April: Journalists ordered to disperse, threatened with arrest while reporting on racial justice protests
- Date of Incident
- Location
- Multiple
- Targets
- Media
Other Incident
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Incidents that fall outside the scope of other categories, but reach a threshold of concern as determined by editorial discretion. This category is not meant to be comprehensive, but aims to highlight emblematic threats and harassment, vandalism and clearly abusive lawsuits. See our FAQ page for more information.
Updated August 2020
Recent Incidents
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November: Journalists harassed, threatened while covering election and social justice protests
- Date of Incident
- Location
- Multiple
- Targets
- Media
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Eleven journalists affected by chemical irritant during march to the polls
- Date of Incident
- Location
- Graham, North Carolina
- Targets
- Media
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DC police fire crowd-control round past journalist’s head during protest
- Date of Incident
- Location
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Targets
- Wyatt Reed (Independent)
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September: Journalists tear-gassed, harassed and threatened with arrest while covering national protests
- Date of Incident
- Location
- Multiple
- Targets
- Media
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August: While reporting from protests across the country, journalists pepper sprayed, threatened
- Date of Incident
- Location
- Multiple
- Targets
- Media
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New York Times reporter taunted, threatened during Albuquerque protest
- Date of Incident
- Location
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Targets
- Simon Romero (The New York Times)
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June: While reporting from protests across the nation, journalists tear-gassed, threatened
- Date of Incident
- Location
- Multiple
- Targets
- Media
Articles About Other Incident
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The cynicism of blaming the media for the Trump assassination attempt
- Published
- Written by
- Jon Allsop
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Death threats and journalists' houses vandalized: 'It's not OK.'
- Published
- Written by
- Kirstin McCudden
