Bridle, as journalist further made to suppress an article (9)
I believe the answer is:
hackamore
'bridle' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'journalist further made to suppress an article' is the wordplay.
'journalist' becomes 'hack' (hack can informally mean a journalist).
'further' becomes 'more' (synonyms).
'made to suppress' is an insertion indicator.
'an article' becomes 'a' (English indefinite article).
'hack'+'more'='hackmore'
'hackmore' placed around 'a' is 'HACKAMORE'.
'as' is the link.
(Other definitions for hackamore that I've seen before include "check on horses" , "bridle" , "Halter for" , "restraint" .)