Rushed to hug journalist feeling initially embarrassed (3-5)
I believe the answer is:
red-faced
'embarrassed' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'rushed to hug journalist feeling initially' is the wordplay.
'rushed' becomes 'raced' ('race' can be a synonym of 'rush').
'to hug' indicates putting letters inside.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'feeling' is 'f'.
'ed'+'f'='edf'
'raced' going around 'edf' is 'RED-FACED'.
(Other definitions for red-faced that I've seen before include "Colourfully embarrassed" , "Embarrassed-looking" , "Visibly ashamed" , "Rubicund" , "Having glowing visage, embarrassed" .)