Bit newspaper people in foot (8)
I believe the answer is:
fragment
'bit' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'newspaper people in foot' is the wordplay.
'newspaper' becomes 'rag' (rag is a kind of newspaper).
'people' becomes 'men' (men can refer to humanity as a whole).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'foot' becomes 'ft' (synonyms).
'rag'+'men'='ragmen'
'ragmen' placed into 'ft' is 'FRAGMENT'.
(Other definitions for fragment that I've seen before include "Shard" , "Piece broken off something else" , "Broken-off piece" , "Bit" , "Incomplete part" .)