The phrase "attempt at reporting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts made to convey information or news, particularly when the outcome may not be fully successful or accurate.
Example: "His attempt at reporting the events of the day was met with skepticism due to the lack of credible sources."
Alternatives: "effort to report" or "endeavor in reporting".
Even with the arrival of the laptop, in approximately 1990, the limited attempts at reporting were largely affected by the PC platform's lack of disk space, memory, CPU speed and graphical capabilities.
The BBC in particular seems to have almost entirely abandoned any attempt at neutral reporting of what is actually going on.
Few attempted to value it beyond looking at reported ruler-like earnings that were played like a fiddle by management by manipulating pension plan assumptions and shifts in reserves in opaque GE finance.
There was no apparent attempt at negotiation – witnesses reported both captors and captives being indiscriminately strafed with machine-gun fire.
Whitacre reported to the medical facility in Butner, NC for a psychological evaluation as a precaution since he had an unsuccessful attempt at suicide prior to reporting to prison.
Sykes's remarks might pass for profound commentary in a cigar bar, but they symbolized that in sports television, the sport is frequently not enough; traditional analysis gives way to attempts at humor and reporting cedes time to weather forecasts from a Fox temptress who is also the host of "Extreme Dating".
The first attempt at an industry report card, commissioned by the environmental group Clean Air/Cool Planet (which has some involvement in the business), gave decidedly mixed reviews to the field, selecting eight sellers of carbon offsets that it concluded were reasonably reliable.
But they hadn't appreciated its full significance until the agency, in an attempt at refuting a report that was still far from publication, told Barack Obama's staff that the committee was pushing a hysterical interpretation of the agency's fateful post-9/11 embrace of torture.
