Newsman in his element backed country (6)
I believe the answer is:
sweden
'country' is the definition.
(Sweden is an example)
'newsman in his element backed' is the wordplay.
'newsman' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'his element' becomes 'news' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'backed' says the letters should be written backwards.
'ed' inserted inside 'news' is 'nedews'.
'nedews' reversed gives 'SWEDEN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sweden that I've seen before include "northern kingdom" , "Nobel's country" , "We send out to the northern state" , "Home of ABBA, Volvo and smorgasbord" , "We send to Scandinavian country" .)