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 Meet the Newsroom series pulls back the curtain to introduce you to the team that makes WGLT possible. The series begins with senior reporter Charlie Schlenker. -
El nuevo modelo de Rivian, el R2, va rápido: de cero a 60 mph en 3 segundos. Resulta que el equipo de construcción de Rivian también lo hace. -
El representante de EE. UU. Darin LaHood calificó este domingo el tiroteo más reciente en Minnesota, perpetrado por oficiales federales de inmigración, como "profundamente preocupante" y afirmó que apoya el papel de las fuerzas del orden locales y estatales en la investigación de lo sucedido. -
Rivian's first R2s — test models called manufacturing validation build vehicles — drove off the line earlier this month, with the first customer deliveries expected by June. That comes after a huge expansion that added 2.6 million square feet of new space at the plant in Normal.
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The Unit 5 school district has canceled school for Monday, Jan. 26, because of expected frigid temperatures. Bloomington's District 87 will do an e-learning day. -
The statement from Rep. Darin LaHood, a former federal prosecutor, appears to break from the Trump administration's claims about what happened — as well as its efforts to block state and local law enforcement from participating in the investigation.
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With frigid temperatures for a second straight day, Ameren Illinois and Corn Belt Energy customers on Saturday were asked to reduce their non-essential use of electricity following an emergency warning by the regional grid operator MISO. Those conservation measures were lifted around 10 a.m. Saturday. -
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.
