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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Public school students in Bloomington-Normal will have an e-learning day on Friday due to the extreme cold. -
The Town of Normal está extendiendo el cierre temporal de un tramo con gran afluencia de peatones en School Street, cerca de Illinois State University, mientras recopila más datos para posibles cambios permanentes. -
Mucho del centro de Illinois enfrentará un frío extremo desde la noche del jueves hasta el viernes, de acuerdo con el National Weather Service. -
Much of Central Illinois will be facing some extreme cold Thursday night into Friday. Dangerously cold wind chills as low as 25 to 30 degrees below zero are possible.
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The Town of Normal is extending the temporary closure of a pedestrian-heavy stretch of School Street near Illinois State University as it gathers more data for potential permanent changes.
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El agente de ICE que disparó y mató a una mujer en Minnesota esta semana es un graduado de 2001 de Peoria Richwoods, según ha sabido WCBU a través de un examen de registros escolares y judiciales. -
A 40-year-old Bloomington man is dead after his motorcycle collided with an SUV on Wednesday afternoon on the city's southeast side. -
Illinois State’s magical season has come to an end. The Redbirds fell, 35-34, to Montana State on Monday in overtime at the FCS national championship at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville. -
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.
