Overburden journalists with work (7)
I believe the answer is:
oppress
'overburden' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'journalists with work' is the wordplay.
'journalists' becomes 'press' (the press can mean the newspaper industry).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'work' becomes 'op' (common abbreviation for 'opus').
'press' put after 'op' is 'OPPRESS'.
(Other definitions for oppress that I've seen before include "Govern with cruelty and injustice" , "Bear down heavily upon" , "'Persecute, come down heavy on (7)'" , "Govern harshly, weigh down with care" , "Burden" .)