Reporter's journey planned, misery (7)
I believe the answer is:
torment
'misery' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
I can't explain the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for torment that I've seen before include "Severe pain" , "Cause great pain to" , "Persecute" , "Agony of mind" , "More TNT (anag.)" .)