Poor journalist coming into money after turnabout (5)
I believe the answer is:
needy
'poor' is the definition.
('needy' can be similar in meaning to 'poor')
'journalist coming into money after turnabout' is the wordplay.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'coming into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'money' becomes 'yen' (Japanese currency**).
'after turnabout' is a reversal indicator.
'yen' backwards is 'ney'.
'ed' inserted into 'ney' is 'NEEDY'.
(Other definitions for needy that I've seen before include "Poor; indigent" , "Wanting attention" , "wanting much" , "Distressed" , "badly craving affection" .)