Chuck Goudie Bio, WLS-ABC 7 Chicago, Age, Height, Parents, Spouse, Children, Salary, and Net Worth

Who is Chuck Goudie?

Chuck Goudie is an American journalist who is working for WLS-TV as the chief investigative reporter for ABC 7 Eyewitness News since 1990. He joined ABC 7 in 1980. Upon joining the station, he initially served as a general assignment news reporter. Also, he is reputed to be one of Chicago’s resilient investigative reporters with a career spanning over four decades.

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Chuck Goudie Date of Birth / Age

Goudie was born on 17th January 1956 in Detroit, Michigan. He is 67 years old as of 2023.

Chuck Goudie Height

Goudie stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 7 inches tall.

Chuck Goudie Parents and Siblings

Goudie was born and raised in the U.S. He manages to keep information regarding his parents, siblings, and extended family members away from the limelight. We will however update this information once it’s available to the public.

Chuck Goudie Spouse(Wife)

Goudie exchanged vows with his wife, Theresa Nina Tausk ‘Teri’ in 1982. Teri has served ABC producer and served as a leader in a media consulting and corporate calamity training company. Unfortunately, she passed away on July 1, 2022, just a few days shy of her  65th birthday. The couple raised 5 kids together. Nonetheless, the information will be updated once available.

Chuck Goudie Children/Kids

Goudie has 5 children with his late wife. Within which, one of them, Brittany is a producer of SiriusXM The Highway morning show with Storme Warren. Even so, her career debuted when she served t HARPO Studios in Chicago on The Oprah Winfrey Show. To boot, she has served in music management at Nashville-based Starstruck Entertainment. Also, he has 5 grandchildren. However, we will update this information once more details concerning this are available.

Chuck Goudie Education

After completing his high school education at the , Goudie went on to join Michigan State University in 1973. Later, he became its graduate with a Bachelor Of Arts degree in Communication, journalism, and Political Science in 1977. While in college, he was in the Delta Chi Fraternity, Michigan State Radio Network, and a President’s Student-Advisory Board.

Chuck Goudie Career

Goudie works for WLS as the chief investigative reporter for ABC 7 Eyewitness News since 1990. He joined ABC 7 in 1980. Upon joining the station, he initially served as a general assignment news reporter. Also, he is reputed to be one of Chicago’s resilient investigative reporters with a career spanning over four decades.

Through his work, he has won vital awards and got results. For example, he uncovered the “Licenses-for-Bribes” investigation and exposed Illinois commercial drivers’ licenses being traded to multiple unqualified truckers. Also, his reporting triggered several federal corruption convictions all the way up to former Governor George Ryan after the FBI went undercover.

Moreover, his half-year investigation that documented malpractice, accidents, and neglect by top members of the Illinois State Police department that guarded the then-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich caused the governor to order a broad national policy revision.

Further, he conducted an investigation of sexual abuse charges against the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin. In the wake of his investigation, the cardinal’s accuser withdrew the allegations. His other crucial investigations have led to the shutting down of illicit businesses and questionable charities, changed or created laws, and caused criminal charges and incarceration.

Throughout his career, he has secured numerous broadcasting top honors, counting a National Emmy Award for uncovering how government agencies and chemical companies were exposed to a fatal terrorist attack. To boot, in 2018 he was admitted to the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ prestigious Chicago Silver Circle.

Where it honors a chosen few who have dedicated over 2 and a half decades to the television industry. Also, he gained many Emmy awards from the Chicago TV Academy. And, he received a national Edward R. Murrow Award for nonstop Television News Reporting. In addition, he has secured both national and local reporting awards from the Associated Press; Peter Lisagor awards from the Society for Professional Journalists, and Herman Kogan awards from the Chicago Bar Association.

Moreover, he has served as an investigator and a reporter on four continents. For example, New York’s “Ground Zero”; war zones in the Middle East, the Arabian Sea, and the Balkans, and from behind the walls of the Vatican. Furthermore, he has served, the ABC affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina, WSOC-TV as the main sports anchor from 1978 to 1980 and general assignment reporter from 1977 to 1978. However, he secured early television experience at the age of 12, when he earned a regular role on two weekly children’s shows on WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Michigan from 1968 to 1972.

In addition, he is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors. Else, he is an occasional speaker at the firm’s international conference. In addition, he has been dubbed Chicago/Midwest Father of the Year by the Father of the Year Council.

Chuck Goudie ABC 7 Chicago

Goudie works with ABC 7 Chicago where he serves alongside his fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;

  1. Alan Krashesky
  2. Judy Hsu
  3. Cheryl Scott
  4. Terrell Brown
  5. Hosea Sanders
  6. Tanja Babich
  7. Tracy Butler
  8. Rob Elgas
  9. Jim Rose
  10. Roz Varon

How Much Does Chuck Goudie Earn?

Goudie approximately earns an annual salary that ranges from $100,000-$500,000.

How Much is Chuck Goudie Worth?

As a reporter, Goudie has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges from $1 million to $5 million.

Chuck Goudie House|Chuck Goudie House Hinsdale

Goudie and his late wife put their 16-600m, six-bedroom, 6,204-square-foot, French chateau-style house in Hinsdale on the market for $4.2 million in June 2015 which they built in 2006. Further, the house has four fireplaces, 7 1/2 baths, a library, a master suite with his and her baths and a veranda, a pool, a screened porch, a pergola, an indoor-outdoor bar, and a four-car garage. And, it sits on a 0.46-acre parcel.

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