Reporting from 2 maybe sinking beers during short trip (10)
I believe the answer is:
journalese
'reporting' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'from 2 maybe sinking beers during short trip' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'from' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found in the answer.
'beers' could be 'ales' (I've seen this before) and 'ales' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
(Other definitions for journalese that I've seen before include "Hackneyed style in certain newspapers" , "Hack jargon" , "Hack's work" , "Hacks may use this" , "in style of 11 [PRESS RELEASE] ?" .)