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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

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

CBS4 News photojournalist assaulted, camera damaged as he covered story in Miami Beach

Incident Details

Updated On: August 8, 2022
Date of Incident: May 12, 2021
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Ebenezer Mends (WFOR-TV)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

CBS4 News reporter hit, sprayed with alcohol as she reported in Miami Beach

Incident Details

Updated On: August 8, 2022
Date of Incident: May 12, 2021
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Bobeth Yates (WFOR-TV)

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

Broadcast reporter attacked, camera damaged while reporting in Florida

Incident Details

Updated On: October 26, 2021
Date of Incident: November 28, 2019
Location: North Fort Myers, Florida
Targets: Delia D’Ambra (WBBH-TV)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

Journalist, graduate student stopped again for secondary screening

Incident Details

Updated On: June 28, 2021
Date of Incident: September 16, 2017
Location: Orlando, Florida
Case number: 1:17-cv-11730
Targets: Zainab Merchant
Case Status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Border Point →: Orlando International Airport
Stopped at border? →: Yes
Target Nationality →: United States
US Citizenship Status of Target →: U.S. citizen
Denied Entry? →: No
Stopped Previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked to display social media? →: No
Asked for social media passwords? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes
Were devices searched or seized? →: No

Florida man arrested for assaulting journalist, shattering windshield

Incident Details

Updated On: February 8, 2021
Date of Incident: May 3, 2019
Location: Altamonte Springs, Florida
Targets: Albert “David” Bodden (WOFL Fox 35)

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

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