I left a successful two decade TV news career to bring new energy to drivetime talk radio and podcasting. Emmy awards: I’ve been earning them for years, for anchoring, for breaking news, and for reporting. We rebooted the morning news and went to #1 in the ratings. Then we launched a news and lifestyle show “WCCO MidMorning” at 9am and took that to #1. I was the first on-air person in the CBS owned stations to have a blog, I was a nominee for the Oscar of the food world, the James Beard Award for television food reporting.

I graduated from the honors program at Marquette University with a political science and broadcast journalism degree. I went from interning at ABC “World News Tonight,” to reporting/anchoring at KWQC-TV, WISN-TV, and WCCO-TV before moving to radio.

My first job was as a referee of a 4th grade basketball game. High School morning announcement guy. College TV station News Director.

I was named to the 100 people to watch by Twin Cities Business magazine, 40 Under 40 from the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, and young alum of the year for the Marquette University College of Communication.

But the most important award is the trust of listeners, viewers and readers – who count on me every day.

What Others Say
“He remains fresh in nearly every medium — broadcast, magazine, or Twittersphere. Proof that this rising star’s career is no laughing matter.”

– City Pages, Best TV Newscaster 2014

“The king of Twin Cities social media…If you don’t see him at a major local event, wait five minutes.”

– Minneapolis Star Tribune

Regional Emmy Awards
2020: Outstanding News Anchor
2014, 2015, 2017 Daytime Newscast
2014 Breaking News
2014 DeRusha Eats: Lifestyle Feature/Segment
2012 Good Question: Weather Reporting
2011 Anchoring Weather Special
2009 Online Personality
2009 Health Reporting
2004 Ongoing Feature Series