Journalist claiming award is fix (5)
I believe the answer is:
embed
'fix' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'journalist claiming award' is the wordplay.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'claiming' is an insertion indicator.
'award' becomes 'mbe'.
'ed' going around 'mbe' is 'EMBED'.
'is' is the link.
(Other definitions for embed that I've seen before include "Put entirely inside something else" , "Firmly put down" , "Fix firmly and deeply" , "the opposite of 19 [DEBUNK]?" , "Plant firmly" .)