Respectable journalist turning up with coin (6)
I believe the answer is:
decent
'respectable' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'journalist turning up with coin' is the wordplay.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'turning up' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'coin' becomes 'cent' (cent is a kind of coin).
'ed' back-to-front is 'de'.
'de'+'cent'='DECENT'
(Other definitions for decent that I've seen before include "Appropriate, fitting" , "Nice" , "Upright" , "Pretty good - not naked" , "Proper; passable" .)