Tony Dokoupil


Tony Dokoupil is an American broadcast journalist, known for his work as a co-anchor of CBS This Morning. He was also a news correspondent for CBS News and MSNBC.

Early life

Dokoupil was born in Connecticut in the year 1980. His mother, Ann, worked as a teacher, while his father, Anthony, was a marijuana dealer. His family relocated to Miami shortly after he was born. Dokoupil and his mother relocated back to Maryland when he was six, where he attended Severna Park High School. He later attended George Washington University and Columbia University.

Career

From 2007 to 2013, Dokoupil was a senior writer at Newsweek magazine and the website The Daily Beast. In September 2013, he joined NBC News as a senior writer. He released a memoir titled The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana on April 1, 2014. He later became a reporter on MSNBC.
Following his departure from NBC News and MSNBC, Dokoupil joined CBS News as a New York-based correspondent in August 2016. On May 6, 2019, Dokoupil was named the new co-anchor of CBS This Morning; he made his debut on the program on May 20.

Personal life

Dokoupil has two children from a previous relationship. He married fellow broadcast journalist Katy Tur in October 2017. The couple welcomed their first child together, a son, on April 13, 2019.