Beaten journalist weighed down by personal baggage (9)
I believe the answer is:
clobbered
'beaten' is the definition.
('clobber' can be a synonym of 'beat')
'journalist weighed down by personal baggage' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'journalist' could be 'ed' (short for editor) and 'ed' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'clobber' 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 clobbered that I've seen before include "Walloped" , "Hit hard" .)