Tony Dokoupil

About

Tony Dokoupil ( də-KOH-pəl; born December 24, 1980) is an American broadcast journalist and author who has been the anchor of the CBS Evening News since January 2026. He was previously the co-host of CBS’s morning program, CBS Mornings. Before joining the network in 2016, he was a news correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC and a writer at Newsweek and The Daily Beast.

Tony 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 in 1981. Dokoupil, his mother, and his step-father Ray relocated to Maryland in 1992, shortly after his father’s drug operation received greater attention from law enforcement. In Maryland, he attended Severna Park High School, where he played on the baseball team. Dokoupil anchored his third Evening News broadcast from Miami, tearing up as he spoke of being “robbed of the full Miami experience” because of his father’s legal troubles.
He attended George Washington University, where he received a bachelor’s degree…