Chuck Goudie Biography
Chuck Goudie is an American Emmy-Award-Winning Reporter working for ABC7News/WLS-TV in Chicago where he works as an Investigative Reporter and has been the Chief Investigative Reporter for the station since 1990. Previously, Goudie was serving WSOC-TV, the ABC affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina. There he was serving as the main sports anchor between the years 1978 and 1980 and also as a general assignment reporter between years 197 and 1978.
Chuck Goudie Date of Birth / Birthday
Goudie was born on the 17th of January 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. He is 66 years old as of 2022.
Chuck Goudie Measurements/Height
He stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 7 inches.
Chuck Goudie Partner/ Wife
He is in marriage to his wife, Teri Goudie who happens to be a former ABC news producer and now serves as an international media adviser and crisis consultant. The duo tied the knot in the year 1982.
Chuck Goudie Kids/Children
Together the duo counts it a blessing to have five children and five grandchildren whom they greatly love. One of their daughters, Brittany Goudie started her career working for HARPO Studios in Chicago where she was working on the Oprah Winfrey Show. She was working on music management at Nashville-based Starstruck Entertainment. Currently, she is serving as a producer for SiriusXM The Highway morning show with Storme Warren.
Chuck Goudie Relatives/ Family
Goudie was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, United States. He has managed to keep information about his family away from the public, however, we will update the information once it’s available.
Chuck Goudie Schooling/Education
Chuck attended Wylie E. Groves High School where he graduated in the year 1973. He is also a proud graduate of Michigan State University where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication, Journalism, and Political Science in the year 1977.
Chuck Goudie Profession
Goudie is working with the ABC7 News team where he works as an Investigative Reporter since 1990. He joined the ABC7 News team in the year 1980 where he joined the station as a general assignment reporter. His reputation for being one of the toughest investigative reporters reigns for more than the past four decades. In addition, he regularly brings breaking important news stories.
Throughout Goudie’s investigative career, he has reported news from four continents, behind the walls of the Vatican, New York’s “Ground Zero”; the Arabian and the Balkans, and war zones in the Middle East. He gained early television experience at the age of 12 when he won a regular role on two weekly children’s shows on WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Michigan. (1968-72).
From the early age of only about twelve years old, he was able to gain television experience. This is in addition to winning a regular role on two weekly children’s shows on WXYZ-TV located in Detroit, Michigan which was between the years 1968 and 1972.
His hard-hitting and compelling investigative reports not only win awards but also brings forth reports. Goudie was the first reporter to expose the “License-for-Bribes” investigation where he revealed Illinois commercial drivers’ licenses being sold to hundreds of unqualified truckers. In addition, his groundbreaking Investigation led to the FBI going undercover which led to dozens of federal corruption convictions. This was all the way up to former Governor George Ryan.
During his six months investigation where he was documenting negligence, misconduct, and accidents by top members of the Illinois State Police unit that guarded the Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, he led to the governor ordering a thorough state police overhaul.
In addition, his investigations of sexual abuse allegations against the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin led to the cardinal’s accuser withdrawing charges. Other major investigations have led to the shutting down of illegal businesses and shady charities that changed or created laws which later resulted in criminal charges and incarceration.
Goudie is a proud member of Investigative Reporters and Editors where he is a regular speaker at the organization’s International conference. Additionally, he has been made Chicago/Midwest Father of the Years by the Father of the Years Council.
Chuck Goudie ABC7
Goudie is working with the ABC7 where he is working alongside his fellow ABC7 anchors, meteorologists, and reporters such as:
- Larry Mowry
- Greg Dutra
- Chuck Goudie
- Evelyn Holmes
- Michelle Gallardo
- John Garcia
- Eric Horng
- Diane Pathieu
- Will Jones
- Liz Nagy
- Tre Ward
- Val Warner
- Ryan Chiaverini
Chuck Goudie Income
Goudie receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
Chuck Goudie Net Worth
Through Goudie’s career as a Reporter, he has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $1million and $1.5 million.
Chuck Goudie Awards
He is an award-winning journalist having won many broadcasting’s top honors including a National Emmy Award for exposing how government agencies and chemical companies were unprotected against deadly terrorist attacks. The year 2018 saw him being made an inductee of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ prestigious Chicago SIlver Circle where they were honoring a selected few who have been devoted for more than 25 years to the television industry.
In addition, he also received numerous awards from Chicago TV Academy in addition to being a recipient of a National Edward R. Murrow Award for Continuos Television News Reporting. Additionally, he has received national and local reporting awards from the Associated Press and Kogan awards from the Chicago Bar Association. In addition, he has received Peter Lisagor awards from the Society for Professional Journalists.
Chuck Goudie Facebook and Twitter
Goudie is active on his social media accounts. He has about 22,000 followers on his Facebook Page, and about 9,720 on his Twitter account.