The Economist Swing State Reports: Pennsylvania

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: 2:56 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 presidential election approaches, some of the so-called battleground states are running counter to long-standing local trends. In our continuing series of reports on the swing states from The Economist magazine, we look at Pennsylvania-- a state that’s long been heavily democratic- that now may be within reach of the Republicans. It’s also the state George Bush has visited more than any other in the past four years, except for Texas. Here’s The Economist’s US Editor, John Micklethwait. 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.

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: 2:56 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 presidential election approaches, some of the so-called battleground states are running counter to long-standing local trends. In our continuing series of reports on the swing states from The Economist magazine, we look at Pennsylvania-- a state that’s long been heavily democratic- that now may be within reach of the Republicans. It’s also the state George Bush has visited more than any other in the past four years, except for Texas. Here’s The Economist’s US Editor, John Micklethwait. 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.

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: 2:56 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 presidential election approaches, some of the so-called battleground states are running counter to long-standing local trends. In our continuing series of reports on the swing states from The Economist magazine, we look at Pennsylvania-- a state that’s long been heavily democratic- that now may be within reach of the Republicans. It’s also the state George Bush has visited more than any other in the past four years, except for Texas. Here’s The Economist’s US Editor, John Micklethwait. 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.