Judge present Times journalist to be doomed (6)
I believe the answer is:
jinxed
'be doomed' is the definition.
(to jinx is to doom or curse)
'judge present times journalist' is the wordplay.
'judge' becomes 'j' (abbreviation for judge).
'present' becomes 'in' (as in a student being 'in' class).
'times' becomes 'x' (multiplication sign).
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'j'+'in'+'x'+'ed'='JINXED'
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for jinxed that I've seen before include "Unlucky" , "Beset with bad luck" , "Subjected to bad luck" , "Cursed" , "Marked by regular bad luck" .)