The Economist Swing State Reports: Minnesota
Series: The Economist Swing-State Reports
From: The Economist
Length: 00:03:30
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:
2:57 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:
As the upcoming election draws attention to the key swing states, it also reveals some unexpected political shifts. In our continuing series of reports on the swing states from The Economist magazine, the changing face of what was once a Democratic stronghold, Minnesota. Here is 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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Piece Description
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: 2:57 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: As the upcoming election draws attention to the key swing states, it also reveals some unexpected political shifts. In our continuing series of reports on the swing states from The Economist magazine, the changing face of what was once a Democratic stronghold, Minnesota. Here is 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.







Todd Melby
Posted on September 27, 2004 at 05:33 AM | Permalink
Review of The Economist Swing State Reports: Minnesota
As a Minnesota resident, I've followed state politics here for more than 20 years and this 2:55 summary of the 2004 election campaign is an excellent primer. It delves deep into the geo-political details, noting that Anoka County is Ventura country (nicknamed for the former wrestler-governor) and that the state hasn't elected a Democrat for governor since the 1990s. The reporter also rightly notes that the Democrats here aren't really Democrats; they call themselves DFLers or members of the Democrat-Farmer-Labor party. I think what the Economist is trying to do here is a mini-version of their exhaustive eight-page country surveys that appear in the magazine. And while I find all of this political minutia fascinating, I wonder if people outside our friendly borders will.