AZ Republic denied multiple requests to witness executions Show More Incident Details Date of incident May 11, 2022 Location Florence, Arizona Targets Arizona Republic Denial of Access Government agency or public official involved → Law enforcement: State State government: Governor Type of denial → Government event
Congressional candidate’s ad touts crowd-control munition use against press #election Show More Incident Details Date of incident May 5, 2022 Location Winter Park, Florida Targets Media Chilling Statement
Subpoena seeking testimony from Oregon independent journalist dropped Show More Incident Details Date of incident May 5, 2022 Location Bend, Oregon Targets Hannah Merzbach (Independent) Subpoena/Legal Order Legal orders → subpoena for communications or work product May 5, 2022: Pending May 6, 2022: Dropped Legal order target → Journalist Legal order venue → State
Sheriff’s Department targets LA Times reporter in criminal leak investigation, then backtracks Show More Incident Details Date of incident April 26, 2022 Location Los Angeles, California Targets Alene Tchekmedyian (Los Angeles Times) Chilling Statement
Denver Gazette barred from publishing article based on mistakenly released documents #Black Lives Matter Show More Incident Details Updated on April 28, 2022 Date of incident April 25, 2022 Location Brighton, Colorado Targets Julia Cardi (The Denver Gazette) Prior Restraint Status of prior restraint → Struck down Mistakenly released materials? → Yes
Social media journalist arrested during San Clemente protest, held overnight #Black Lives Matter #protest Show More Incident Details Updated on March 30, 2023 Date of incident April 23, 2022 Location San Clemente, California Targets Jessica Rogers (Independent) Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest status → Arrested and released Arresting authority → Orange County Sheriff's Office Charges → Obstruction: resisting, delaying or obstructing a public officer April 24, 2022: Charges pending March 30, 2023: Charges dropped Release date → April 24, 2022 Unnecessary use of force? → No
WOIO photojournalist assaulted while covering police standoff Show More Incident Details Date of incident April 22, 2022 Location Cleveland, Ohio Targets Unidentified photojournalist 22 (WOIO) Assault Assailant → Private individual Was the journalist targeted? → Yes
WKYC photojournalist’s camera damaged while covering police standoff Show More Incident Details Updated on August 31, 2022 Date of incident April 22, 2022 Location Cleveland, Ohio Targets Craig Roberson (WKYC) Equipment Damage Equipment broken → Camera, 1 Actor → Private individual