Kelley Tuthill is a member of Team 5 Investigates, WCVB-TV's investigative unit. She has served as co-anchor of the weekend edition of NewsCenter 5’s EyeOpener newscasts and is a substitute anchor. Tuthill joined WCVB in 1998 as a general assignment reporter.

Tuthill has covered numerous stories of local and national significance including the Columbia space shuttle explosion, the 2000 Presidential recount in Florida and the death of John F. Kennedy Jr. Her reporting of the protests outside the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston helped WCVB win the Best Breaking News Coverage Award from the Associated Press. Tuthill also covered the historic Red Sox World Series Championship run and the Patriots victory in Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans.

Prior to coming to Channel 5, Tuthill served as a general assignment reporter at WPBF-TV in West Palm Beach, Fla. Her coverage of local and national stories earned her a Society of Professional Journalists of South Florida award for Best Breaking News Coverage. Her first television job was as a reporter/producer at WTAJ-TV in Altoona, PA.

Tuthill earned a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies from the University of Notre Dame and received a Master’s from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She serves on the Journalism Advisory Board and the Arts and Letters Advisory Council at Notre Dame. In 2002, the Poynter Institute selected Tuthill for an ethics fellowship.

A breast cancer survivor, Tuthill poignantly shared her journey from diagnosis to recovery with the Channel 5 family of viewers and on-line users. The cameras followed her from the early days of decision-making through surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. Tuthill’s frank, personal diary on TheBostonChannel.com has received over one million page views since its launch in January 2007. She has become a champion of local and national breast cancer organizations, raising money and awareness and is a frequent speaker at schools and community organizations. She has also served as co-host of the Muscular Dystrophy Association on WCVB since 2000.

Tuthill’s career in journalism began with ink-stained hands delivering The Boston Globe in her youth. She grew up in Hingham with her parents and three sisters. Tuthill now lives west of Boston with her husband, Brendan, and their daughters, Madeline and Cecilia.

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