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American journalist and author
Tony Dokoupil (born December 24, 1980) is an American broadcast journalist and author. Known for his work as a co-anchor of CBS Mornings, he was also a news correspondent for CBS News and MSNBC.
Early life
Dokoupil was born in Connecticut on December 24, 1980. He is of Czech descent. His mother, Ann, worked as a teacher, while his father, Anthony, was a marijuana dealer. Growing up, Dokoupil was told of his father's involvement in real estate, which was a front. 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 studied business at George Washington University, graduating first in his class, and pursued media studies at Columbia University. He played baseball at George Washington University. In 2000, he was an outfielder for the Bethesda Big Train in the Clark Griffith Collegiate Baseball League.
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 the morning program CBS This Morning; He made his debut on May 20. The program was renamed CBS Mornings in September 2021.
On September 30, 2024, Dokoupil discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with author Ta-Nehisi Coates during the latter's appearance on CBS Mornings to promote the book The Message. Dokoupil implied that the book "reads like the work of an extremist" and questioned Coates about his view on Israel's right to exist. Following an internal review, a CBS News executive said in October 2024 that Dokoupil had failed to maintain the network's editorial standards in the interview.
Personal life
Dokoupil has two children from a previous relationship. The two live in Israel with their mother, his ex-wife. Dokoupil married fellow broadcast journalist Katy Tur in October 2017, and they have two children together. In 2014, he wrote about having converted to Judaism.
Sommer, Will (October 1, 2024). "Ta-Nehisi Coates and Tony Dokoupil sharpen morning TV with Israel debate". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 3, 2024. The cozy world of morning television was stirred up Monday by an unusually tense and substantive discussion of a volatile issue, between author Ta-Nehisi Coates and "CBS Mornings" host Tony Dokoupil. The subjects: Israel and the Palestinian people. Coates appeared on the CBS morning show to promote his new book, "The Message," which includes a section about Coates's trip to the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and how this experience informs his criticism of "apartheid" in Israel. Dokoupil suggested that Coates's book reads like the work of an extremist.