Newspaperman found to be in dire trouble (6)
I believe the answer is:
editor
'newspaperman' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'to be in dire trouble' is the wordplay.
'be in' indicates putting letters inside.
'trouble' indicates an anagram.
'dire' with letters rearranged gives 'edir'.
'to' going into 'edir' is 'EDITOR'.
'found' is the link.
(Other definitions for editor that I've seen before include "Magazine head" , "One who revises another's writing" , "One who determines the final content of a text" , "Newspaper executive" , "one in charge of 10 [PRESS GANG] ?" .)