Ted Koppel
Ted Koppel is the managing editor for the Discovery Channel. In this role, he anchors and produces long form programming examining major global topics and events for the largest cable network in the United States. He joined the network in January 2006. Ted Koppel is a 42-year veteran of ABC News. Since 1980, he was the anchor and managing editor of ABC News Nightline, one of the most honored broadcasts in television history. As the nation's longest running network daily news anchor, his...See more
Ted Koppel is the managing editor for the Discovery Channel. In this role, he anchors and produces long form programming examining major global topics and events for the largest cable network in the United States. He joined the network in January 2006. Ted Koppel is a 42-year veteran of ABC News. Since 1980, he was the anchor and managing editor of ABC News Nightline, one of the most honored broadcasts in television history. As the nation's longest running network daily news anchor, his interviews and reporting touched every major news story over the past 25 years. A member of the Broadcasting Hall of Fame, Mr. Koppel has won every major broadcasting award including 40 Emmy Awards, eight George Foster Peabody Awards, 10 duPont-Columbia Awards, and two George Polk Awards. His 10 Overseas Press Club Awards make him the most honored journalist in the Club's history. He has received more than 20 honorary degrees from universities in the United States. Before becoming Nightline anchor, Mr. Koppel worked as an anchor, foreign and domestic correspondent and bureau chief of ABC News. See less
Ted Koppel's Featured Books
Ted Koppel book reviews
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The wit and wisdom of Adlai Stevenson.
Insight to a Remarkable Man and a Remarkable Age
by dlberek, Oct 18, 2008
Anyone growing up during the 1950s and 1960s will remember Adlai E. Stevenson, statesman and erstwhile presidential candidate. He was an intellectual who preferred long, witty speaches over the ... Read More