Sailor and journalist get included and singled out (8)
I believe the answer is:
targeted
'singled out' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'sailor and journalist get included' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'tar' (slang term for a sailor).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'included' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'tar'+'ed'='tared'
'tared' going around 'get' is 'TARGETED'.
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for targeted that I've seen before include "Took aim at (8)" , "Selected as an object to aim at" , "Aimed at, or set as objective" .)