Physical Attack

Data Summary

Total cases	70
Journalists attacked in 2018	31
Journalists attacked in 2017	45

Demonstrators damage TV journalist’s camera in Charlottesville

August 12, 2018

Gary Cooper, a journalist with North Carolina TV station WTVD, was filming a crowd of demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia, on …

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

August 12, 2018

CBS News producer Christina Ruffini was shoved by police officers while reporting on a far-right protest in Washington, D.C., on …

Protesters smack away NBC News reporter Cal Perry’s camera in Charlottesville

August 11, 2018

On August 11, 2018, NBC News reporter Cal Perry was covering an anti-racist demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia, when protesters grabbed his TV camera and pushed it away.Anti-fascist protesters gathered in Charlottesville to commemorate Heather Heyer, who was murdered during the far-right “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville the previous year.While covering the demonstration, Perry tweeted that a number of protesters seemed hostile toward him and other reporters.He later tweeted a video of an altercation with a protester.“Fuck you, snitch ass …

Oregonian reporter Eder Campuzano injured while documenting protest

August 4, 2018

Eder Campuzano, a reporter at The Oregonian, was hit in the head by a plastic water bottle while covering protests …

Police shoot TV photojournalist with ‘less-lethal’ round at Portland protest

August 4, 2018

Portland police shot photojournalist Ric Peavyhouse in the thigh with a foam-tipped 40mm round

Portland police shove journalist Donovan Farley and photographer Doug Brown with batons

August 4, 2018

Independent journalist Donovan Farley and photographer Doug Brown were shoved by Portland police officers while reporting on a protest in …

WWJ reporter Mike Campbell's damaged windshield

Radio reporter Mike Campbell attacked in Detroit

August 2, 2018

WWJ-AM reporter Mike Campbell was in the middle of a live radio report when a man began smashing his windshield with a metal baton.

Local TV reporter Nia Harden and photojournalist Mike Krotche attacked in Detroit

August 2, 2018

While reporter Nia Harden was sitting inside a WXYZ news truck, a man smashed the windshield with a metal baton.

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Results Summary

Total Results	70
Journalists affected	77
Results in 2018	24
Results in August	8

How we track Physical Attacks

Journalists who face physical violence and injury or equipment damage, either as the result of a targeted attack by a public or private individual or in the course of their work. If a journalist is hit by rubber bullets or bean bag rounds, it will be counted in this category.

Journalists affected by tear gas, pepper spray, or other mass riot control agents will be counted if the individual suffers serious injury or appears to have been specifically targeted. Incidents that fall outside these parameters and in which multiple journalists were affected by riot control agents may be counted in the “other” category.

Physical Attack

Data Summary

Results Summary

How we track Physical Attacks

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