Great! After getting an Emmy, reporter has to leave the country (8)
I believe the answer is:
emigrate
'leave the country' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'great after getting an emmy reporter' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'great' is 'grate' which is present in the answer.
'an' could be 'i' (Roman numeral for one) and 'i' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'em' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'has to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for emigrate that I've seen before include "Change country of residence" , "Go to settle in a foreign country" , "leave for ever" , "Leave home" , "Tiger Mae has gone abroad to live, oddly" .)