Tony Dokoupil Biography
Tony Dokoupil is a skilled journalist currently working as a co-host of “CBS Mornings” and “CBS Mornings Plus,” the network’s third hour of “CBS Mornings,” since 2019. It is broadcast on multiple CBS-owned stations and simulcast on CBS News 24/7, CBS News and Stations’ streaming news service. He joined the network in 2016.
Tony Dokoupil Career
In addition, Dokoupil also anchors “The Uplift,” a weekly series spotlighting positive and inspiring stories for CBS News 24/7. His reporting is also featured on “CBS News Sunday Morning” and the “CBS Evening News. He became co-host of “CBS Mornings” in 2019.
Dokoupil was previously a CBS News correspondent and a “CBS News Sunday Morning” contributor. His reporting has appeared across all CBS News broadcasts and platforms.
Moreover, at “CBS Mornings,” he has handled multiple high-profile, on-the-ground and anchoring assignments. Dokoupil has also co-anchored CBS’ morning news broadcast from the site of critical news events around the world: from Capitol Hill after the 6 January, 2021 assault on the Capitol and in Uvalde, Texas, after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary. In addition, he co-anchored CBS morning news at the Poland-Ukraine border reporting on the refugee crisis, amid Hurricanes Laura and Dorian and from several battleground states during the 2020 presidential election as a part of his “At America’s Crossroads” series. Dokoupil also co-anchored CBS morning news at the Kennedy Space Center for coverage of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission and inside The Empire State Building, previewing the revamped observation deck on the 102nd floor.
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Furthermore, he has also been at the forefront of covering key issues that impact Americans. Dokoupil has led original coverage on vaping, including a broadcast exclusive interview with Juul CEO Kevin Burns and the first television interview with the co-CEOs of Puff Bar. Additionally, he also led an investigation into the trading and investing app Robinhood and the death of teenager Austin Kearns, including an exclusive interview with Kearns’ parents. Dokoupil also anchored the original series “The Price You Pay,” which looks at why costs are surging for many everyday products or services. Dokoupil has further reported on how past housing discrimination still affects American families today, an update to a story CBS News first reported on more than 50 years ago.
From when he joined CBS News in 2016, he has interviewed a variety of major artists, entertainers and newsmakers, among them first lady Hillary Clinton, comedy legend Steve Martin, and music superstars Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt.
Furthermore, his cover stories for “CBS News Sunday Morning” include features on the impact of suicide; the struggles of public school teachers; a successful rehab program for drug and alcohol-addicted airline pilots; the benefits of working with your hands; the fight over plastic straws as well as interviews with such people as Chuck Lorre, Michael Che, Pete Davidson and Ben Stiller.
As a CBS News correspondent, Dokoupil has written about marijuana legalization, digital privacy and the Second Amendment. In addition, he had served as a substitute anchor on the CBS News 24/7 and the “CBS Weekend News.”
Tony Dokoupil Early Life
Prior to joining CBS News, Doukopil spent three years at NBC News, where he was a correspondent for MSNBC. He was the network’s lead reporter on big national stories, including the Paris climate agreement and the Flint water crisis and also covered the 2016 presidential primaries.
Before NBC, Dokoupil was a senior writer at Newsweek and the Daily Beast, where his reporting landed him on NBC’s “Today,” ABC’s “20/20” and NPR’s “Fresh Air with Terry Gross” from 2007 to 2013. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed book, “The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son and the Golden Age of Marijuana” (Doubleday, 2014), a memoir in which he documented his father’s exploits smuggling marijuana during the 1970s and ’80s.
Dokoupil graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from George Washington University and also holds a Master’s Degree in American Studies from Columbia University. He was born in Farmington, Connecticut and his family relocated to Miami, Florida shortly after he was born. Dokoupil and his mother then relocated back to Maryland when he was six years old where he grew up and attended Severna Park High School. Dokoupil is of Czech descent. His mother, Ann, worked as a teacher, while his father, Anthony, was a marijuana dealer. In his childhood, Dokoupil was told of his father’s involvement in real estate, which was a front. He lives in New York with his family and is a father of four children.
Tony Dokoupil Age
Dokoupil was born in Farmington, Connecticut on 24 December, 1980 and is now 44 years old as of 2024.
Tony Dokoupil Height
He stands at an average height of 1.73m tall.
Tony Dokoupil Education
Dokoupil graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from George Washington University and also holds a Master’s Degree in American Studies from Columbia University.
Tony Dokoupil Family
He was born in Farmington, Connecticut and his family relocated to Miami, Florida shortly after he was born. Dokoupil and his mother then relocated back to Maryland when he was six years old where he grew up and attended Severna Park High School. Dokoupil is of Czech descent. His mother, Ann, worked as a teacher, while his father, Anthony Edward Dokoupil, was a marijuana dealer. When he was growing up, Dokoupil was told of his father’s involvement in real estate, which was a front.
Tony Dokoupil Wife
Dokoupil tied the knot with his wife, a fellow broadcast journalist Katy Tur in October 2017 in Utah.
Tony Dokoupil Children
He is a father of four children, two children with his ex-wife and they live in Israel. Dokoupil also has two children with his wife Katy Tur, son Theodore and daughter Eloise Judy Bear Dokoupil.
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