The most famous journalist to be jailed is probably Judith Miller. But on Feburary 6th a young independent citizen journalist in San Francsico, Josh Wolf, became the longest incarcerated journalist in U.S. history for refusing to comply with a court subpoena. Below is a timeline of the events leading to Josh Wolf’s arrest and into the future. Please leave a comment if we are missing important dates.

July 8th, 2005: A G8 protest in San Francisco turns violent. Josh Wolf was on the scene getting live footage of the event. You can see his edited video of the demonstration here. (note: contains profanity)

August 1st, 2006: Wolf makes waves as “the first blogger to be thrown into federal prison…One of the Internet’s earliest video bloggers, Wolf refused to testify before a U.S. grand jury and also refused to hand over unpublished video footage he shot during a clash between San Francisco police and anti-G8 protesters in July 2005.”

September 3rd, 2006: Wolf is momentarily freed from prison. “a panel of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges on Thursday granted him bail while his appeal in the case is being considered, which could take months…”It feels great to be a free man again,” he told a crowd at a press conference in San Francisco following his release.

September 19th, 2006: Wolf’s bail is revoked and he is ordered to return to jail. “In his argument for revoking bail, prosecutor Jeffrey Finigan wrote that Wolf must be jailed because the ‘coercive intent behind the recalcitrant witness statute is lessened with each passing day.’”

September 22nd, 2006: Wolf turns himself in. “Even though they’re going to take me into custody, they can’t silence me,” Wolf, 24, said at a news conference outside the prison before turning himself in. “It’s frightening. I don’t feel I should have to return to prison. I don’t think it was about me. I was probably the easiest target.”

October 25th, 2006: NPR covers the Wolf trial and includes a timeline of past journalism imprisonments (scroll down): “There are also questions about whether bloggers are journalists at all. If they aren’t, they would not be eligible for any sort of shield law. But the judge hearing Wolf’s case said he didn’t need to address that question, because federal courts don’t have a law that protects journalists from being forced to turn over materials.

November 17th, 2006: Wolf’s case makes the New York Times: “The blogger, Josh Wolf, could be kept in jail until July, when the term of the grand jury expires…”

November 21st, 2006: Wolf’s attorneys ask if he can be released from jail for the Thanksgiving Holidays.

December 7th, 2006: Wolf’s family organizes a benefit that includes California Assemblymen and David Greene, Executive Director of the First Amendment Project.

January 22nd, 2007: PJNET’s Leonard Witt meets Wolf’s mother who spoke at a conference for Media Reform. She was also consoled Dennis Kucinich.

February 9th, 2007: The Free Josh Wolf Coalition gets a presence on MySpace.

February 12th, 2007: Josh Wolf speaks out in an interview with Amy Goodman, who asks if he would still recommend going into journalism. “Absolutely. This has demonstrated that there are risks that we don’t imagine, in terms of the dangers of journalism. More experienced journalists are aware of those risks, especially covering other countries, but the stories need to be told, and the mainstream media is letting the ball slip, so we need to basically form a sort of compendium of journalists, compendium of activists who will document the world they see, get those stories out, work to get those stories picked up by the mainstream media so that they can’t be ignored anymore.”

February 14th, 2007: An interview with Josh Wolf’s lawyer. “One thing that is apparent is that the US attorney is assisting the San Francisco district attorney in doing an end-run around the California Shield. They couldn’t bring this case in state court because of the reporter’s shield.”

February 20th, 2007: Wolf’s case will be televised on PBS Frontline. “Free Josh House Parties” are being organized around the country for the event.

July XX, 2007: The grand jury is expected to expire and Wolf will be released (if not sooner).