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"reporter" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often journalist (10 letters).
Definitions
a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
Word origin
From Middle English reportour, from Old French reporteur; equivalent to report + -er.
Used in a sentence
“The reporters of important security bugs may be paid a bounty by the software developer.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“News writer”8 letters
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