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Philadelphia news crew shot at with pellets during live broadcast

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 17, 2023
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Targets: Shawnette Wilson (WTXF-TV FOX29 News)

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

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

Reporter pepper-sprayed while covering ‘Justice for Tyre’ protest

Incident Details

Updated On: February 2, 2023
Date of Incident: February 1, 2023
Location: Johnson City, New York
Targets: Sarah Eames (Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin)

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

KC photographer shoved to ground by NFL player after game

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 10, 2022
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Targets: Park Zebley (Unidentified production company)

Assailant →: Public figure
Was the journalist targeted? →: Unknown

Independent journalist shot with pepper ball at Modesto protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 27, 2022
Location: Modesto, California
Targets: Jake Lee Green (News2Share)

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

Photojournalist assaulted in Denver while reporting on city’s efforts to curb crime

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 21, 2022
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 21 (KCNC-TV CBS4)

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

San Francisco Chronicle photographer robbed at gunpoint in Oakland, cameras stolen

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 3, 2021
Location: Oakland, California
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 14 (San Francisco Chronicle)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 2

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