Putting second half first, issue newspaper article (4)
I believe the answer is:
item
'newspaper article' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'putting second half first' is the wordplay.
'putting' becomes 'tem' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'second' becomes 'ii' (Roman numerals, eg Charles II).
'half' indicates taking half.
'first' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ii' cut in half is 'i'.
'tem' put after 'i' is 'ITEM'.
'issue' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for item that I've seen before include "Bit of information" , "One article" , "Individual unit in a list" , "Also no more" , "Individual article or unit" .)
