Burden journalists with work (7)
I believe the answer is:
oppress
'burden' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'journalists with work' is the wordplay.
'journalists' becomes 'press' (the press can mean the newspaper industry).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'work' becomes 'op' (common abbreviation for 'opus').
'press' put after 'op' is 'OPPRESS'.
(Other definitions for oppress that I've seen before include "Afflict" , "Keep someone down" , "Burden" , "Put down" , "Keep in subjection and hardship" .)