query: # living non fictional journalists
  # the full query will most likeyly time out 
  # selecting just ?item and ?itemLabel will usually work
  
  SELECT ?item # ?itemLabel ?citizenship ?citizenshipLabel ?viafid
  WHERE 
  {
    # item with occupation journalist or any subclass of journalist
    ?item wdt:P106/wdt:P279* wd:Q1930187.
    
    # only include humans (e.g. exclude fictional entities)
    ?item wdt:P31 wd:Q5.
    
    # exclude people with date of death
    MINUS { ?item wdt:P570 ?date }.
    
    OPTIONAL { ?item wdt:P27 ?citizenship }.
    OPTIONAL { ?item wdt:P214 ?viafid }.
    
    SERVICE wikibase:label {bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en" }
  }