You and I find journalist a drip (4)
I believe the answer is:
weed
'a drip' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'you and i find journalist' is the wordplay.
'you and i' becomes 'we' (**).
'find' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'we'+'ed'='WEED'
(Other definitions for weed that I've seen before include "Troublesome plant" , "Got rid of water" , "gardening" , "Cannabis; feeble person" , "Went" .)