''The Columbus Post'' is a weekly

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devoted to the

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audience of

Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...

History

The newspaper was founded in 1995 by Amos Lynch (1925–2015). Lynch was editor in chief of the Columbus edition of the ''

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'' for 33 years prior to founding the ''Post''. He had also played a founding role in the ''Ohio Sentinel'' in 1949. He was inducted into the Ohio Civil Rights Hall of Fame in 2011. While editor of the ''Call & Post'', Lynch was credited with bringing down longtime mayor M. E. Sensenbrenner, with the publication of photos depicting victims of police brutality the day before the 1971 election. In 2015, more than a decade after Lynch's retirement and a few months after his death, the ''Post'' transitioned to a digital-only product, delivered by email.

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