This is going to be a case for the “New Media” to watch:

“A freelance journalist and blogger has been jailed after refusing to turn over video he took at an anti-capitalist protest last summer and after refusing to testify before a grand jury looking into alleged crimes committed at the protest.

The freelancer, Josh Wolf, 24, was taken into custody Tuesday after a hearing in front of Judge William Alsup of U.S. District Court. Found in contempt, Wolf was later moved to a federal prison in Dublin, California, and could be imprisoned until next summer, when the grand jury term expires, said his lawyer, Jose Luis Fuentes.

Earlier this year, federal prosecutors subpoenaed Wolf to testify before a grand jury and turn over video from the demonstration, held in the Mission District of San Francisco on July 8, 2005. The protest, tied to a Group of 8 meeting of world economic leaders in Scotland, ended in a clash between demonstrators and the San Francisco police, with one officer sustaining a fractured skull.

A smoke bomb or a firework was also put under a police car, and investigators are investigating arson charges.
Wolf, who posted some of the edited video on his Web site, www.joshwolf.net, and sold some of it to local television stations, met with investigators, who wanted to see the raw video. But Wolf refused to hand the tapes over, arguing that he had the right as a journalist to shield his sources.

On Tuesday, Alsup disagreed, ruling that the grand jury “has a legitimate need” to see what Wolf filmed.
Wolf has attracted supporters, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, which passed a resolution just hours after Wolf was jailed objecting to the federal government’s role in the investigation. The Society of Professional Journalists contributed to Wolf’s legal defense fund.”

Sure to reignite the question, are bloggers journalists?

Update: The UK Guardian’s Jeff Jarvis with more on the question.