ABOUT LAUREN
Lauren is a Journalist and Media Specialist with a passion for highlighting serious news topics such as social injustice, neurodiversity, mental health, and suicide prevention. These are just some of the many challenging subjects she is currently covering in her career.
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Since becoming self-employed, Lauren has worked with an extensive range of clients, including Irish Community Care, an organisation supporting Irish communities across the North West of England. One of the key stories she is currently covering focuses on Mother and Baby Homes.
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Lauren is also working to raise awareness around suicide prevention and postvention, continuing her long-standing commitment to mental health reporting.
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In addition to her journalism work, Lauren has built a successful career as a presenter across TV, radio, podcasts, and digital platforms, where she has interviewed some of the biggest names in the media industry.
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Click below to discover more!
NEURODIVERSITY
A Topic Close To Heart
Lauren’s determination to raise much needed understanding for neurodiversity comes from her lived experience of being different and seeing the world in a different way. Lauren is neurodivergent and has a rare neurological condition PKC which she’s experienced adversities with throughout her life and still faces challenges with.
BDA Award winner 2023
Lauren was awarded the 2023 Cadogan award for Resilience for not only overcoming adversities in her life but also using her platform to raise understanding for dyslexia and
co-occuring neurodiverse conditions.
TRAINING
Lauren’s speciality in journalism and neurodiversity shines through when she talks about this subject on an and off camera! As part of her dedication to journalism and neurodiverse subjects, Lauren offers a range of training programmes.
group training
Learn how to support neurodiverse colleagues and students.
GUEST LECTURER
Lectures in presenting on camera & producing your own content for camera.
media training
From crisis communications & interview techniques to preparing for interviews.
LATEST ARTICLES
Take a look at Lauren's latest press articles.
"Lauren has a very accessible style and approach. She can engage constructively with anyone and bring people into conversations that they would otherwise not have had. She is a fantastic ambassador for those who are neurodivergent."
Ann Allcock, Head of Diversity at Marshall E Learning
