Money accrued gets journalist attentive (10)
I believe the answer is:
interested
'attentive' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'money accrued gets journalist' is the wordplay.
'money accrued' becomes 'interest'.
'gets' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'interest'+'ed'='INTERESTED'
(Other definitions for interested that I've seen before include "prejudiced" , "Not impartial" , "Fascinated" , "Wanting to know" , "Showing curiosity" .)