Eastern journalists thus going round for coffee (8)
I believe the answer is:
espresso
'coffee' is the definition.
(espresso is a kind of coffee)
'eastern journalists thus going round' is the wordplay.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'journalists' becomes 'press' (I've seen this before).
'thus' becomes 'so' ('so' can be a synonym of 'thus').
'going round' is an insertion indicator.
'press' inserted into 'so' is 'spresso'.
'e'+'spresso'='ESPRESSO'
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for espresso that I've seen before include "Type of coffee" , "Kind of shot" , "Strong coffee made with steam machine" , "Kind of coffee made with steam" , "Barista's beverage" .)