Claim of the journalists covering it (7)
I believe the answer is:
profess
'claim' is the definition.
(I know that profess is a type of claim)
'the journalists covering it' is the wordplay.
'the journalists' becomes 'press' (the press can mean the newspaper industry).
'covering' indicates putting letters inside.
'it' becomes 'of' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'press' going around 'of' is 'PROFESS'.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for profess that I've seen before include "Make open declaration of" , "Claim or declare" , "State openly" , "State insincerely" , "Affirm, acknowledge" .)