Journalists accepting ten varied gifts (8)
I believe the answer is:
presents
'gifts' is the definition.
('present' can be a synonym of 'gift')
'journalists accepting ten varied' is the wordplay.
'journalists' becomes 'press' (the press can mean the newspaper industry).
'accepting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are accepted).
'varied' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ten' anagrammed gives 'ent'.
'press' going around 'ent' is 'PRESENTS'.
(Other definitions for presents that I've seen before include "tips" , "Press ten (anag.)" , "Introduces" , "Awards formally" , "donations" .)