A person threw a beer can at CTV journalist Evan Solomon while he was reporting from Parliament Hill in Ottawa during the convoy protest. The can hit the CTV crew’s camera gear. “Seconds before I was doing my hit for @ctvnewschannel a guy in the crowd drilled a full beer can at me and just…
Protesters at a convoy rally in Regina harassed journalism instructor Layton Burton, calling him “enemy of the people” and making threats.
Protesters verbally harassed Global News Halifax journalist Graeme Benjamin, who was covering a convoy demonstration on Jan. 27, 2022.
Protesters harassed and assaulted Canadian Press photographer Frank Gunn while he was covering the convoy passing through Toronto on Jan 27, 2022.
A protester harassed Global News journalist Seán O’Shea and other media workers at a convoy protest in Vaughan, Ont. on Jan 27, 2022, calling the media “liars” and “criminals.”
John Wesley Amady, a 32-year-old journalist working in Haiti for the Montreal online radio station Radio Écoute FM, was shot and killed on Jan. 6, 2022.
In January 2022, HonestReporting Canada published at least four campaigns which named at least two individual media workers.
An Ontario Superior Court justice dismissed a defamation lawsuit against B.C.-based Together News Inc.
In December 2021, HonestReporting Canada published at least six campaigns which named at least three individual media workers.
As journalists at the CBC’s The Fifth Estate investigated WE Charity over several months in 2021, the broadcaster received numerous complaints including threats to sue from various individuals and organizations, including WE Charity donors.