Chuck Goudie Bio, WMAQ NBC 5 Chicago, Height, Age, Relatives, Spouse, Salary, and Net Worth

Goudie was married to Theresa “Teri” Nina Tausk from 1982 until she died in 2022. Teri is a former Chicago TV news producer and international media consultant. Unfortunately, she passed away on July 1, 2022, at age 64, after a battle with cancer. Her memorial service was held in July 2022 at Adolf Funeral Home and St. Isaac Jogues Catholic Church in Hinsdale.

Chuck Goudie Education

Goudie received his diploma from Wylie E. Groves High School before enrolling at Michigan State University in 1973. In 1977, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Telecommunications and Political Science. While in college, he worked as the news director at the Michigan State Network, the campus radio network, from 1975 to 1976. He was also a member of the Delta Chi fraternity and the president’s Student-Advisory Board.

Professional Life

Chuck Goudie Career

Goudie works as the senior investigative reporter for WMAQ NBC 5 Chicago. He came to NBC Chicago after being on the air at ABC Chicago for almost 45 years. He mainly focuses on terrorism, political corruption, organized crime, and global drug cartels. In addition, he has worked in Chicago for multiple decades, earning a reputation for being one of the state’s toughest, fairest, best-sourced, and decorated investigative reporters.

Goudie launched his career when he was only 12 years old in Detroit, where he had regular weekly roles on two children’s shows that were broadcast on WXYZ-TV. He began doing hard news in 1975 as a Detroit-based reporter and producer at the NBC-owned News and Information Service, the first 24-hour, all-news national radio network. He landed his first TV news reporting job at WSOC in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1977. Originally an NBC affiliate, he was promoted to main sports anchor when WSOC changed affiliations to ABC.

Following his time in Charlotte, Goudie began working as a general assignment reporter at ABC/WLS-TV in Chicago in 1980. He held that role for 10 years before being promoted to chief investigative reporter in 1990. There, he received major awards for his compelling and hard-hitting investigative reports that occasionally produced results. For example, his “Licenses-for-Bribes” investigation uncovered how Illinois commercial driver’s licenses were being illegally sold to hundreds of unfit truckers. That report prompted the FBI to go undercover, an endeavor that caused dozens of federal corruption convictions, including former Gov. George Ryan.

Goudie spent 6 months looking into accidents, misconduct, and negligence by lead members of the Illinois State Police unit that guarded Gov. Rod Blagojevich. That investigation resulted in an agency overhaul and was a forerunner case to Blagojevich’s federal convictions and lengthy prison sentence. In addition, he looked into sexual abuse allegations against the late Roman Catholic Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin. That investigation led to the cardinal’s accuser dropping charges.

Goudie’s other important investigations have caused the closure of illegal businesses and dubious charities, changed or created laws, and led to criminal charges and the imprisonment of wrongdoers. He has received numerous journalism’s top honors, including a national Edward R. Murrow Continuous Television News Reporting Award. Additionally, he earned a national Emmy Award for shedding light on how government agencies and chemical companies were unprepared against fatal terrorist attacks.

Goudie has looked into and filed news stories from four continents, including behind the walls of the Vatican, New York’s “Ground Zero,” as well as war zones in the Middle East, the Arabian Sea, and the Balkans. He spent 10 years writing a weekly news commentary column for the Daily Herald newspaper in suburban Chicago.

Awards and Affiliations

Goudie has won many of journalism’s top honors, including a national Emmy Award for exposing how government agencies and chemical companies were vulnerable to deadly terrorist attacks. Moreover, he has received many reporting awards from the Associated Press, Peter Lisagor Awards from the Society for Professional Journalists, Emmy awards from the Chicago Television Academy, and Herman Kogan awards from the Chicago Bar Association.

Goudie served as an inductee of the Silver Circle of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2018, which honors media professionals who have made significant contributions to the TV industry for 25 years or more. Besides his work as a broadcaster, he serves as a member of the Investigative Reporters and Editors Association. He regularly speaks at the IRE international conference.

Chuck Goudie Net Worth

Goudie has garnered a net worth ranging from $1 million to $6 million during his successful career as a journalist.

Chuck Goudie Salary

Goudie receives an approximate annual salary of $110 000, which he earns working as a senior investigative reporter for WMAQ NBC 5 Chicago.

Why Did Chuck Goudie Leave Channel 7?

Goudie spent over 40 years at ABC 7 Chicago (WLS-TV). He left the station on December 31, 2024, primarily due to a mutual decision by him and the station to “go different directions.”

Chuck Goudie Social Media

Goudie has active social media platforms, i.e., Facebook and X(previously Twitter). He has a following of over 22K on Facebook and a following of over 9K on X.