Journalist about to take a drink (8)
I believe the answer is:
reporter
'journalist' is the definition.
(eg a reporter for a newspaper)
'to take a drink' is the wordplay.
'to take' becomes 're' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a drink' becomes 'porter' (porter is a kind of drink).
're'+'porter'='REPORTER'
'about' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for reporter that I've seen before include "Hack" , "Newspaper correspondent, journalist" , "Newshound" , "One who writes the news for the media" , "One may get a story" .)