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The content of this website was created by students in the Fall 2023 Public Relations writing course at The University of Akron. Any of the information on this website may be used the way a feature news release would be used. If a significant portion of a student's work is used, a byline will help them build their professional writing portfolio.
For high resolution images to run with a story about shopping small in Akron or to reach any of the businesses featured in the guide, contact Professor Julie Cajigas at julieca@uakron.edu for additional media information.
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The Zip’s Shop Guide to Shopping Small & Local in the Rubber City is a community engaged learning project that was completed by students in the Fall 2023 Public Relations Writing course offered in The School of Communication at The University of Akron.
It is intended to serve as a shopping guide where people across the Northeast Ohio region can encounter Akron's unique family of small businesses and shops as well as to serve as a media kit for media outlets who are telling stories about Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Artist Sunday and shopping local small businesses.
Any of the information on this website may be used the way a feature news release would be used. If a significant portion of a student's work is used, a byline will help them build their professional writing portfolio.
To interview a shop owner who is quoted in this piece or to request the full
resolution version of any of the photos in this media kit:
Please reach out to the guide's editor at julieca@uakron.edu.
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