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Jason DeRusha
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Jason DeRusha filed his first report for WCCO-TV on April Fool's Day in 2003. Since then, he's earned four Emmy Awards, the Jaycees named him one of the
Ten Outstanding Young Minnesotans, and the city of Minneapolis proclaimed Sept. 21 "
Jason DeRusha Day." No fooling.
Today, Jason reports "Good Questions" Monday through Friday on WCCO's 10 p.m. news. While at WCCO, he was among the first television reporters on the scene and on-the-air at the Interstate 35W bridge collapse. He's covered flash flooding, tornadoes and school shootings. He's become a sought-after expert on the intersection of social media and journalism, with one blogger naming him one of the
Top 20 Minnesota Social Media Innovators. City Pages named him
Best Online Personality of 2008.
Before coming to WCCO-TV, Jason spent three years as a reporter at WISN-TV in Milwaukee. Prior to that, he anchored the weekend news at KWQC-TV in Davenport, Iowa, reported for WREX-TV in Rockford, Ill. and interned at "ABC World News Tonight" in New York.
Jason's been nominated for 15 Regional Emmy Awards, and he's won Regional Emmys for Online Personality (twice), Health Reporting, and On-Going Feature Series. In 2007, he won the National Outstanding Media Award from FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) for his work with that organization.
In the Twin Cities, Jason serves as Vice-President of the Board of Governors of the National Television Academy. He also spends time mentoring future broadcasters.
Jason's a glass art collector, and he's been a judge for the Uptown Art Fair. He's also tried to blow a couple glass art pieces, with limited success. He's also an aspiring wine and dining expert.
A proud graduate of Marquette University (magna cum laude), Jason lives in Maple Grove with his wife Alyssa (a Wayzata High graduate), and their sons Seth and Sam.
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