September 27, 2006 | Baruch Performing Arts Center | New York City

With Judith Miller in jail and subpoenas directed to journalists and news-gathering organizations on the rise, PEN American Center hosted a public program exploring the growing conflict over reporters’ privilege. In a moderated discussion and debate, panelists Ronald Dworkin, Vanessa Leggett, Anthony Lewis, Norman Pearlstine, and Helen Zia examine the question of how to balance the great importance of nurturing a vigorous free press and ensuring public access to information against competing values such as the rights of criminal defendants, privacy rights, and national security.