Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

• Textbook: Chapters 1, 2
• Lesson
• Local newspaper
• APA style manual
• Citation and Writing Assistance: Writing Papers At CU (Links to an external site.)
• Library Overview (Links to an external site.)
• How to Search for Articles – the Everything Tab (Links to an external site.)

Instructions
Find an article in your local newspaper about a local policy issue that affects you. For example, an article concerning your county’s decision to privatize your trash collection service. Summarize the article and explain how this issue affects you. Is the article neutral? Why or why not? How might you influence this policy in the future?

Be sure to include a scanned copy of the article in your submission in addition to citations. Articles may not be more than one month old.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

• Length: 3 full  pages (not including title page or references page)
• 1-inch margins
• Double spaced
• 12-point Times New Roman font
• Title page
• References page