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Subpoena for NBC reporter to testify at murder trial quashed

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 7, 2023
Location: Binghamton, New York
Targets: Andrea Canning (NBC News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Feb. 7, 2023: Pending

March 10, 2023: Objected to

May 8, 2023: Upheld

June 5, 2023: Objected to

Sept. 14, 2023: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Reporter pepper-sprayed while covering ‘Justice for Tyre’ protest

Incident Details

Updated on: February 2, 2023
Date of incident: February 1, 2023
Location: Johnson City, New York
Targets: Sarah Eames ([Binghamton] Press & Sun-Bulletin)

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

TV news van vandalized during Tyre Nichols protest in LA

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 28, 2023
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: KTLA

Equipment broken →: Vehicle, 1
Actor →: Private individual

NY Assembly keeping pandemic restrictions for press access this session

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 23, 2023
Location: Albany, New York
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

Journalist subpoenaed by DC construction company after libel claims dismissed

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 20, 2023
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Natalie Delgadillo (DCist)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Jan. 20, 2023: Pending

Feb. 16, 2023: Objected to

March 30, 2023: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

SC reporter arrested, banned from tribal lands

Incident Details

Updated on: July 17, 2023
Date of incident: January 14, 2023
Location: Rock Hill, South Carolina
Targets: Maggie Brown (The Post and Courier)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: York County Sheriff's Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Jan. 14, 2023: Charges pending

July 17, 2023: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Texas judge vacates order limiting murder trial coverage

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 9, 2023
Location: Waco, Texas
Targets: KWTX-TV, Media, Waco Tribune-Herald

Status of prior restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly released materials? →: No

Texas Senate extends barring reporters from floor

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 6, 2023
Location: Austin, Texas
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

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