- Received the Associated Press Broadcasters Award in 2000 (with Anita Quinn) for "Willis Avenue Fire," while working as a camera man/intern at WFMJ-TV, Youngstown, Ohio.
- Received the National Television Academy Pacific Southwest Chapter EMMY in 2003 (with Yetta Gibson) for "Jeffrey's Recipe," while working as a camera man at KLAS-TV in Las Vegas.
- Has a sandwich named after him at Youngstown's famous Kravitz's Deli (the Fine-Tuna, after Rutushin's feature film 'Fine-Tune (2008)'). Hilariously, Rutushin's name is misspelled in the menu's description.
- Founder and front man for two bands based in Youngstown, Ohio: 'Radio Lark' and 'Letters from Paris.' He frequently plays a fictional/fantasy version of himself in their music videos.
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