Overwhelm journalists after work (7)
I believe the answer is:
oppress
'overwhelm' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'journalists after work' is the wordplay.
'journalists' becomes 'press' (the press can mean the newspaper industry).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'work' becomes 'op' (common abbreviation for 'opus').
'press' after 'op' is 'OPPRESS'.
(Other definitions for oppress that I've seen before include "Trample down" , "Govern cruelly" , "Vitality" , "Govern harshly, weigh down with care" , "Burden" .)