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The US Press Freedom Tracker is a database that tracks and catalogs press freedom violations in the United States.

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Farina’s colleague, @statuscoupnews.bsky.social reporter @jtcestkowski.bsky.social, was shot in the foot with a pepper ball at the same moment. Cestkowski told the Tracker that he believes his shooting was incidental and that Farina was the direct target.
Photojournalist shot in foot with pepper ball at Illinois immigration protest
JT Cestkowski, a reporter for the news outlet Status Coup, was shot in the foot with a crowd-control munition by …
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November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Photojournalist Jon Farina with @statuscoupnews.bsky.social was shot with pepper balls twice, in the knee and foot, by a state trooper while covering the Halloween costume protests outside the facility that day.
Photojournalist shot with pepper balls by state trooper at Chicago-area protest
Photojournalist Jon Farina was shot multiple times with crowd-control munitions by Illinois State Police while reporting on protests outside an …
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November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Former Record reporter Deb Gruver will receive $250K.

Her federal suit against county officials for constitutional violations associated with the raid is ongoing.
Kansas reporter injured when cellphone seized during police raid of newsroom
Marion County Record reporter Deb Gruver was injured when local law enforcement executed a search warrant on the newspaper’s offices …
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November 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM