Thing or newspaper story (7)
I believe the answer is:
article
This clue is a double definition.
'thing' is the first definition.
(I've seen this before)
'newspaper story' is the second definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
(Other definitions for article that I've seen before include "Particular object and newspaper report" , "something" , "thing required" , "'The', definitely" , "Feature - item" .)