One in charge of newspaper turns tide on old reporting at the outset (6)
I believe the answer is:
editor
'one in charge of newspaper' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'turns tide on old reporting at the outset' is the wordplay.
'turns' says the letters should be written backwards.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'at the outset' says to take the initial letters (the outset is the beginning).
The initial letters of 'old reporting' is 'or'.
'tide' reversed gives 'edit'.
'edit'+'or'='EDITOR'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for editor that I've seen before include "Journalist in charge of publication" , "Reviewer of text" , "Do tire out the press person" , "One is in charge of publication" , "Chief journalist" .)