Nail left with journalist being confronted (7)
I believe the answer is:
tackled
'being confronted' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'nail left with journalist' is the wordplay.
'nail' becomes 'tack' (tack is a kind of nail).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'tack'+'l'+'ed'='TACKLED'
(Other definitions for tackled that I've seen before include "Took on, set about dealing with" , "Challenged head-on as in rugby" , "Confronted" , "Undertaken" , "Grappled with" .)