Who is Jason DeRusha? – Biography
Jason DeRusha is an Emmy award-winning journalist from the United States working as the anchor of WCCO-TV Morning and MidMorning and is the Food Critic for Minnesota Monthly.
How old is Jason DeRusha? – Age
He is 47 years old as of 24 January 2022. He was born in 1975 in Des Plaines, Illinois, United States.
Jason DeRusha Education
Jason received his political science and broadcast communication degrees from Marquette University’s Honors Program, magna cum laude. In 2012, he was named Young Alumnus of the Year by Marquette University.
Jason DeRusha Wife- Sons
Jason is married to Alyssa DeRusha, a Wayzata High graduate. The couple has two sons; Seth DeRusha and Sam DeRusha. They together live in Maple Grove.
Has Jason DeRusha left WCCO? – Career
Since then, he’s won nine Emmy Awards, been named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Minnesotans by the Jaycees, and had September 21 declared “Jason DeRusha Day” by the city of Minneapolis for his food coverage. There’s no fooling. Jason currently co-anchors WCCO This Morning weekdays from 4:30 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., as well as WCCO Mid-Morning from 9 to 10 a.m. He also works as a culinary reporter for the channel, creating “DeRusha Eats.”
He was one of the first television reporters on the site and on the air at the Interstate 35W bridge collapse while working at WCCO. He spent 512 years answering “Good Question.” He was named one of the “40 under 40” by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal in 2013. The list of young community leaders from the Paul Business Journal. Minnesota “If anyone understands where mass media is going… it’s DeRusha,” wrote Monthly in his “Power 75” list.
Jason worked as a reporter at WISN-TV in Milwaukee for three years before joining WCCO-TV. He previously worked at KWQC-TV in Davenport, Iowa, reporting for WREX-TV in Rockford, Illinois, and interning at “ABC World News Tonight” in New York.
Jason has earned Regional Emmys for anchoring WCCO This Morning, breaking news coverage, reporting his DeRusha Eats feature, and the Good Question segment. Jason has served on the Board of Governors of the Upper Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the Twin Cities. He’s a regular charity benefit speaker and host.
He has been writing for Minnesota regional periodicals since 2009 and is a frequent fill-in broadcaster at WCCO Radio. He’s the food reviewer for Minnesota Monthly right now. Jason collects glass art and has served as a judge for the Uptown Art Fair. He’s also attempted but failed, to blow a handful of glass artworks.
Jason DeRusha Salary
He earns an annual salary of $290,000.
Jason DeRusha Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $3 Million.