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DNAinfo reporter Noah Hurowitz accosted by 'Proud Boy' at NYU protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 2, 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Noah Hurowitz (DNAinfo)

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

Gothamist reporter Jake Offenhartz attacked by 'Proud Boy' protester

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 2, 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Jake Offenhartz (Gothamist)

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

Unicorn Riot journalist attacked while reporting in Charlottesville

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 11, 2017
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Christopher Schiano (Unicorn Riot)

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

Independent livestreamer kicked while reporting in Charlottesville

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 12, 2017
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Jen Patrice (Independent)

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

Independent journalist Dave Minsky beaten and attacked with pipe by protesters in Berkeley

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 27, 2017
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Dave Minsky (Independent)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

Cellphone, 2

Camera lens, 1

Work product, 1

Jon Ziegler attacked by white nationalist protesters in Tennessee

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 28, 2017
Location: Shelbyville, Tennessee
Targets: Jon Ziegler (Independent)

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

Journalist Samantha Baars subpoenaed to testify in Jason Kessler trial

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 12, 2018
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Samantha Baars (C-VILLE Weekly)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Mar. 12, 2018: Pending

Mar. 19, 2018: Objected to

Mar. 20, 2018: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

CBS producer shoved by police while covering protest in Washington, D.C.

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 12, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Christina Ruffini (CBS News)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

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