Reporter's intuition seemingly shows inexperience (9)
I believe the answer is:
innocence
'inexperience' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for innocence that I've seen before include "Uncorrupted state" , "Freedom from guilt" , "simplicity for you!" , "probity" , "Guilelessness" .)