Newspaper in hand featuring artist (6)
I believe the answer is:
herald
'newspaper' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Scottish newspaper ' mean 'herald' so perhaps 'newspaper' could also mean 'herald')
'hand featuring artist' is the wordplay.
'hand' becomes 'held' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'featuring' indicates putting letters inside.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'held' enclosing 'ra' is 'HERALD'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for herald that I've seen before include "Presage for old announcer" , "One making proclamations - harbinger" , "Harbinger, precursor" , "Person who announces important news" , "Harbinger, messenger" .)