Newspaperman to be found in dire trouble (6)
I believe the answer is:
editor
'newspaperman' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'to be found in dire trouble' is the wordplay.
'be found in' is an insertion indicator.
'trouble' indicates an anagram.
'dire' anagrammed gives 'edir'.
'to' placed into 'edir' is 'EDITOR'.
(Other definitions for editor that I've seen before include "Redo it and become head of publication" , "One who determines the final content of a text" , "Newspaper executive" , "Source of leaders" , "Senior journalist" .)