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The Economist Swing-State Reports: Iowa

Series: The Economist Swing-State Reports
From: The Economist
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Iowa_small The Economist, working with the Public Radio Exchange and veteran producer Benjamin Shapiro, is offering a series of seventeen swing-state reports, pulled from the magazine and edited for radio. Stations can license all segments of "The Economist Swing-State Reports" at no cost through the Public Radio Exchange. This report, produced to be dropped in to an ATC or ME broadcast, runs at: 2:55 with no musical bed and no recorded intro 3:30 with musical bed and no recorded intro 3:30 with musical bed and recorded intro They are read by John Micklethwait, The Economist's US editor, and Adrian Wooldridge, Washington Correspondent; The Economist will provide suggested host intros for each report. SUGGESTED LOCAL HOST INTRO: The presidential election is nearing, and key states are still in the running for both candidates. In our continuing series of reports on the swing states from The Economist magazine, we look at the birthplace of Herbert Hoover and the place where John Kerry’s presidential challenge first took off- Iowa. Here’s the Economist’s Washington Correspondent, Adrian Wooldridge. SUGGESTED OUTRO: This has been part of a special series on the swing states from The Economist magazine, on the web at Economist.com. Distributed through prx.org.

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The Economist, working with the Public Radio Exchange and veteran producer Benjamin Shapiro, is offering a series of seventeen swing-state reports, pulled from the magazine and edited for radio. Stations can license all segments of "The Economist Swing-State Reports" at no cost through the Public Radio Exchange. This report, produced to be dropped in to an ATC or ME broadcast, runs at: 2:55 with no musical bed and no recorded intro 3:30 with musical bed and no recorded intro 3:30 with musical bed and recorded intro They are read by John Micklethwait, The Economist's US editor, and Adrian Wooldridge, Washington Correspondent; The Economist will provide suggested host intros for each report. SUGGESTED LOCAL HOST INTRO: The presidential election is nearing, and key states are still in the running for both candidates. In our continuing series of reports on the swing states from The Economist magazine, we look at the birthplace of Herbert Hoover and the place where John Kerry’s presidential challenge first took off- Iowa. Here’s the Economist’s Washington Correspondent, Adrian Wooldridge. SUGGESTED OUTRO: This has been part of a special series on the swing states from The Economist magazine, on the web at Economist.com. Distributed through prx.org.

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