Ryan Denham
Content DirectorRyan is an award-winning journalist and digital strategist. He joined WGLT full-time in 2017 as Digital Content Director and became interim Content Director in 2025.
Under Ryan's leadership, WGLT.org has become the go-to destination for local news in Bloomington-Normal. WGLT has expanded its digital offerings to include multiple daily podcasts, short-form video storytelling, and award-winning photography.
Ryan has earned a National Murrow Award, a national Public Media Journalists Association award, several Regional Murrow Awards, and multiple Crystal Mic Awards from the Illinois News Broadcasters Association, among other station and team-based honors.
Ryan also serves as WGLT's internship coordinator, working closely with Illinois State University students.
Ryan started his career as a copy editor and later business and city government reporter at The Pantagraph in 2006. He later worked for WJBC radio in Bloomington and for Illinois State's University Marketing and Communications [UMC] and Web and Interactive Communications [WEB] offices.
He lives in Normal with his wife, Therese, and two children. You can contact Ryan at rmdenha@ilstu.edu or (309) 438-5426.
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The Bloomington Bison return to the ice this week after ECHL players and the league ratified their new collective bargaining agreement following a strike that postponed three Bison games. -
A 26-year-old man is dead after a single-vehicle crash early Sunday just southeast of Bloomington. The McLean County coroner's office and Illinois State Police are investigating. -
The public is invited to tour Bloomington’s soon-to-open non-congregate shelter village for the unhoused during an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony next week. -
The National Weather Service confirmed three tornadoes in Central Illinois during a severe weather outbreak Sunday. There was damage in Pontiac and near Pekin and Decatur. -
Hockey players in the ECHL went on strike Friday over unresolved contract negotiations, postponing at least three Bloomington Bison games and threatening dozens more. -
WGLT.org’s most-read stories of the year include reporting about Bloomington-Normal’s largest employers, coverage of local tragedies that shook the community, and heartwarming stories about finding love and opening a new business. -
The Illinois State football team is headed to the FCS national championship game on Monday, Jan. 5, in Nashville. Here’s what fans should know if they plan to watch or travel to the game. -
The union that represents hockey players on the Bloomington Bison and other ECHL teams said it plans to go on strike starting Friday, alleging the league violated federal labor law during contract negotiations. The ECHL says players will lose their housing, medical benefits and pay if they do. -
The union representing players for the Bloomington Bison and other ECHL hockey teams have voted to authorize a strike after negotiating for months on a new contract. -
Jennifer Jordan from Bloomington showed off part of her massive aluminum Christmas tree collection at the "Jane Lynch - A Swingin' Little Christmas" show on Dec. 12 at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts.
