Chuck Plunkett is an editorial page editor for the Denver Post. With a MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Pittsburgh, Plunkett worked for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, his hometown paper, and for The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review before coming to The Denver Post in 2003. Before finding an interest in political writing, he worked on the paper's investigative projects desk and served on The Post's editorial board. He has been a professional journalist for more than 20 years and worked as a politics editor for The Denver Post from July 2011 through July 2016.