Journalists on drink - squash? (8)
I believe the answer is:
suppress
'squash?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'journalists on drink' is the wordplay.
'journalists' becomes 'press' (I've seen this before).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'drink' becomes 'sup' (I've seen this before).
'press' put after 'sup' is 'SUPPRESS'.
(Other definitions for suppress that I've seen before include "Forcibly keep down" , "Prevent, inhibit" , "squash" , "Keep down, hold back" , "Stifle, feelings or rebellion" .)