Trouble making a current piece of news (4)
I believe the answer is:
acne
'trouble' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both states of affairs as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'a current piece of news' is the wordplay.
'a current' becomes 'ac' (alternating current).
'piece of news' becomes 'ne' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ac'+'ne'='ACNE'
'making' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for acne that I've seen before include "Skin complaint" , "Spotty coverage" , "Skin spots" , "Teenage spots" , "Skin problem, mainly of teenagers" .)