Newspapers, etc., of rising help to me (5)
I believe the answer is:
media
'newspapers etc' is the definition.
(newspapers are part of the media)
'rising help to me' is the wordplay.
'rising' says the letters should be written backwards (in a down clue, letters go up).
'help' becomes 'aid' (synonyms).
'to' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'aid' back-to-front is 'dia'.
'dia' put after 'me' is 'MEDIA'.
'of' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for media that I've seen before include "Television, papers, etc" , "Collective name for newspapers, broadcasting etc" , "The 14, for example" , "News industry" , "Eg, newspapers, TV" .)