Please join us on March 21 for a free conference centering on the divide between the government and the press over national security. A wide range of speakers and panel members will examine the legal basis and scope of actions by the Obama administration that have hampered the work of journalists and offer administration representatives an opportunity to present their case for secrecy. Limited seats available.

First Amendment attorneys discuss The Long Arm of the Law Reporters talk about the Perils of Covering National Security Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras and Barton Gellman are interviewed about The Snowden Revelations Senator Schumer and a panel discuss the Prospects for a Federal Shield Law Editors and publishers present ideas for the future in Where do we go from here?

SUPPORTED BY ABC News; The Annenberg Center on Communication, Leadership & Policy; The Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University; The Associated Press; CBS; The Center for Communication; the Center for Investigative Reporting; The Center for Public Integrity; CNN; Columbia Graduate School of Journalism; The Committee to Protect Journalists; The Denver Post; Frontline; The Hearst Corporation; The Huffington Post; Investigative Reporters and Editors; The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy; The Los Angeles Times; The McClatchy Company; the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative; The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; The New York Review of Books; The New Yorker; the Newspaper Association of America; The Nieman Foundation; NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune; PEN American Center; The Philip Merrill College of Journalism; The Poynter Institute; ProPublica; The Record and Herald News of North Jersey; the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Reporters Without Borders; Reuters; UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism; The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.

Agenda

THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW: panel on the Espionage Act, recent court decisions and Justice Department guidelines on subpoenas to reporters Ben Wizner, A.C.L.U.; David A. Schulz, First Amendment litigator; Laura R. Handman, First Amendment litigator; Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker.

Moderator: Adam Liptak, The New York Times

PERILS OF COVERING NATIONAL SECURITY: panel on the impact of government actions on confidential sources and reporting techniques Jane Mayer, The New Yorker; Mark Mazzetti, The New York Times; Peter Maass, writer; and Robert L. Deitz, former general counsel, N.S.A. and senior councillor to the C.I.A. director.

Moderator: Bob Woodward, The Washington Post

THE SNOWDEN REVELATIONS: Roger Cohen, The New York Times, interviews Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian; Laura Poitras, The New York Times; and Barton Gellman, The Washington Post, via Skype

PROSPECTS FOR A FEDERAL SHIELD LAW: discussion of the proposed Free Flow of Information Act Bill Keller, editor in chief, The Marshall Project, interviews Senator Charles Schumer, followed by a panel with Kurt Wimmer, Newspaper Association of America; Quinn Norton, freelance journalist, activist; Jonathan Landay, McClatchy; Scott Horton, reporter, Harper’s Magazine; and Kenneth L. Wainstein, former assistant attorney general for national security and homeland security advisor