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American journalist and author

Tony Dokoupil (born December 24, 1980) is an American broadcast journalist and author.

Since 2019, Dokoupil has co-hosted CBS's morning program CBS Mornings. Before joining the network in 2016, Dokoupil was a news correspondent for NBCNews and MSNBC and a writer at Newsweek and The Daily Beast.

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Early life

Dokoupil was born in Connecticut on December 24, 1980. He is of Czech descent.^[2][3] 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.^[4][5] His family relocated to Miami shortly after he was born.^[6] Dokoupil and his mother relocated back to Maryland when he was six,^[4] where he attended Severna Park High School.^[7] He later studied business at George Washington University, graduating first in his class, and pursued media