Event: Jailing the Messenger: Leaks, Sources, and Freedom of the Press
Who: Ronald Dworkin, Vanessa Leggett, Anthony Lewis, Norman Pearlstine, Helen Zia; moderated by Jeff Greenfield.
Where: Engelman Hall, The Baruch Performing Arts Center: 55 Lexington Avenue at 25th Street, NYC
When: Tuesday, September 27, 7:00 p.m.
What: 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 reportersí privilege. In a moderated discussion and debate, panelists Ronald Dworkin, Vanessa Leggett, Anthony Lewis, Norman Pearlstine, and Helen Zia examined 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.

Where: Engelman Hall, The Baruch Performing Arts Center: 55 Lexington Avenue at 25th Street, NYC
When: Tuesday, September 27, 7:00 p.m.
What: 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 reportersí privilege. In a moderated discussion and debate, panelists Ronald Dworkin, Vanessa Leggett, Anthony Lewis, Norman Pearlstine, and Helen Zia examined 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.







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