Tony Dokoupil
December 24, 1980
Journalist and television presenter
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Early life[edit]
Dokoupil, who is of Czech heritage, was born in Connecticut on December 24, 1980.[3][4] 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.[2][5] His family relocated to Miami shortly after he was born.[6] Dokoupil and his mother relocated back to Maryland when he was six,[2] where he attended Severna Park High School.[7] He later studied business at George Washington University, graduating first in his class, and pursued media studies at Columbia University.[4][8] He was a talented baseball player at George Washington University, hitting over .300 in the spring of 2000. That summer, he played as an outfielder for the Bethesda Big Train in the Clark Griffith Collegiate Baseball League.
Career[edit]
From 2007 to 2013, Dokoupil was a senior writer at Newsweek magazine and the website The Daily Beast.[9] In September 2013, he joined NBC News as a senior writer.[10] He released a memoir titled The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana on April 1, 2014.[11] He later became a reporter on MSNBC.[4]
Following his departure from NBC News and MSNBC, Dokoupil joined CBS News as a New York-based correspondent in August 2016.[9] On May 6, 2019, Dokoupil was named the new co-anchor of the morning program CBS This Morning;[12] He made his debut on May 20.[13] The program was renamed CBS Mornings in September 2021.[14]