Journalist from these parts also gets involved in football chant (6)
I believe the answer is:
otoole
'journalist from these parts' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.
'also gets involved in football chant' is the wordplay.
'also' becomes 'too' (synonyms).
'gets involved in' indicates putting letters inside.
'football chant' becomes 'ole' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'too' going into 'ole' is 'OTOOLE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for otoole that I've seen is " Actor".)