Journalist joining small people in boat getting fixed (7)
I believe the answer is:
screwed
'fixed' is the definition.
(screwing is a kind of fixing)
'journalist joining small people in boat' is the wordplay.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'joining' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'people in boat' becomes 'crew' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
's'+'crew'='screw'
'ed' put after 'screw' is 'SCREWED'.
'getting' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for screwed that I've seen before include "Swindled; twisted into place" , "Fastened - cheated - drunk" , "in serious trouble" , "tight?" , "Tightened - fastened (together)" .)