Eric Stock is a News Director at WGLT. With a rich background in journalism, he focuses on themes such as education, higher education, government, and sports, covering topics like public education, campus life, and regional politics. Eric has been featured in various outlets including WSIU Public Broadcasting, NPR Illinois, and Quad Cities NPR.
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Eric Stock specializes in local news, particularly government announcements and evolving stories related to politics, crime, and infrastructure. He covers topics such as weather, job growth, retirement, crime, infrastructure projects and political developments.
If you have insights or breaking news related to local government decisions in Illinois or updates on ongoing criminal investigations within the Bloomington-Normal area that align with his coverage themes and attributes then he may be interested in your pitch. Additionally if you can provide expert commentary on legal policy regulations impacting these areas it would also likely pique his interest.
Given Eric's strong focus on local news within Illinois (specifically Normal), pitches should ideally be tied to this geographic region for increased relevance.
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Jacey Buresh, 17, of North Bend, Nebraska died of multiple injuries in the crash.
By: Eric Stock
Eric Sorensen is the only meteorologist serving in Congress. The former television weatherman is looking to use that experience to help shape federal policy to help keep Americans safe from weather disasters.
By: Eric Stock, Lauren Warnecke
The McLean County State's Attorney's Office used a tool often employed by the media to seek information about WGLT's communications with the Unit
By: Eric Stock, Lauren Warnecke
The last time Unit 5 teacher Andrew “Drew” Miller was accused of inappropriate conduct with a student, he had some powerful allies in his corner: his teachers' union.
By: Eric Stock, Braden Fogerson
Participation rebounded for 4-H programming in McLean County after a drop-off immediately after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. There were about 300 fewer members in the fall of 2021 than there had been before, but steady gains each year since then have put current membership at just under 1,000.
Illinois State University Athletics has announced its two head basketball coaches have received one-year contract extensions, following long postseason runs during the 2025-26 campaign.
By: Eric Stock
Six months after Illinois State University's gut-wrenching overtime loss in the Football Championship Subdivision title game, Redbird coach Brock
The American Civil Liberties Union said it will be closely monitoring Uptown Station for any constitutional violations as a revised code of conduct takes effect.
The music community is mourning the loss of a behemoth of the Twin City music scene.
By: Ben Howell, Eric Stock
Friday marks six months since the death of Mariah Kletz , a 16-year-old Bloomington girl who died in a mobile home on Canada Lane in southwest Bloomington.
