Here are a few stories that might be of interest in journalism classes over the next couple of weeks.

Ted Koppel to Leave 'Nightline' and ABC News. Ted Koppel, who has hosted "Nightline" for a quarter century, will leave the network when his contract expires in December. By Jacques Steinberg. [NewYorkTimes]

Dan Gillmor recommends a report titled Abandoning the News, about news-consumption habits, especially those of young people. Here's how it starts:

There's a dramatic revolution taking place in the news business today and it isn't about TV anchor changes, scandals at storied newspapers or embedded reporters. The future course of the news, including the basic assumptions about how we consume news and information and make decisions in a democratic society are being altered by technology-savvy young people no longer wedded to traditional news outlets or even accessing news in traditional ways. In short, the future of the U.S. news industry is seriously threatened by the seemingly irrevocable move by young people away from traditional sources of news.

The report is was done for the Carnegie Foundation by Merrill Brown, who has been founding editor in chief of MSNBC.com, a senior vice president of RealNetworks, a founder of Court TV and a Wall Street correspondent for The Washington Post.

Finally, here's a Tennessee paper being cited by Extra Extra! for investigative reporting on a story headed, County jails outdated, fail to meet standards. Leon Alligood of The Tennessean reviewed state data to report on overcrowding in county jails. He found that "a total of 26 of the 129 jails statewide have been 'decertified'," because of varying reasons, including unhealthy living conditions.
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