Tony Dokoupil — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Anchor of the CBS Evening News (since January 2026) and former co-host of CBS Mornings.
Previously served as a correspondent for CBS News, NBC News, and MSNBC; and a senior writer for Newsweek and The Daily Beast.
Authored the memoir "The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana" (2014).
Led NBC News coverage on the Paris climate agreement, Flint water crisis, and armed occupation of federal land in Oregon.
Co-wrote "Continental Drift," a 10-part global series on migrant crises.
Graduated first in his class with a bachelor's degree in business administration from George Washington University (2002).
Holds a master's degree in American Studies from Columbia University.

Biography

Tony Dokoupil is an American broadcast journalist and author. He currently serves as the anchor of the CBS Evening News, a role he is set to assume in January 2026, and was previously the co-host of CBS Mornings. Before joining CBS News in 2016, he worked as a news correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC, and as a writer for Newsweek and The Daily Beast.