At the second attempt, ring through the news report (5)
I believe the answer is:
story
'the news report' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'at the second attempt ring through' is the wordplay.
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'attempt' becomes 'try' (synonyms).
'ring' indicates putting letters inside.
'through' becomes 'o' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'try' enclosing 'o' is 'tory'.
's'+'tory' is 'STORY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for story that I've seen before include "Anecdote" , "Rumour" , "Narration" , "See 10 and 19" , "Account, tale" .)