BOSTON -- Kelley Tuthill is an award-winning reporter for NewsCenter 5 and a member of Team 5 Investigates, WCVB-TV’s investigative unit.

Since 1998, 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. She scored a national exclusive when a law enforcement source gave her the first photograph of James “Whitey” Bulger after the 2011 arrest of the FBI’s most wanted fugitive. Tuthill also covered the historic 2004 Red Sox World Series Championship run and the Patriots victory in Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans.

A breast cancer survivor, Tuthill poignantly shared her journey with Channel 5 viewers and on-line users. The cameras followed her from diagnosis through surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and life after cancer. Tuthill’s frank, personal diary on the station’s website, www.TheBostonChannel.com, has received more than one million page views since its launch in January 2007. She is also the co-author of “You Can Do This! Surviving Breast Cancer Without Losing Your Sanity or Your Style.”

Tuthill’s tireless work both on-and-off camera on behalf of cancer has resulted in multiple national Gracie Awards and a regional Emmy. In 2008, she was recognized as a "Hero Among Us" by the Boston Celtics and listed as one of "40 under 40" emerging business leaders to watch by the Boston Business Journal. She is also featured in the 2011 book “Boston Inspirational Women” for her work on behalf of local and national breast cancer organizations. She is a frequent speaker at schools and community organizations and has served as co-host of the Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon on WCVB since 2000.

Prior to joining Channel 5, Tuthill was a reporter at WPBF-TV in West Palm Beach, Fla., and a reporter/producer at WTAJ-TV in Altoona, Penn. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies from the University of Notre Dame and received a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Tuthill’s passion for journalism started with ink-stained hands delivering The Boston Globe in her youth. She grew up in Hingham, MA 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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