Pressed journalist to pursue club (6)
I believe the answer is:
ironed
'pressed' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'journalist to pursue club' is the wordplay.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'to pursue' says to put letters next to each other.
'club' becomes 'iron' (type of golf club).
'ed' after 'iron' is 'IRONED'.
(Other definitions for ironed that I've seen before include "Given a press" , "Smoothed the cloth with heat" , "Smoothed with domestic device" , "prepared for 23 [WARDROBE] ?" , "Got rid of creases" .)