Bother journalist about navy being decorated (7)
I believe the answer is:
adorned
'being decorated' is the definition.
('adorned' can be a synonym of 'decorated')
'bother journalist about navy' is the wordplay.
'bother' becomes 'ado' (both can mean fuss or commotion).
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'about' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'navy' becomes 'RN' (abbreviation for Royal Navy).
'ed' after 'rn' is 'rned'.
'ado'+'rned'='ADORNED'
(Other definitions for adorned that I've seen before include "Put on finery" , "Embellished, decorated" , "Bedecked while Don read" , "Decorated, bedecked" , "done up" .)