Strong drink reporters love after the ends of some shifts (8)
I believe the answer is:
espresso
'strong drink' is the definition.
(type of coffee drink)
'reporters love after the ends of some shifts' is the wordplay.
'reporters' becomes 'press' (newspaper reporters).
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'the ends of' indicates one should take the final letters (I've seen 'end' mean this).
The final letters of 'some shifts' are 'es'.
'press'+'o'='presso'
'presso' after 'es' is 'ESPRESSO'.
(Other definitions for espresso that I've seen before include "Coffee drink" , "Strong black coffee" , "Drinks machine" , "Steamed coffee" , "Coffee made under steam pressure" .)