One who belittles journalist reversing vehicle (9)

I believe the answer is:
detractor
'one who belittles' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'journalist reversing vehicle' is the wordplay.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'reversing' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'vehicle' becomes 'tractor' (tractor is a kind of vehicle).
'ed' backwards is 'de'.
'de'+'tractor'='DETRACTOR'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for detractor that I've seen before include "One belittling" , "one responsible for mud flying around" , "one runs people down" , "Slighter" , "I make uncomplimentary remarks" .)
