Hello. Human rights worker here. I wrote this article on how to use Qubes OS in the most basic form.
Journalists starting to use Qubes OS are better off using it in the most simple during the first 6 to 12 months, as I described in the article. That’s how I started. No compartimentalization. I also watched whatever videos available on YouTube. Back then, there were hardly any videos and this forum didn’t exist. Today, the entry barrier should be lower because of the availability of videos on Qubes in multiple languages. And because of this forum.
6 to 12 months in, journalists / human rights worker can start using compartimentization.
If only major cities around the world had Qubes OS experts or IT non-profit or human rights non-profit that people can go to for the initial Qubes phase in. That would have made my life easier when I started running Qubes.