Hours after 29-year-old Omar Mateen shot and killed 49 people and wounded more than 50 others at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. in the early morning hours of June 12, a former co-worker described the killer as racist, belligerent and toxic. Daniel Gilroy, who once worked alongside Mateen as a guard for G4S Secure Solutions, a security company, stated that Mateen’s behavior was so disturbing that Gilroy requested a transfer so he would not have to work with him. "He was scar

Sometimes danger happens unexpectedly: Things begin to get ugly as an unruly crowd turns violent at the San Diego Sports Arena. Photo by John Gregory A pesky freelancer and a police standoff An unexpected call set me back in my seat one morning. It was from that freelance photographer, the one who kept pushing his photos on me. Now he was squatting behind a police car, calling from his cell phone. Some guy was firing a weapon at the busiest intersection in San Diego, he rep

A group calling itself the CyberCaliphate conducted a cyber attack against French TV network TV5Monde on April 8, disrupting regular TV and hijacking the network’s website as well as its social media accounts. TV5Monde rebounds from cyber attack French television network TV5Monde suffered a cyber attack April 8 by a group calling itself the CyberCaliphate. The network’s regular programs were replaced by a message reading “Je suIS IS.” In addition, the network’s website was hi

The front of the offices of the pro-ISIS magazine Adimlar was damaged by a bomb blast March 25. How does this attack fit into the freedom of expression equation? A bomb exploded at the entrance to the Istanbul, Turkey, offices of the pro-ISIS magazine Adimlar on the night of March 25, killing one writer and injuring three editors, including the magazine’s editor-in-chief, Ali Osman Zor. His brother, Unsal Zor, was the writer killed in the explosion. Ali Osman Zor was photogra

CBS News 8 KFMB sports director Kyle Kraska. Kyle Kraska, the sports director for CBS News 8 KFMB in San Diego, returned to the set March 11, nearly a month after being ambushed and shot six times as he was backing out of his home driveway Feb. 10 on his way to work. Kraska’s accused attacker, Mike Montana, is in custody facing charges of attempted murder. Montana allegedly shot Kraska as a result of a disagreement over payment for a paint job on Kraska’s home. Although the m

Police investigators fill the street outside the Charlie Hebdo offices following the Jan. 15 attack. Photo by Thierry Caro Newsroom security. It’s not a subject regularly discussed during meetings of media organizations. In the wake of widely reported terrorist attacks earlier this year, perhaps the subject will become more common. Cartoonist Corinne Rey had no idea what was in store for her the morning of Jan. 15 as she picked up her toddler from daycare. When she arrived at

In the wake of the January attack against the staff of French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo and the attack during the “Art, Blasphemy and the Freedom of Expression” event at a café in Copenhagen, Denmark in February, I have been pondering security measures for journalists and have begun to recall a few incidents that have left me wondering. Although none of these memories involve fully realized threats, I can’t help but run through possible scenarios and wonder “what if?” The