Videographer Mason Lake said federal agents aimed at him with a rifle, then pepper-sprayed him, damaging his equipment, while he filmed an ICE protest outside a detention facility in Portland, Oregon, on Sept. 13.

A drive-by shooting targeted the KXTV TV station in Sacramento, CA, on Sept. 19. Nobody was injured, but officials believe the attack was politically motivated. The suspect now faces felony charges in both state and federal court.

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Trump filed a $15 million defamation suit Sept. 15 against @nytimes.com, four of its staff members and @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social. A district judge dismissed the complaint four days later as “improper and impermissible.” Trump has 28 days to file an amended complaint.

Update: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued new press restrictions Sept. 19, mandating that press get approval for releasing even unclassified information and closing off large parts of the Pentagon to journalists without escorts.

Breaking: Egyptian former journalist Ayman Soliman was released today from ICE custody in Ohio and will no longer face deportation, say his attorneys.

Final claims were settled Sept. 12 in a class-action lawsuit filed by eight journalists assaulted by law enforcement amid Minneapolis protests following George Floyd’s death in 2020; case to close after more than five years.

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Two Utah men have been arrested by the FBI for attempted aggravated arson after they allegedly placed a bomb under a Fox 13 news vehicle in Salt Lake City on Sept. 12. The incendiary device “failed to function” and no injuries were reported.

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The @lapressclub.bsky.social won a preliminary injunction against the LAPD on Sept. 10. The ruling comes after a federal judge said a “cannonade of evidence” showed the “LAPD appeared to target journalists” during a wave of immigration protests this summer.

A journalist, who asked to stay anonymous out of concern for further issues while traversing the border, experienced invasive questioning and additional screening by U.S. border authorities following trips from Mexico to the U.S. In March, a CBP officer at LAX asked questions about their reporting.

TV reporter Nathan Espindula of KNVN was harassed with racist slurs and had his camera damaged while covering a story in Chico, CA, on Sept. 4. The suspect has been charged with a felony hate crime.

Update: LA journalists won a preliminary injunction against DHS on Sept. 10; federal judge says violent behavior by DHS agents “under the guise of protecting the public” violated the Constitution.

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Investigative reporter @bencamach0.bsky.social was sent a cease and desist letter by Santa Ana Police Officers Association on Aug. 27, demanding that he not attempt to contact any officers for comment, a routine newsgathering activity: pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incident...

Reporter Liam Reilly of @cnn.com was deposed July 14 in a Michigan defamation case against Nexstar Media Group. He was questioned about his emails with the company’s spokesperson over fallout from a newsroom memo on Pride Month coverage.

Independent journalist Michael Tracey was ejected from a Capitol Hill news conference on Sept. 3 after asking a question about the credibility of a Jeffrey Epstein accuser.

Freelance journalist @acatwithnews.bsky.social was shoved by am LAPD officer while reporting on a pro-immigrant car caravan through downtown LA on Aug. 12.

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A photo intern for @sfchronicle was arrested July 2 while documenting the site of a fireworks warehouse explosion in Esparto, California, which authorities had declared an active crime scene. Richard Grant was booked and released overnight.

A man is facing charges for intentionally disabling KWTV-DT’s weather radar July 6, taking offline the system used to track tornadoes, floods and emergency alerts. The Oklahoma AG said the act “imperiled public safety.”

Today marks three years since the gruesome murder of Las Vegas @reviewjournal.com investigative journalist Jeff German. Last year, county official Robert Telles was found guilty of the fatal stabbing and was sentenced to life in prison.

Mario Guevara, the Spanish-language journalist detained by ICE since June, is suing top Trump officials for his immediate release from a GA detention center, claiming retaliation for his reporting in the Aug. 20 filing.

More journalists have already been assaulted in the U.S. this year than in all of 2024 — most while covering anti-immigration protests. We're tracking every case. Watch Managing Editor @kamccudden.bsky.social explain and subscribe to our newsletter for more: pressfreedomtracker.us/blog/nearly-...

