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Federal judge upholds subpoena demanding unreleased materials from Chicago’s CBS2 News

Incident Details

Updated On: October 20, 2022
Date of Incident: October 26, 2021
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: WBBM-TV

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Oct. 26, 2021: Pending

Nov. 8, 2021: Objected to

April 29, 2022: Upheld

May 10, 2022: Objected to

Oct. 20, 2022: Upheld

Oct. 28, 2022: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

Salon reporter assaulted while documenting Virginia gubernatorial campaign rally

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 19, 2021
Location: Burke, Virginia
Targets: Zachary Petrizzo (Salon)

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

Freelance journalist questioned about journalism at Portland airport

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 18, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Sergio Olmos (Freelance)

Border Point →: Portland International Airport
Denied Entry? →: No
Stopped Previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: Unknown
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Production company subpoenaed for documentary footage in criminal case

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 18, 2021
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Painless Television, Inc.

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Oct. 18, 2021: Pending

Oct. 19, 2021: Objected to

June 27, 2022: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

Ransomware attack on Sinclair Broadcast Group interrupts dozens of its broadcasts

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 16, 2021
Location: Hunt Valley, Maryland
Targets: Sinclair Broadcast Group

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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)

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