This is the 3302nd most frequent Korean word.
기자들에게
"To the journalists" or "to reporters."
The term '기자들에게' is in the dative case, indicating the recipient of the action — here, the journalists receiving the information.
기자들에게 중요한 정보가 전달되었습니다.
Important information was conveyed to the journalists.
'기자들에게' refers to the indirect object of the verb '제공해 왔습니다' (have been providing) — the recipients of the research materials.
본 대학교는 기자들에게 연구 자료를 제공해 왔습니다.
This university has been providing research materials to the journalists.
In this sentence, '기자들에게' denotes the party to whom the questions were addressed, using a particle indicating direction or target.