Honoured member of Pride is meeting journalist (8)
I believe the answer is:
lionised
'honoured' is the definition.
(to lionise is to honour or celebrate)
'member of pride is meeting journalist' is the wordplay.
'member of pride' becomes 'lion' (pride is the collective noun for lion).
'meeting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'lion'+'is'+'ed'='LIONISED'
(Other definitions for lionised that I've seen before include "Treated like celebrity - like Leo?" , "being given celebrity status" , "Made to feel like the king of the jungle" , "Celebrated" , "Made a lot of in a beastly fashion" .)