Date of incident: January 2017
Location: London, England
Case number: 1:22-cv-06913
Targets: John Goetz (NDR)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

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

Journalist who published leaked Vance dossier gets visit from FBI

Incident Details

Updated on: May 22, 2025
Date of incident: October 11, 2024
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Targets: Ken Klippenstein (Independent)

Other Incident

New Yorker writer subpoenaed ahead of Massachusetts murder trial

Incident Details

Updated on: May 16, 2025
Date of incident: December 18, 2024
Location: Brockton, Massachusetts
Targets: Eren Orbey (The New Yorker), Condé Nast

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Dec. 18, 2024: Pending

Feb. 7, 2025: Upheld

March 14, 2025: Objected to

May 16, 2025: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

White House wrests control of presidential press pool from correspondents

Incident Details

Updated on: May 12, 2025
Date of incident: February 25, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: White House Correspondents' Association

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: White House
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

California city bans news distribution on most city property

Incident Details

Updated on: May 6, 2025
Date of incident: April 1, 2025
Location: Fullerton, California
Targets: Media

Other Incident

Police union sues Las Vegas Review-Journal over jail video

Incident Details

Updated on: May 2, 2025
Date of incident: September 27, 2023
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Las Vegas Review-Journal

Chilling Statement

U.S. News subpoenaed for documents by San Francisco city attorney

Incident Details

Updated on: April 25, 2025
Date of incident: January 9, 2024
Location: San Francisco, California
Case number: 3:24-cv-00395
Targets: U.S. News & World Report
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Jan. 9, 2024: Pending

Jan. 23, 2024: Objected to

May 7, 2024: Upheld

May 7, 2024: Objected to

April 25, 2025: Dropped
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

U.S. News subpoenaed about hospital rankings by city attorney

Incident Details

Updated on: April 25, 2025
Date of incident: January 9, 2024
Location: San Francisco, California
Case number: 3:24-cv-00395
Targets: U.S. News & World Report
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Jan. 9, 2024: Pending

Jan. 23, 2024: Objected to

May 7, 2024: Upheld

May 7, 2024: Objected to

April 25, 2025: Dropped
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

New York Times editor testifies in defamation suit brought by former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin

Incident Details

Updated on: April 22, 2025
Date of incident: August 10, 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: The New York Times

Other Incident

Reporter called to testify by California city as part of criminal trial

Incident Details

Updated on: April 10, 2025
Date of incident: April 4, 2025
Location: Fresno, California
Targets: Pablo Orihuela (Fresnoland)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

April 4, 2025: Pending

April 4, 2025: Objected to

April 10, 2025: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

NYPD arrests photojournalist, charges him with disorderly conduct

Incident Details

Updated on: April 9, 2025
Date of incident: February 11, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Case number: 1:21-cv-06610
Targets: Amr Alfiky (ABC News)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: New York City Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: disorderly conduct

Feb. 11, 2020: Charges pending

May 17, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

In ‘pandemonium,’ photojournalist arrested, held overnight in NYC

Incident Details

Updated on: April 9, 2025
Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Case number: 1:21-cv-06610
Targets: Adam Gray (SWNS [UK])
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: New York City Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: unlawful assembly

May 31, 2020: Charges pending

June 5, 2020: Charges dropped
Release date →: May 31, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes