Hi Carrie.  As a scopist, I use either the update area or the job dictionary, depending on my client's wishes.  When I D-define something, it goes into the user's update area, and every few weeks I will send that to my client so they can look through it and add what they want to their personal dictionary.

I have not heard of a reporter using that area.  I'll be interested to see what other answers you get.

Cindy Clark
Case CATalyst Scopist & Proofreader