Harassed journalist pursuing animal (8)
I believe the answer is:
badgered
'harassed' is the definition.
('badger' can be a synonym of 'harass')
'journalist pursuing animal' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'journalist' could be 'ed' (short for editor) and 'ed' is present in the answer.
'animal' could be 'badger' (I've seen this before) and 'badger' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for badgered that I've seen before include "Annoyed persistently" , "hassled" , "chivvied" , "Harassed" , "Pestered" .)