Ted Koppel News

Ted Koppel, once dubbed "the smartest man in television" by Newsweek magazine, is the next presenter in the David Letterman Distinguished Professional Lecture and Workshop Series at Ball State.

President Obama delivers his much anticipated address on Afghanistan Tuesday night.

The fourth hour of the Today show got the SNL treatment again last night, with new castmember Jenny Slate taking over for Michaela Watkins playing Hoda Kotb .

It was the fall of 1979, and Iranian militants had seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 53 Americans hostage.

Contributing Analyst Ted Koppel joins Matt Frei on tonight's BBC World News America for a discussion on the state of security in Pakistan.

Former Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf will talk with NPR's Neal Conan and Ted Koppel on today's 'Talk of the Nation'. You can leave your questions for him here.

Remember how the media focused attention on the war dead while George W. Bush was in the White House? Many newspapers showed running totals of the war dead - often on the front page.

Longtime newscaster Ted Koppel served up some food for thought during a speaking engagement in St.

Actor Frank Langella will be interviewed by newsman Ted Koppel next month at Syracuse Stage.

Conservatives watch Fox news. Liberals watch MSNBC. According to veteran television journalist Ted Koppel, Americans are increasingly choosing news outlets that they believe match their own opinions.

We usually expect serious journalism when "Nightline" takes on a subject. It hasn't quite been the same since Ted Koppel left, but it's still better than most commercial news programs.

When veteran broadcaster Ted Koppel began covering the news in 1963, delivering information to the general public from abroad required several stages of content vetting and physical transport of film to the media outlets.

Join Poynter Monday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. for live coverage of the conversation, "Journalism in Crisis: Who's to Blame?" with Ted Koppel.

TED KOPPEL : When the president talked about the bankruptcy of Social Security, there were clearly some Democrats on the floor who thought that that was taking it too far.

The Poynter Institute will host another in its popular series of Community Conversations: Award-winning broadcast journalist Ted Koppel will be the featured guest at an event to be held on Monday, September 14, at 7:00 p.m. In a conversation entitled " Journalism in Crisis: Who's to Blame ," Koppel will lead a candid discussion about the state of ...

Bloomberg snagged another ABC-er of yesteryear when they recently hired Emily Stanitz as a producer for their Washington bureau.

Talk of the Nation , July 20, 2009 After the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, J. Cofer Black, the head of the CIA's counterterrorism center, was authorized by President Bush to hunt down those responsible for the attacks, including Osama bin Laden.

CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite, whom Ted Koppel called the 20th century's version of the town crier.

Talk of the Nation , July 6, 2009 Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a flailing economy dominate headlines.

See what else Tim has to say Editor's note: The cat who is the subject of this column was retrieved Monday from the tree in which it had been lingering since June 29.