Since WCCO-TV's Jason DeRusha rarely sees a social platform he doesn't like -- @DeRushaJ or @DeRushaEats on Twitter; Jason DeRusha on Facebook; derusha.tumblr.com -- I wonder how he gets any work done for the station?
"#Good Question," as the main reporter for that franchise often denotes his tweets.
Then there's the weekend anchoring and gala emceeing and wcco.com/jasonblog and a Minnesota Monthly food column, plus obligations to a wife, Alyssa, and their sons, Seth, 7, and Sam, 5.
"I occasionally go on television to talk to people," the peripatetic blogmeister noted with a smile.
The DeRusha output puts most media people to shame. And yet the TV job he said he'd really like floored me, although I do believe he has the distinctive voice for it.
I caught up with DeRusha at the pre-party for the Upper Midwest Chapter of the Emmys, for which he serves as president -- naturally. Yes, there were questions about the size of the DeRusha ego and the faint return of hair to his head, which didn't show up well on my startribune.com/video.
Q How do you balance all you do in a day? You must be highly efficient?
A I am pretty efficient, but I have a lot of help. My photographer for "Good Question," Jose Pascual, works really fast to kind of keep everything together. I also work all day. I start working as soon as I wake up 7 a.m. At WCCO my shift starts at 2 p.m.