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Ted Koppel
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Ted Koppel is an American broadcast journalist whose book Lights Out examines threats to the electrical grid and preparedness for prolonged blackouts.
Biography
Ted Koppel is an American broadcast journalist best known for anchoring Nightline from its launch in 1980 until 2005. Before hosting the program, he spent 20 years working as a broadcast journalist and news anchor for ABC. His work on Nightline established his reputation as a serious-minded television interviewer.
After leaving Nightline, Koppel became managing editor for the Discovery Channel and worked as a news analyst for NPR and BBC World News America. He also contributed to Rock Center with Brian Williams and has served as senior contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning since 2016. His foreign and diplomatic reporting earned numerous awards. In Lights Out, he examines the threat of a cyberattack on the American electrical grid and questions how civilians would cope with a prolonged loss of power.
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Books by Ted Koppel
Lights out
Lights Out examines the potential consequences of a cyberattack on the United States’ electrical grid, including prolonged disruptions to water, food, medical supplies and banking. It questions government preparedness and explores how individuals and communities might prepare for an extended blackout.