Midwest journalists love coffee (8)
I believe the answer is:
espresso
'coffee' is the definition.
(I know that espresso is a type of coffee)
'midwest journalists love' is the wordplay.
'midwest' becomes 'es'.
'journalists' becomes 'press' (the press can mean the newspaper industry).
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'es'+'press'+'o'='ESPRESSO'
(Other definitions for espresso that I've seen before include "Coffee-making machine" , "Drinks machine" , "Type of coffee" , "Kind of coffee made with steam" , "strong drink" .)