Columbus Dispatch subscription connects you to journalism, benefits
We at The Dispatch are committed first and foremost to serving Greater Columbus. We’ve been doing it now for 150 years, and we will continue to do so.
Just in the past year, we’ve renewed our commitment with our Mobile Newsroom initiative focused on underserved areas, our Columbus Conversations series on local issues, the upcoming Storytellers project and countless stories of central Ohioans.
In your experience with The Dispatch, we hope you can see how much we put into our journalism. It takes time and money to tell these stories.
And we hope, if you enjoy The Dispatch, that you will consider supporting this invaluable work by subscribing. We currently have a sale that gets you a 6-month subscription for $1.
If you already subscribe, thanks so much for the support.
If you still need convincing, or want to know how to get the most out of your subscription, let me tell you just some of what it gets you:
Enterprise investigations only available to subscribers
We have certain stories on our website marked subscriber-only. Often these are pieces our reporters have spent weeks or months diving into.
Some of those projects include:
You can get far more stories exclusively for subscribers at dispatch.com/for-subscribers/.
Insightful commentary into sports and local issues
But it’s not only news and business investigations that subscribers get. Our columnists take a closer examination of what’s going on to provide you fresh perspectives and analysis.
Metro columnist Theodore Decker focuses on what’s going on in the city and angles you may have missed on our most talked-about stories, from gun violence to snowplowing to Bishop Sycamore football.
One of our two sports columnists, Rob Oller, has been writing about Ohio State sports for decades and offers important historical perspective when he is analyzing the latest game or news. Recently, he’s talked about Gene Smith’s willingness to make changes, a 1972 brawl during a basketball game and football players causing drama online.
Columnist Michael Arace writes about the Blue Jackets, Crew and more news from the wider sports world. Subscribers can catch his opinions on Brad Larsen, the Crew rebranding and the Clippers’ name, among many other topics.
Support essential breaking news and community service
But we do more for the community besides investigations and commentary. Most of our resources daily are devoted to bring you information that keeps you safe and informed about your community.
Across our website, we bring you extensive coverage of COVID-19, weather events, business developments, entertainment, state politics, things to do, education and so much more. Not to mention the community discussions we help facilitate in our opinion section and in our event series, Columbus Conversations.
With your subscription, you help us continue to do this work that benefits all of Greater Columbus.
To stay up to date with these stories and many others, consider
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Email newsletters from our staff
When you become a subscriber, you automatically get Your Week in Columbus, a newsletter just for subscribers with behind-the-scenes commentary from Interim Editor Kelly Lecker about how our biggest stories of the week came to be.
From there, you can enjoy any of our other newsletters, all of which are open to anyone:
- The Mobile Newsroom, about our initiative in underserved neighborhoods
- The Daily Briefing, daily top headlines
- OSU Headlines
- Life in the 614, filled with things to do over the weekend
- The Columbus Conversation, our Opinion newsletter
- Afternoon Update, daily top headlines at 3 p.m.
- Ohio Politics
- CBJ Today, updates from the Columbus Blue Jackets beat
- Education News, what’s going on in local K-12 schools and colleges
- Evening Update, daily top headlines at 7:30 p.m.
- Exclusive texting group
Access to everything on our app and website
Of course your subscription gets you unlimited access to our responsive website at Dispatch.com, plus our Ohio State sports site, BuckeyeXtra.com.
And we have a great app, The Columbus Dispatch, which is found on the App Store and Google Play. There, you can sign up for news alerts, save favorite stories and more.
The Dispatch e-edition
All subscribers get access to The Columbus Dispatch e-edition, a digital version of our printed paper that allows you to turn pages and zoom in on stories. Designed seven days a week, it also comes with Bonus Content in the form of special sections and national news.
Exclusive Ohio State basketball texting group
Our newest subscriber benefit is a connection to Ohio State basketball reporter Adam Jardy. Subscribers can sign up to get updates and analysis from him delivered right to their phones, and ask him questions in return.
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Chandler Boese is the digital and audience editor for The Dispatch. She can be reached on Twitter @Chandler_Boese or by email at [email protected].
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