Reporter @eddiekimx.bsky.social was grabbed by the throat, pushed and sprayed with a chemical irritant by federal agents while reporting on protesters’ attempts to prevent a detainee transfer from a San Francisco immigration court on Aug. 20.

Getty Images photojournalist Spencer Platt was struck with a baton by a LAPD officer while covering a protest in LA on June 11. Though he isn’t sure he was the intended target, he described the police response as “extremely aggressive.”

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A photojournalist clearly marked as press was pepper-sprayed by a DHS agent while the freelancer was covering an anti-deportation protest in downtown LA on June 6.

Journalist @shoton35mm.bsky.social was shoved by a LAPD police officer while covering an immigration protest in downtown LA on Aug. 12. "There’s definitely things that we missed because we were not able to move around freely," he said.

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A freelance photographer was struck in the leg and face by crowd-control munitions — suffering a hematoma in his left eye and requiring stitches in his left temple — while covering an anti-deportation protest in Compton, California, on June 7.

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Filmmaker @directedbyrocky.bsky.social , visibly marked as press, was struck by DHS crowd-control munitions, including pepper balls and tear gas, while filming an anti-deportation protest in LA on June 7.

DC-based @mmfa.bsky.social was granted a preliminary injunction Aug. 15, protecting the nonprofit from the Federal Trade Commission’s demand for a trove of documents related to Media Matters’ alleged “collusion” with advertisers on X.

Photojournalist Carrie Schreck was pushed by LAPD officers and detained while reporting on federal immigration raids in downtown LA on Aug. 8 “I give a lot of leeway to people, and I try to be understanding in the moment of why they make decisions they make,” Schreck said. “But it’s unacceptable.”

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Shutterstock staff photographer Chelsea Lauren was pushed to the ground by LAPD officers, damaging her telephoto lens, while she was reporting on immigration protests in downtown LA on Aug. 8.

Freelance photojournalist @acatwithnews.bsky.social was struck in the ribs with a baton and detained by LAPD officers while reporting on anti-deportation protests in downtown LA on Aug. 8. While he was released after an hour without charges, he was later diagnosed with a broken rib.

Freelance photojournalist Carrie Schreck was pushed by LAPD officers and detained while covering an anti-deportation protest in downtown LA on Aug. 8. She was released without charges. pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incident...

Filmmaker @directedbyrocky.bsky.social was wearing visible credentials and carrying pro-grade gear when he was hit with a baton and shoved to the ground by LAPD officers while covering an anti-deportation protest in LA on Aug. 8.

Reporter @tinadesireeberg.com of @statuscoupnews.bsky.social was shoved and struck with a baton by LAPD while covering anti-deportation protests in downtown LA on June 8. In the chaos, her pinkie finger was split open, keeping her from work for up to two weeks pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incident...

John Sarcone III, acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of NY, ordered the @timesunion.com removed from his office’s media distribution list after it published a story June 27 that he designated a boarded-up building as his Albany residence.

Journalist @melbuer.bsky.social was shoved multiple times and detained by officers while covering a protest against immigration raids in downtown LA on on Aug. 8. “One officer said, ‘The statutes don’t matter,’” she said.

Independent photojournalist @nategowdy.bsky.social was assaulted and detained while documenting an anti-deportation protest in LA on August 8. “They didn’t seem to know the law, or they willfully disregarded it,” he said.

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Independent photojournalist @plasticjesusart.bsky.social was pushed and struck in the face with a baton by police and his press credentials damaged while he was covering immigration protests in downtown LA on Aug. 8. pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incident...

The @nytimes.com HQ building in NYC was vandalized July 30 with spray paint reading “NYT lies Gaza dies.” The paper says it won’t let advocacy groups sway its reporting on the Israel-Gaza war.

A pair of student journalists for @dailycal.bsky.social were corralled and detained by SFPD while covering immigration protests on back-to-back nights on June 8 and 9. Photojournalist Sam Grotenstein was held in the kettle for about an hour.

A suburban Chicago library told independent journalist @kgosztola.bsky.social on July 22 that it will begin charging him for meeting space, a move he says was in retaliation for his reporting.