Upshon Media specialises in editorial training, change-management, public relations and crisis management – with clients in South and 
West Africa, the Middle East and the former Soviet bloc as well as the UK.
Recent assignments have included The Thomson Foundation, South African Broadcasting Corporation, the TwoFour Tadreeb training Academy (Abu Dhabi), Flor TV (Moldova), Press Now (Netherlands), Rustavi 2 (Georgia) and Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (Ghana).
Laurie Upshon is a trustee,a life vice president and former chairman of the Journalists’ Charity, which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2014 with its patron, HM The Queen.