News Sources: Writers' Strike and Jay Leno

"Tonight Show" host Jay Leno could face disciplinary action from the Writers Guild of America for writing his monologue while the nearly 2-month-old writers strike continues. The WGA has been on strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers since Nov. 5, halting the production of many TV shows. Among other outstanding issues, writers and producers are fighting over how much compensation writers should receive when TV shows and movies are streamed or downloaded over the Internet. Reporters looking for experts to interview on this topic can find them online at the collegenews.org databse of news sources and subject matter experts from America's leading liberal arts colleges, including the following (click on names for contact infomation):

Jeffrey M. McCall - Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, DePauw University - A former broadcaster himself, Dr. McCall has analyzed the content of television news broadcasts, manages the student-run radio station and has written nationally on issues related to the media. His special area of interest is media coverage of politics.

Janet C. Goulet - Professor of Economics, Wittenberg University - Goulet is former director of Center for Labor Management Cooperation, and has been published in the Journal of Consumer Credit Management and the Journal of Behavioral Economics. She has servced as an arbitrator for the Ohio Employee Relations Board, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the American Arbitration Association.

Gary Chaison - Professor of Industrial Relations, Clark University - An expert in collective bargaining, labor movements and union organizing extensively, Chaison is one of the most widely regarded scholars on unions worldwide.