Old journalist’s fixed stare always taking in Times (9)
I believe the answer is:
gazetteer
'old journalist's' is the definition.
'fixed stare always taking in times' is the wordplay.
'fixed stare' becomes 'gaze'.
'always' becomes 'eer' (poetic way of saying ever).
'taking in' is an insertion indicator.
'times' becomes 'tt' (two abbreviations for time).
'gaze'+'eer'='gazeeer'
'gazeeer' enclosing 'tt' is 'GAZETTEER'.
(Other definitions for gazetteer that I've seen before include "Book of place names" , "places booked" , "Geographical reference" , "Geographical dictionary" , "Geographical guide" .)