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New York federal court quashes subpoena of legal news site Above the Law

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 1, 2021
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Breaking Media Inc.

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 1, 2021: Pending

Feb. 17, 2021: Objected to

April 7, 2021: Quashed

Aug. 1, 2021: Objected to

Aug. 6, 2021: Dropped

subpoena for other testimony

Feb. 1, 2021: Pending

Feb. 17, 2021: Objected to

April 7, 2021: Quashed

Aug. 1, 2021: Objected to

Aug. 6, 2021: Dropped
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

Justice Department issued secret subpoena for Guardian reporter’s phone account

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Stephanie Kirchgaessner (The Guardian)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 1, 2021: Pending

March 1, 2021: Carried out
Legal order target →: Third-party: Unknown (telecom company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

Legal news website subpoenaed in Texas employment lawsuit

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 1, 2021
Location: Austin, Texas
Targets: Above the Law

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Feb. 1, 2021: Pending

Feb. 17, 2021: Objected to

March 4, 2021: Objected to

April 7, 2021: Quashed

subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 1, 2021: Pending

Feb. 17, 2021: Objected to

March 4, 2021: Objected to

April 7, 2021: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

Videographer assaulted, coughed on by individual at anti-vaccination protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 31, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (Independent)

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

Tennessee reporter told to leave, threatened with arrest at a town hall meeting with Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 27, 2021
Location: Whitfield County, Georgia
Targets: Meredith Aldis (WRCB)

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Government event

Tennessee photographer ejected, threatened with arrest during town hall with Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 27, 2021
Location: Whitfield County, Georgia
Targets: Anonymous photojournalist 3 (WRCB)

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Government event

Justice Department secretly obtained emails from Project Veritas journalist

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 26, 2021
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Unidentified journalist 12 (Project Veritas)

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Jan. 26, 2021: Pending

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal order target →: Third-party: Microsoft (tech company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

Media outlets win FOIA suit; receive federal loan data and $122K in fees

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 21, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:20-cv-01240
Targets: ABC News, American City Business Journals, Bloomberg News, CNN, NBC News, ProPublica, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post
Case status: Verdict issued
Type of case: Civil

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Reporter hit with crowd-control munitions in Portland, treated for concussion

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 20, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Alissa Azar (Freelance)

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

White House deputy press secretary resigns after threatening Politico reporter

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 20, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Tara Palmeri (Politico)

Chilling Statement

Videojournalist targeted with projectiles at Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 20, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Mason Lake (Independent)

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

Journalist struck on face with projectile at Portland anti-ICE protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 20, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Michael Elliott (Freelance)

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

Independent journalist struck in the head with crowd-control munitions during anti-ICE protest in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 20, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Jarrid Huber (Independent)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

Independent videographer struck with tear gas canister while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 20, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Melissa “Claudio” Lewis (Independent)

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

Justice Department secretly obtained Project Veritas journalists’ emails

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 14, 2021
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Eric Cochran (Project Veritas), Spencer Meads (Project Veritas)

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Jan. 14, 2021: Pending

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal order target →: Third-party: Microsoft (tech company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

Independent journalist shot by police with pepper balls in San Diego

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 9, 2021
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: James Stout (Independent)

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

Independent journalist briefly detained amid DC riots

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 6, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Talia (Jane) Ben-Ora (Freelance)

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

Two Washington Post video journalists detained in police ‘kettle’ during DC riot

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 6, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Whitney Leaming (The Washington Post)

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

Washington Post video journalists detained in police ‘kettle’ during DC riot

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 6, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Zoeann Murphy (The Washington Post)

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

New York Times reporter assaulted, cameras stolen and damaged amid Capitol riot

Incident Details

Updated on: January 22, 2025
Date of incident: January 6, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Erin Schaff (The New York Times)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1

Camera lens, 1

Press identification, 1
Actor →: Private individual

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