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"journalism" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often reportage (9 letters).
Definitions
the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media
Word origin
From French journalisme (beginning of 19th century). By surface analysis, journal + -ism.
Used in a sentence
“Meronym: reporting (little to no analysis or interpretation)”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“News reporting”10 letters
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