Furore following elevated journalist's stay (9)
I believe the answer is:
deferment
'stay' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'furore following elevated journalist's' is the wordplay.
'furore' becomes 'ferment'.
'following' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'elevated' is a reversal indicator.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'ed' in reverse letter order is 'de'.
'ferment' after 'de' is 'DEFERMENT'.
(Other definitions for deferment that I've seen before include "Delay" , "Putting on ice" .)