Dorothy Tucker

CTL-E-6176 · Person · journalist · 1979–present

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Combined Graph record U-07376 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6176.

Dorothy Tucker is a Chicago native, raised in the city's Lawndale and Austin communities, who has been a reporter for CBS 2 Chicago since 1984 and serves on the station's 2 Investigators team. She began her broadcasting career in Peoria at WMBD-TV, after serving as an intern at CBS 2 Chicago in 1977, and worked at WREG-TV in Memphis in 1979-80, at KWGN-TV in Denver, and at KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, where she was a general assignment reporter and talk show host, before joining CBS 2. She graduated with honors from Northwestern University with a B.S. in Communications. In August 2019 the National Association of Black Journalists elected her its 22nd president; she had previously served on the NABJ board as Region V Director and as Vice President-Broadcast, and she is a local board member of NABJ-Chicago. Her honors include several local Emmys, two regional Edward R. Murrow Awards in 2021, and a Chicago Headline Club Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2024 the station marked her 40th year at CBS News Chicago with a special tribute.

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Relationships

• National Association of Black Journalists Chicago Chapter — affiliated with
  ADCOLOR's biography of Tucker (sourced to her CBS bio) states she is a local board member of NABJ-Chicago, the chapter entity in the graph.

Referenced by

• Northwestern University — has alumnus → this record

Sources

• National Association of Black Journalists, NABJ Elects Dorothy Tucker as the 22nd President (August 9, 2019) (accessed 2026-10-16) — elected 22nd NABJ president on August 9, 2019, with 411 votes; investigative reporter for CBS 2 Chicago; joined CBS 2 from KDKA-TV Pittsburgh; earlier KWGN-TV Denver and WREG-TV Memphis (1979-80); began in Peoria at WMBD-TV after interning at CBS 2 Chicago in 1977; previously NABJ Region V Director — https://nabjonline.org/blog/nabj-elects-dorothy-tucker-as-the-22nd-president-to-lead-the-association/?amp=1 (primary source · build store)
• ADCOLOR, Dorothy Tucker (accessed 2026-10-16) — Chicago native raised in Lawndale and Austin; reporter for CBS 2 Chicago since 1984; 2 Investigator team; local Emmys including for 2008 Northern Illinois University shootings coverage; Chicago Association of Black Journalists Outstanding Television Reporting awards 1994 and 1987; Northwestern University B.S. in Communications with honors; local board member of NABJ-Chicago; lives in Hyde Park — https://adcolor.org/person/dorothy-tucker/ (build store)
• National Association of Black Journalists, Immediate Past NABJ President Dorothy Tucker Celebrates 40 Years at CBS News Chicago (accessed 2026-10-16) — recently marked 40 years with CBS News Chicago, at the station since 1984; station honored her with a special video tribute; native of Chicago — https://nabjonline.org/blog/immediate-past-nabj-president-dorothy-tucker-celebrates-40-years-at-cbs-news-chicago/ (build store)
• National Association of Black Journalists, NABJ President Dorothy Tucker Receives Lifetime Achievement Award (accessed 2026-10-16) — Chicago Headline Club Lifetime Achievement Award; in 2021 won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and was part of a national Murrow-winning team; several local Emmys; reporter since 1979; Northwestern graduate with honors — https://nabjonline.org/blog/nabj-president-dorothy-tucker-receives-lifetime-achievement-award/ (build store)

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