Tony Dokoupil Biography

Tony Dokoupil is an American broadcast journalist who is known for being the co-anchor for CBS Morning. Tony is also the correspondent for CBS News and MSNBC.

Tony Dokoupil Age

Tony was born on 24th December 1980 in Connecticut.

Tony Dokoupil Height

Tony stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches tall.

Tony Dokoupil Family

Tony was born to Ann and Anthony, his mother worked as a teacher while his father was a marijuana dealer.

Tony Dokoupil Wife

Tony is married to Katy Tur, the two got married in 2017. Dokoupil has two children from his previous relationship
He has two children with Katy their second baby together being a girl Eloise Judy Bear Dokoupil.

Tony Dokoupil Education

Tony studied at George Washington University, he later proceeded to Columbia University at media studies.

Tony Dokoupil CBS News

Tony is a CBS Mornings co-host. He was previously a CBS News journalist and a contributor to “CBS Sunday Morning.” All of CBS News’ broadcasts and platforms have featured his reporting. Dokoupil has interviewed a wide range of notable musicians, performers, and newsmakers since joining CBS News in 2016, including first lady Hillary Clinton, comedy icon Steve Martin, and music superstars Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt.
As a CBS co-host, he has handled a number of high-profile on-the-ground assignments. He has co-anchored CBS’ morning show from a variety of news-breaking locations across the country, including the Capitol Hill after the January 6th assassination, in the midst of Hurricanes Laura and Dorian,

In several battleground states during the 2020 presidential election as part of his “At America’s Crossroads” series, and at the Kennedy Space Center for coverage of the 50th anniversary of the space shuttle program.
He has been at the forefront of original vaping coverage, including a televised exclusive interview with Juul CEO Kevin Burns. He also spearheaded an investigation into the trading and investing program Robinhood and teen Austin Kearns’ death, which included an exclusive interview with Kearns’ parents.
He also hosts the original series “The Price You Pay,” which investigates why prices for many everyday products and services are rising.
The scourge of suicide, the hardships of public school teachers, and a successful treatment program for drug and alcohol-addicted airline pilots are among his cover stories for “CBS Sunday Morning.” For Sunday Morning, he has done longform pieces on Chuck Lorre and Ben Stiller, as well as cultural pieces on the delights of quitting your job, the advantages of working with your hands, and the fight against plastic straws.
He has previously written about marijuana legalization, internet privacy, and the second amendment as a CBS News correspondent. Dokoupil had also worked as a replacement anchor for CBSN and “CBS Weekend News.”
After three years at NBC News, where he was most recently a journalist for MSNBC, Dokoupil joined CBS News. He was the lead correspondent for the network on a string of major national issues, including the Paris climate agreement and the Flint water crisis. He also reported on the presidential primaries in 2016.

Dokoupil is also the author of “The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana” (Doubleday, 2014), a memoir of his father’s marijuana-smuggling escapades in the 1970s and 1980s.

Tony Dokoupil Father

Tony’s father was Anthony Edward Dokoupil, Tony informed Stephen Colbert that when he was a young journalist, he realized his father, Anthony Edward Dokoupil (aka Big Tony), was a crook.

“Unbeknownst to me growing up in Miami, he wasn’t in the real estate business; he was in the drug business,” said Dokoupil, who just joined Gayle King on the new morning show.

According to Dokoupil, his father was a “very principled marijuana dealer” who believed he was only “importing something that love and joy to the world.”

“We were living high on the hog,” says the narrator. “I believed he bought and sold real estate in New England; instead, he rained marijuana down on the entire Northeast,” Dokoupil explained.

Tony Dokoupil Salary

Tony earns an annual salary ranging between $ 40,000 – $ 70,000 dollars.

Tony Dokoupil Net worth

Tony has an estimated net worth ranging between $ 1 million – $ 5 million dollars.