Jason DeRusha has, once again, taken his fame to a national level. How? By keeping it local, as usual. If anyone gets social media, it’s DeRusha. And Mashable is finally giving him due credit. In an exploration of how social media is taking the news local, Mashable credits DeRusha with “going local virally” with a meme that resulted in DeRusha Day. What started with a tweet transformed into a meme; “and then someone created a poster, another person launched a web site, and someone else started online petition devoted to the cause, which were all tweeted about. The end result? Sept. 21 was officially proclaimed DeRusha Day by the mayor’s office and a party marked the event.”
Go Jason!
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