Chuck Goudie
Goudie's compelling and hard-hitting investigative reporting not only wins major awards but gets results. For example, it was Goudie who first exposed the "Licenses-for-Bribes" investigation, revealing Illinois commercial drivers' licenses being sold to hundreds of unqualified truckers. His groundbreaking investigation prompted the FBI to go undercover, leading to dozens of federal corruption convictions all the way up to former Governor George Ryan.
His six-month investigation documenting misconduct, accidents and negligence by top members of the Illinois State Police unit that guarded then-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, resulted in the governor ordering a thorough state police overhaul.
His investigation of sexual abuse allegations against the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin resulted in the cardinal's accuser withdrawing charges. Other major investigations have shut down illegal businesses and shady charities, changed or created laws and resulted in criminal charges and incarceration.
Goudie has won many of broadcasting's top honors, including a National Emmy Award for exposing how government agencies and chemical companies were unprotected against a deadly terrorist attack.
In 2018 Goudie was inducted in the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences prestigious Chicago Silver Circle, honoring a select few who have devoted more than 25 years to the television industry.
Goudie has also received numerous Emmy awards from the Chicago TV Academy,
and is a recipient of a national Edward R. Murrow Award for Continuous Television News Reporting. He has received 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.
Goudie has investigated and reported news stories on four continents; from 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.
Previously, Goudie served at WSOC-TV, the ABC affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he was a main sports anchor (1978-80) and general assignment reporter (1977-78). 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).
A member of Investigative Reporters and Editors, Goudie is a regular speaker at the organization's international conference. He has been named Chicago/Midwest Father of the Year by the Father of the Year Council.
Born in suburban Detroit, Michigan, Goudie holds a B.A. degree from Michigan State University. He is married to Teri Goudie, a former ABC news producer and now an international media adviser and crisis consultant. They have five children and five grandchildren.
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Chuck's Stories
Domestic violent extremists could target election equipment, federal intelligence alert warns
American law enforcement is warning that now in 2024, domestic threat groups could plan on sabotaging ballot drop boxes and other parts of the election infrastructure.
Growing concerns political climate is generating hate crimes spike as hate groups prey on anxiety
Arrests during Democratic convention protests near the Israeli consulate in Chicago are part of a growing antisemitic wave in the U.S., according to counter-hate groups that say religious hatred goes hand in hand with white supremacist movements.
Taxpayers funding city's fight against exonerees suing over wrongful convictions, new report finds
The ABC 7 I-Team has obtained new details of a potential billion-dollar crisis for the city of Chicago after some say the city is continuing to mishandle wrongful conviction legal cases, adding to a deepening human cost.
Major transit workers unions calling for rebirth of CTA police force in wake of Blue Line murders
CTA spends millions of dollars on its various security strategies, but have those strategies been effective?
Timeline of Terror: How the Forest Park CTA Blue Line mass shooting on Labor Day unfolded
The ABC7 I-Team has new information about how the CTA shooter managed to avoid detection as he carried out four executions on a moving train, in full view of onboard security cameras during the early morning hours of this past Labor Day.
Forest Park Blue Line shooting: What we know about suspect Rhanni Davis' criminal history
The I-Team has uncovered more information about the person accused in a shooting on a CTA Blue Line train that killed four sleeping passengers Monday, including red flags in their past.
Why federal authorities don't respond to ATM thefts from corner stores
There has been a rash of ATM thefts and attempted heists across Chicago and the nation, and the ABC 7 I-Team found a startling reason behind it: There are no federal laws against stealing independently-owned ATMs.
Kidnapped or Kid-trapped? New questions surrounding US arrest of 'El Mayo' and El Chapo's son
There are new questions in the bizarre cross-border case of two top drug cartel figures who flew from Mexico to Texas and are now embroiled in a Chicago legal skirmish.
Chicago man released early from Jan. 6 riot sentence recorded himself raiding Pelosi's office: VIDEO
A 10-minute video recorded by Kevin Lyons, obtained by the ABC7 I-Team, shows him ransacking Nancy Pelosi's office on January 6, 2021. He was sentenced to four years in prison but was released Wednesday after only serving a year.
Chicago man charged in January 6 riot to walk out of prison 3 years early
A Chicago man who received one of the longest sentences in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot will walk out of prison three years early.