Urge fellow to be a correspondent? (8)
I believe the answer is:
pressman
'a correspondent?' is the definition.
('pressman' can be a synonym of 'correspondent')
'urge fellow' is the wordplay.
'urge' becomes 'press' ('press' can be a synonym of 'urge').
'fellow' becomes 'man' (I've seen this before).
'press'+'man'='PRESSMAN'
'to be' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for pressman that I've seen before include "correspondent?" , "Male journalist" .)