Top journalist ringing gong in lodge (5)
I believe the answer is:
embed
'lodge' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'top journalist ringing gong' is the wordplay.
'top journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'ringing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'gong' becomes 'MBE' (Member of the Order of the British Empire).
'ed' placed around 'mbe' is 'EMBED'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for embed that I've seen before include "one placed in a military unit" , "Fix securely" , "Plant deeply" , "Fix firmly in surrounding mass" , "Implant (eg, an idea)" .)