You're the newest reporter at the Troy Times and its website, Your editor has sent you to cover the City Council meeting. Because you must post your story to
the Internet almost immediately, you do not have a lot of time to work on it. With the following notes and quotes, write a 200- to 250-word news story,
according to the styles and rules of journalism and the AP Stylebook.
Your story must:
_Be written in correct AP style (you must correct any style errors that appear in the text below)
_Be paragraphed and double-spaced according to the instructions given in class (do not use the tab key; use line returns only at the ends of paragraphs)
_Contain at least one hyperlink (a video linked from the Course Schedule shows you how to create a hyperlink)
Put your name and "Story 1" at the top.
Here's the information:
The City Council meeting began at 6 p.m. on Monday. Mayor Bobby Sanders was presiding, and all five council members were in attendance.
The mayor said that all new business would be postponed until the next meeting. He also said only one item of old business would be discussed. The mayor's
wife, Jill Sanders, was there. She teaches fourth grade at Troy Elementary.
The item of old business was a public transportation system for Troy. Mayor Sanders: "This city must have some sort of public transportation system. And we as
a council must find a way to provide one." Sanders pointed to the traffic jams around Troy Elementary and Middle schools and the worsening traffic on U.S. 231
as reasons for such a system.
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