Poorer north-east journalist gets one with hesitation (7)
I believe the answer is:
needier
'poorer' is the definition.
('needy' can be similar in meaning to 'poor')
'north-east journalist gets one with hesitation' is the wordplay.
'north east' becomes 'ne'.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'gets one with' becomes 'i' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hesitation' becomes 'er' (sound made while hesitating - um, er).
'ne'+'ed'+'i'+'er'='NEEDIER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for needier that I've seen before include "more impoverished" , "In more want" , "Less well off" , "poor, ultimately - more so than others" , "Wanting more" .)