The Economist Swing State Reports: Washington

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 3:29 with musical bed and no recorded intro 3:29 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: This year’s presidential race is still too close to call, and will be decided in a few key states. But some states have already defied prediction, just by being divided at the polls. In our continuing series of reports on the swing states from The Economist magazine, we focus on the state of Washington. Gore won here in 2000 and Democrats have the upper hand—but it may be a costly success for the Kerry campaign. 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: 2:55 with no musical bed and no recorded intro 3:29 with musical bed and no recorded intro 3:29 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: This year’s presidential race is still too close to call, and will be decided in a few key states. But some states have already defied prediction, just by being divided at the polls. In our continuing series of reports on the swing states from The Economist magazine, we focus on the state of Washington. Gore won here in 2000 and Democrats have the upper hand—but it may be a costly success for the Kerry campaign. 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: 2:55 with no musical bed and no recorded intro 3:29 with musical bed and no recorded intro 3:29 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: This year’s presidential race is still too close to call, and will be decided in a few key states. But some states have already defied prediction, just by being divided at the polls. In our continuing series of reports on the swing states from The Economist magazine, we focus on the state of Washington. Gore won here in 2000 and Democrats have the upper hand—but it may be a costly success for the Kerry campaign. 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.