Teen Voices
Girl Reporters Tackle NFL Women’s Summit
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At the first NFL Women’s Summit, female athletes told GlobalGirl Media reporters how a background in sports can make them winners in the professional world.
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At the first NFL Women’s Summit, female athletes told GlobalGirl Media reporters how a background in sports can make them winners in the professional world.
At the Getty House in Los Angeles, media executives discussed what it meant for them to be women in an industry that is under public scrutiny for discrimination and racism.
As part of its #LiveOutLoud series, GlobalGirl Media reporters profile two teens of color who struggled with depression.
Female drivers raced for awareness, cash and equality in Kosovo this summer. Report by GlobalGirl Media Kosovo.
“I don’t know why I was super afraid of being a nerd but now I am super excited that I am one,” Jessica Mays, of the technology photo start-up Twenty20, tells reporters from GlobalGirl Media Los Angeles.
“The Homestretch,” profiles three homeless teens in Chicago. Here, find GlobalGirl Media Chicago’s video coverage of one the many screenings now taking place around the country.
After interviewing Katha Pollitt about her new book on abortion rights, GlobalGirl Media reporter Ebony Marshall reflects on a society where young girls are not taught to embrace their own sexuality.
On April 7, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will face off against Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia to become the next mayor of the Windy City. Last month, a teen reporter from GlobalGirl Media Chicago interviewed the candidates about gender equity in their city.
Alexis Smith plans on going to college, traveling and having a child. But her high school classmates wouldn’t know this. They asked her all sorts of things about having spastic quadriplegia but never what she wanted out of life.
Narina Jones credits her street savviness to helping her become the first in her family to go to college. “I managed to survive the crime and gangs by limiting my trust for all people,” she writes.