Work by newspaper reporters to impose a heavy load (7)
I believe the answer is:
oppress
'load' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'work by newspaper reporters to impose a heavy' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'work' could be 'press' (press is a kind of work) and 'press' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'op' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oppress that I've seen before include "Put down" , "Keep someone down" , "Trample down" , "Bear down hard on" , "Govern with cruelty and injustice" .)