Anyway it's where papers like to have reporters (2,3,6)
I believe the answer is:
at all events
'anyway' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'it's where papers like to have reporters' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'it's' could be 'ts' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis) and 'ts' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for at all events that I've seen before include "in the manner of a well-placed deb, say" , "no matter what happens" , "An extremely keen athletics fan may be" , "Not missing a function" , "Whatever happens" .)