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Spectrum News 13 reporter killed, photographer shot while reporting

Incident Details

Updated On: March 30, 2023
Date of Incident: February 22, 2023
Location: Pine Hills, Florida
Targets: Dylan Lyons (Spectrum News 13)

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

Spectrum News 13 photographer shot while reporting; reporter killed

Incident Details

Updated On: March 30, 2023
Date of Incident: February 22, 2023
Location: Pine Hills, Florida
Targets: Jesse Walden (Spectrum News 13)

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

Two Occupy Democrats journalists barred from DeSantis press conference

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 22, 2022
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Grant Stern (Occupy Democrats), Thomas Kennedy (Occupy Democrats)

Government agency or public official involved →: Gov. Ron DeSantis

Broadcast photojournalist assaulted after filming fight in Miami Beach

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 15, 2022
Location: Miami Beach, Florida
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 24 (WSVN 7News)

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

Sarasota Herald-Tribune prohibited from publishing deputies’ names

Incident Details

Updated On: June 27, 2022
Date of Incident: June 10, 2022
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Targets: Melissa Pérez-Carrillo (Sarasota Herald-Tribune), Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Status of Prior Restraint →: Struck down

Congressional candidate’s ad touts crowd-control munition use against press

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 5, 2022
Location: Winter Park, Florida
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Two Occupy Democrats journalists removed from press conference with Florida governor

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 12, 2022
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Grant Stern (Occupy Democrats), Thomas Kennedy (Occupy Democrats)

Government agency or public official involved →: Gov. Ron DeSantis

Twitter account of Fla. governor’s press secretary suspended for ‘abusive behavior’ against an AP reporter

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 20, 2021
Location: Tallahassee, Florida
Targets: Brendan Farrington (The Associated Press)

Chilling Statement

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