Chuck Crouch is a Memphis, Tenn., native and a 1979 B.A./news editorial journalism graduate of Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis). Chuck is a career journalist and has been based in Columbus, Ga., since 1984 when he became News Editor at the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, which was a Knight-Ridder newspaper. The McClatchy Co. acquired Knight-Ridder in 2006, and Chuck later worked for the McClatchy Publishing Center.