Seconds away from late run on Echo cutting journalist's top line (10)

I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

( LTE [ L A TE excluding the second letter {seconds away} A ] + RN [ R U N excluding the second letter {seconds away} U ] + E [Echo is the international radio communication codeword for the letter E ) contained in (cutting) HACK (journalistic drudge; journalist)