Reporters around site bothered cleric (9)
I believe the answer is:
priestess
'cleric' is the definition.
(I know that priestess is a type of cleric)
'reporters around site bothered' is the wordplay.
'reporters' becomes 'press' (members of the press).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'bothered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'site' anagrammed gives 'iest'.
'press' going around 'iest' is 'PRIESTESS'.
(Other definitions for priestess that I've seen before include "Female leading rituals" , "Female hierophant" , "Officiator" , "Hero, possibly" , "female cleric" .)