Online chat with journalist went by quickly (6)
I believe the answer is:
zoomed
'went by quickly' is the definition.
(to zoom is to move fast)
'online chat with journalist' is the wordplay.
'online chat' becomes 'zoom' (conversation using Zoom software).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'zoom'+'ed'='ZOOMED'
(Other definitions for zoomed that I've seen before include "Quickly changed focus" , "shot" , "Moved quickly with buzzing sound" .)