Cross journalist covering conflict sent on to another (9)

I believe the answer is:

forwarded

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'sent on to another' is the definition.
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'cross journalist covering conflict' is the wordplay.
'cross' becomes 'ford' (to ford a river is to cross it).
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'covering' indicates putting letters inside.
'conflict' becomes 'war' (war is a kind of conflict).
'ford'+'ed'='forded'
'forded' going around 'war' is 'FORWARDED'.

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