Josh Wolf

Josh Wolf

Josh Wolf is a San Francisco blogger and journalist.

He is a graduate of San Francisco State University with a degree in Psychology. He has been a contributor to his onw blog, Indymedia and the Haight Ashbury Beat. A biographical note states that he is "employed as the Outreach Director for peralta.TV, a department of the Peralta Community College District, and I am also an SAT teacher for the Kaplan Test preparation company." [1]

Imprisoned for Refusing to Handover Video to Grand Jury

Wolf was jailed on August 1, 2006 when he refused to testify or turn over unpublished video out-takes to a federal grand jury investigating a July, 2005 anti-G8 demonstration. [2] He was temporarily released on bail from the Dublin Federal Detentention Center on September 1, 2006 but ordered to return to prison on September 22nd pending a hearing before the entire 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Link to Court Documents on the Case

• "Court Documents Pertaining to the Case

Contact details

Joshua Wolf 98005-111
Dublin FDC
5675 8th St. Camp-Parks, Unit J2
Dublin, CA 94568
USA

Websites

• http://www.joshwolf.net/
• http://joshwolf.net/blog/ Blog
• http://freejosh.pbwiki.com/ The Free Josh Wolf Wiki

Related SourceWatch Resources

• Bloggers
• Blogging
• Gabe Meyers
• Journalists
• Sarah Olson
• shield law

External Links

Biographical Note

• "Meet Josh Wolf…", The Revolution Will Be Televised, (Wolf's blog).

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Media Releases on the Case

• Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, "Freelance journalist jailed by federal judge", Media release, August 1, 2006.
• Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, "Order of contempt affirmed in freelance video blogger case", Media release, September 11, 2006.
• Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, "Video blogger headed back to jail", Media release, September 19, 2006.
• Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, "Attorneys for jailed blogger file motion for his release", Media release, November 20, 2006.
• Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, "Attorneys for jailed blogger file motion for his release", Media release, January 25, 2007.

General Articles

• Ryan Blitstein , "Should journalist Josh Wolf be afraid?: The Assistant U.S. Attorney, the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the SFPD want to get their hands on a video shot by a San Francisco blogger", SF Weekly, April 19, 2006.
• Bob Egelko, "Journalist not forced to give up video", SF Chronicle, June 16, 2006.
• "San Francisco reporter asserts rights to remain silent before federal grand jury", SF Sentinel, June 16, 2006.
• Bob Egelko,"Contempt case over rally video", SF Chronicle, July 18, 2006.
• "Independent Journalist Josh Wolf Resists Grand Jury", KPFA, July 21, 2006. (Mp3)
• Bob Egelko, "Judge gives protest videographer reprieve", SF Chronicle, July 21, 2006.
• "Contempt of court hearing for freelance journalist continued", San Francisco Sentinel, July 21, 2006.
• "Herhold: Film of protest puts maker in legal jeopardy, The Mercury News, July 20, 2006.
• Stephen Kaus, "Prosecutors Flout California Shield Law; Seek to Jail Reporter in Federal Court", The Huffington Post, July 20, 2006.
• "Editorial: Free Josh Wolf", San Francisco Examiner, August 3, 2006.
• Howard Vicini, "Josh Wolf: Thank God For Patriots", SF Bay Area Inymedia, January 16th, 2007.
• Chris Peck, "Journalist or not, he's no criminal", Memphis Commercial Appeal, January 21, 2007.
• Martin Kuz, "Free at Last", SF Weekly, January 24, 2007.
• "Attorneys for Jailed Independent Journalist Josh Wolf File New Motion for Release", Democracy Now, January 25, 2007. (scroll down)
• Gabriel Schoenfeld, "Why Journalists Are Not Above the Law", Commentary, February 2007. (Publication date was late January with a cover date of February). (Mention the Wolf case in passing).