Taken to Bar Hearing by journalist (8)
I believe the answer is:
accepted
'taken' is the definition.
('accept' can be a synonym of 'take')
'bar hearing by journalist' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'bar' could be 't' (T-bar is a part of a ski lift) and 't' is found in the answer.
'journalist' could be 'ed' (short for editor) and 'ed' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for accepted that I've seen before include "such behaviour normal?" , "Agreed to receive, or approved" , "Received willingly" , "Commonly approved" , "Taken" .)