Picked up something good for the Editor (7)

'picked up' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'something good for the editor' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'editor' could be 'ed' (abbreviation) and 'ed' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'scoop' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?