The old students found a journalist and shouted (6)
I believe the answer is:
yelled
'shouted' is the definition.
('yell' can be a synonym of 'shout')
'the old students found a journalist' is the wordplay.
'the old' becomes 'ye' (resembles a historical spelling of 'the').
'students' becomes 'LL' (two abbreviations for learner).
'found' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'ye'+'ll'+'ed'='YELLED'
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for yelled that I've seen before include "Cried out, hollered" , "made a lot of noise" , "Uttered a sudden loud cry" , "Called" , "Shouted loudly as if to be heard" .)