In journalism jargon, a "backgrounder" is a short explanatory essay intended to get the reader up to speed on a given topic. The Economist has an awesome collection of backgrounders, all annotated with lots of links, on their website. (via The Morning News's Editors Awards for Online Excellence.)
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Blogroll:
- 9622
- A Full Belly
- A Whole Lotta Nothing
- Anil Dash
- Archipelapogo
- Arts & Letters Daily
- Ayelet Like It Is
- Banterist
- Big Green House
- Big White Guy
- Blogfucker
- Boing Boing
- BrianKaneOnline
- Caren Lissner
- City Room
- Cockeyed Absurdist
- Coudal
- Czeltic Girl
- Dave Barry
- Defective Yeti
- Dick Cavett
- Dong Resin's Joint
- Double-Tongued Word Wrester
- Dreaming of Sunshine
- Drunken Smartass Omnimedia
- Emdashes
- Empty Bottle
- Everlasting Blort
- Favoloso Mondo
- Forgotten NY
- Fuzzy Thinking
- Gawker
- Gothamist
- Grubbykid
- Insignificant Thoughts
- Izzle Pfaff!
- Jason Whong
- Lawrence Lessig
- Lex Icon
- Little Fucking Ray of Sunshine
- Looka
- Making Light
- MetaFilter
- Metrocake
- My Life As An American Gladiator
- New Yorkology
- Newsdesigner.com
- Noodle Pie
- Osmium
- Pepys' Diary
- Pop Culture Junk Mail
- Queso Daily News
- Rantings of a Gen Xer
- Roman Lily
- Romenesko's MediaNews
- Romenesko's ObscureStore
- Runs With Bull
- Said The Gramophone
- Smogr
- Sparkwood & 21
- Speedbird
- Strange Maps
- Talking Points Memo
- Teaching The Indie Kids To Dance Again
- Telstar Logistics
- The Bemusement Park
- The Morning News
- Total Viscosity Breakdown
- TVNewser
- VittlesVamp
- XQUZYPHYR
- Zoom (Errol Morris)
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