I’m more then ready to train those organizations into having their IT dpt trained to prepare laptops by themselves and collaborate, train them into creating disk images that would fit their needs and training them into using Qubes, taking their direct inputs into modifying Heads/Qubes to make it better fit to their use cases.
There is even on-demand remote support (tor hidden service) that can be deployed under Qubes now, exactly to better understand and support them. With restorable states, journalists and HRD could get back to a safe state in minutes even if abroad. That safe state should match their exact software deployments and needed customizations though.
Have them ping me! This is exactly why I started Insurgo at the fist place. Those laptops should ideally be locally provisioned, and those journalists/HRD properly trained to use Qubes/Heads. And their usage and direct input and funding would help the whole ecosystem.