Ruler sends me back with reporters (7)
I believe the answer is:
empress
'ruler' is the definition.
(female emperor)
'me back with reporters' is the wordplay.
'back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'reporters' becomes 'press' (members of the press).
'me' written backwards gives 'em'.
'em'+'press'='EMPRESS'
'sends' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for empress that I've seen before include "Catherine the Great, for example" , "Josephine, for instance" , "Female ruler" , "Powerful woman" , "one married to ruler?" .)