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Fox News subpoenaed for documents in defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 23, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Fox News

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Jan. 7, 2020: Pending

Jan. 15, 2020: Objected to

March 25, 2020: Upheld

April 22, 2020: Objected to

Sept. 28, 2020: Unknown
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

Yahoo News investigative reporter subpoenaed for documents in defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 23, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Michael Isikoff (Yahoo News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Aug. 18, 2019: Pending

April 23, 2020: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Fox 11 News photojournalist held at knifepoint over footage of California shelter-in-place protest

Incident Details

Updated on: July 13, 2023
Date of incident: April 17, 2020
Location: Huntington Beach, California
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 1 (KTTV)

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

Georgia woman charged with kidnapping after hijacking news van with reporter inside

Incident Details

Updated on: January 29, 2024
Date of incident: April 14, 2020
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: Iyani Hughes (WANF)

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

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

Police seize drone as photojournalist documents mass graves in New York

Incident Details

Updated on: August 18, 2020
Date of incident: April 14, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: George Steinmetz (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: New York City Police Department
Charges →: Avigation

April 14, 2020: Charges pending

Aug. 1, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

White House accuses Voice of America of spreading propaganda

Incident Details

Updated on: April 30, 2020
Date of incident: April 10, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Voice of America

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Liberty University obtains trespassing warrants against two journalists

Incident Details

Updated on: May 15, 2020
Date of incident: April 6, 2020
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Targets: Julia Rendleman (The New York Times)

Arrest status →: Charged without arrest
Arresting authority →: Liberty University Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

April 6, 2020: Charges pending

May 15, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Legal orders →: warrant for other

April 6, 2020: Pending

May 15, 2020: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Liberty University obtains trespassing warrant against ProPublica reporter

Incident Details

Updated on: May 15, 2020
Date of incident: April 6, 2020
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Targets: Alec MacGillis (ProPublica)

Arrest status →: Charged without arrest
Arresting authority →: Liberty University Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

April 6, 2020: Charges pending

May 15, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Legal orders →: warrant for other

April 6, 2020: Pending

May 15, 2020: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Florida journalist barred from governor’s COVID-19 briefing

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 28, 2020
Location: Tallahassee, Florida
Targets: Mary Ellen Klas (Miami Herald)

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

Illinois mayor threatens journalist for taking pictures, video on public street

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 26, 2020
Location: Bellmont, Illinois
Targets: John Kraft (Edgar County Watchdogs)

Chilling Statement

Illinois county drops subpoena for government watchdog’s communications

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 25, 2020
Location: Effingham County, Illinois
Targets: Edgar County Watchdogs

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

March 25, 2020: Pending

April 7, 2020: Dropped
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

AP photographer ordered to delete photos, leave Liberty University campus

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 24, 2020
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 26 (The Associated Press)

Equipment damaged →: Work product, 1
Actor →: Private security

California community blog subpoenaed in ongoing lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated on: May 12, 2021
Date of incident: March 13, 2020
Location: Fullerton, California
Targets: David Curlee (Friends for Fullerton’s Future), Joshua Ferguson (Friends for Fullerton’s Future), Friends for Fullerton’s Future

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WikiLeaks subpoenaed in defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 13, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: WikiLeaks

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Jan. 24, 2020: Pending

March 29, 2021: Unknown
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

Appellate judge rules California blog can publish — but not destroy — city records

Incident Details

Updated on: May 12, 2021
Date of incident: March 12, 2020
Location: Fullerton, California
Targets: Friends for Fullerton’s Future

Status of prior restraint →: Struck down
Mistakenly released materials? →: Yes

Journalist subpoenaed for testimony about confidential sources in defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 29, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Seymour “Sy” Hersh (Independent)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Feb. 29, 2020: Pending

April 23, 2020: Upheld

May 8, 2020: Pending

July 15, 2020: Carried out

March 29, 2021: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Five members of neo-Nazi group arrested for alleged targeted harassment of journalists

Incident Details

Updated on: January 11, 2022
Date of incident: February 26, 2020
Location: Multiple
Targets: ProPublica

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Virginia circuit court quashes subpoena seeking investigative journalist’s voicemail

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 21, 2020
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Targets: Kerri O’Brien (WRIC-TV)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 1, 2020: Pending

Feb. 18, 2020: Objected to

Feb. 21, 2020: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Fresno Bee reporters barred from event with cabinet secretary, house representative

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 18, 2020
Location: Tulare, California
Targets: The Fresno Bee

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

State Department classifies five Chinese state-run outlets as ‘foreign missions’

Incident Details

Updated on: October 21, 2020
Date of incident: February 18, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Beijing Review [China], CGTN Radio [China], China Central Television [China], China Daily [China], China Global Television Network [China], China News Service [China], China Social Sciences Press, Economic Daily [China], Global Times [China], Jiefang Daily [China], People’s Daily [China], Xinhua News Agency [China], Xinmin Evening News [China], Yicai Global [China]

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