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Boston Globe editor subpoenaed for testimony in Harvard admissions bribery case

Incident Details

Updated On: December 13, 2022
Date of Incident: October 11, 2022
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Joshua Miller (Boston Globe)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Oct. 11, 2022: Pending

Nov. 3, 2022: Objected to

Dec. 13, 2022: Upheld
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Newspaper editor compelled to reveal confidential sources in defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 30, 2022
Location: Woburn, Massachusetts
Targets: Joshua Resnek (Everett Leader Herald)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Jun. 30, 2022: Pending

Jun. 30, 2022: Upheld

subpoena for communications or work product

Jun. 30, 2022: Pending

Jun. 30, 2022: Upheld
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

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

Mar. 10, 2022: Pending

Mar. 18, 2022: Objected to

Jul. 29, 2022: Quashed

Jul. 30, 2022: Objected to

Oct. 3, 2022: Quashed

subpoena for communications or work product

Mar. 10, 2022: Pending

Mar. 18, 2022: Objected to

Jul. 29, 2022: Upheld

Aug. 29, 2022: Objected to

Oct. 3, 2022: Upheld

Motion to compel for testimony about confidential source

Jul. 7, 2022: Pending

Jul. 7, 2022: Objected to

Jul. 29, 2022: Upheld

Aug. 29, 2022: Objected to

Oct. 3, 2022: Upheld
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Massachusetts city ordered to pay legal fees to news outlet for violating public records law

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 26, 2022
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
Targets: Telegram & Gazette

Other Incident

Broadcast journalist stabbed with scissors while reporting in Boston

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 6, 2020
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Ted Wayman (WCVB-TV)

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

Equipment Broken →: Vehicle, 1

7 former eBay employees charged in harassment campaign against journalists

Incident Details

Updated On: November 3, 2022
Date of Incident: June 15, 2020
Location: Natick, Massachusetts
Case number: 1:21-cv-11181
Targets: Ina Steiner (ECommerceBytes), David Steiner (ECommerceBytes)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Other Incident

Freelance journalist says police targeted him with projectiles after he identified himself as press

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
Targets: Sam Bishop (Freelance)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Freelance photojournalist hit with projectiles, arrested while documenting protests in Worcester, Mass.

Incident Details

Updated On: March 19, 2021
Date of Incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
Targets: Richard Cummings (Freelance)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Worcester Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: disorderly conduct

Jun. 1, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 22, 2020: Charges dropped

Obstruction: disturbing the peace

Jun. 1, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 22, 2020: Charges dropped

Rioting: failure to disperse during a riot

Jun. 1, 2020: Charges pending

Mar. 19, 2021: Charges dropped
Release Date →: June 2, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Unknown

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 1

Cellphone, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

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