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Journalist rejected current alternative (6)

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I believe the answer is:

editor

'journalist' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'rejected current alternative' is the wordplay.
'rejected' is a reversal indicator.
'current' becomes 'tide' (I've seen this before**).
'alternative' becomes 'or'.
'tide' reversed gives 'edit'.
'edit'+'or'='EDITOR'

(Other definitions for editor that I've seen before include "Do tire out the newspaper head" , "Magazine head" , "One prepares a work for publication" , "Publishing head" , "One responsible for leader" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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