Janus-like reporter's also confronted (3-5)
I believe the answer is:
two-faced
'janus-like' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'reporter's also confronted' is the wordplay.
'reporter's' shows a homophone (sound like) (report can mean to speak something aloud).
'also' becomes 'too' (synonyms).
'confronted' becomes 'faced' ('face' can be a synonym of 'confront').
'too' sounds like 'two'.
'two'+'faced'='TWO-FACED'
(Other definitions for two-faced that I've seen before include "Double-dealing, like Janus?" , "Deceitful, with double visage" , "Double-meaning" , "Duplicitous" , "Hypocritical, like Janus" .)