Chuck Goudie Biography
Chuck Goudie is an American journalist working as a chief investigative reporter for ABC7 Eyewitness News.
Chuck Goudie Age
Goudie was born on 17 January 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Chuck Goudie Family
Goudie has kept her personal life away from the limelight. Information regarding her parents and siblings is not yet known to the public. We will update her details once they are available.
Chuck Goudie Wife
Goudie is married to Teri Goudie, a former ABC news producer and currently an international media adviser and crisis consultant. They tied the knot in 1982 and they are blessed with five children and five grandchildren. Their daughter, Brittany Goudie has followed Chuck’s footsteps by working on The Oprah Winfrey Show at the beginning of a broadcasting career. She has also managed music at Nashville-based Starstruck Entertainment, and currently a producer of SiriusXM The Highway morning show with Storme Warren.
Chuck Goudie Education
Goudie holds a Bachelor of Arts with a degree in Telecommunications and Political Science from Michigan State University.
Chuck Goudie ABC 7
His compelling and hard-hitting investigative reporting not only wins major awards but also gets results. For instance, Goudie first exposed the “Licenses-for-Bribes” investigation, revealing Illinois commercial drivers’ licenses being sold to hundreds of unqualified truckers. Goudie’s groundbreaking investigation prompted the FBI to go undercover, leading to dozens of federal corruption convictions all the way up to former Governor George Ryan.
His six-month investigation documenting misconduct, accidents, and negligence by top members of the Illinois State Police unit that guarded then-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, impacted the governor ordering a thorough state police overhaul.
Goudie’s investigation of sexual abuse allegations against the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin impacted the cardinal’s accuser withdrawing charges. Other major investigations have shut down illegal businesses and shady charities and resulted in criminal charges and incarceration and changed or created laws.
He has received several broadcasting top honors, including chemical companies that are unprotected against a deadly terrorist attack and a National Emmy Award for exposing how government agencies.
He is the recipient of a National Edward R. Murrow Award for Continuous Television News Reporting. Chuck has also earned numerous reporting awards from the Associated Press; more Emmy awards from the Chicago Television Academy; Peter Lisagor awards from the Society for Professional Journalists and Herman Kogan awards from the Chicago Bar Association.
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He has investigated and reported news information from four continents; New York’s “Ground Zero”; war zones in the Middle East, and the Balkans; the Arabian Sea, and from behind the walls of the Vatican.
Earlier, he worked at WSOC-TV, the ABC affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he was the main sports anchor (1978-80) and general assignment reporter (1977-78). Chuck gained early television experience at the age of 12 when he received a regular role on two weekly children’s shows on WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Michigan. (1968-72).
A member of Investigative Reporters and Editors, He is a regular speaker at the organization’s international conference. Chuck has named Chicago/Midwest Father of the Year by the Father of the Year Council.
Chuck Goudie Salary
Goudie earns an estimated annual salary ranging from $52,335 to $88,566.
Chuck Goudie Net Worth
Goudie has an estimated net worth between $1 Million-$5 Million.