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Deputy editor subpoenaed in connection with blinded photojournalist’s lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated on: June 2, 2022
Date of incident: March 18, 2022
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Max Nesterak (Minnesota Reformer)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

March 18, 2022: Pending

May 26, 2022: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Reporter subpoenaed in connection with blinded photojournalist’s lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated on: June 2, 2022
Date of incident: March 18, 2022
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Andy Mannix (Minnesota Star Tribune)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

March 18, 2022: Pending

May 26, 2022: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Journalist subpoenaed in connection with blinded photojournalist’s lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated on: June 2, 2022
Date of incident: March 18, 2022
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Jared Goyette (Freelance)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

March 18, 2022: Pending

May 26, 2022: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Tulsa multimedia journalist shot with pellet gun while preparing for live shot

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 16, 2022
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Targets: Katie Keleher (KJRH-TV)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

Mississippi GOP’s ban on press access to caucus meetings upheld

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 14, 2022
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Targets: Nick Judin (Mississippi Free Press)

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

Judge will review her order forcing Berkshire Eagle editor to turn over reporting notes

Incident Details

Updated on: October 3, 2022
Date of incident: March 10, 2022
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Targets: Larry Parnass (The Berkshire Eagle)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

March 10, 2022: Pending

March 18, 2022: Objected to

July 29, 2022: Quashed

July 30, 2022: Objected to

Oct. 3, 2022: Quashed

subpoena for communications or work product

March 10, 2022: Pending

March 18, 2022: Objected to

July 29, 2022: Upheld

Aug. 29, 2022: Objected to

Oct. 3, 2022: Upheld

Motion to compel for testimony about confidential source

July 7, 2022: Pending

July 7, 2022: Objected to

July 29, 2022: Upheld

Aug. 29, 2022: Objected to

Oct. 3, 2022: Upheld
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Louisiana photojournalist assaulted during investigation of mistaken release of convict

Incident Details

Updated on: March 6, 2023
Date of incident: March 3, 2022
Location: Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Targets: T.J. Pipitone (WWL-TV)

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

Louisiana reporter assaulted during investigation of mistaken release of convict

Incident Details

Updated on: March 6, 2023
Date of incident: March 3, 2022
Location: Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Targets: David Hammer (WWL-TV)

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

Equipment broken →: Cellphone, 1

Recording equipment, 1
Actor →: Private individual

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