2024-2025 Inspire Discovery

Join the GSEM Media Team! Lights, camera, action! With the right tools and some guidance, there’s no limit to what a Girl Scout can do. Joining the Media Team gives girls the opportunity to share their Girl Scout pride while learning the art of great storytelling. Media Team members serve as the official faces and voices of Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri. As Media Team members, Girl Scouts become reporters, writing news and feature stories, and interviewing people about fun and fascinating topics. They record audio and speak in front of the camera. Then they'll share the stories in one or more forms of broadcast media and see themselves in print, online, and on the air. What is your favorite part of Girl Scouts and why? "My favorite part of Girl Scouts is being on the GSEM Media Team. Through the media team, I was given opportunities to make news appearances, be on billboards, visit radio stations, and work side-by-side with a news anchor while hosting Dessert First. Girl Scouts helped me find that journalism was the career path for me and for this I am extremely grateful!" On the Cover Meet Legacy, a Girl Scout Senior and member of the GSEM Media Team. During her time in Girl Scouts, Legacy has started her own nonprofit Little Legacies, delivered the first TedTalk in Missouri by a youth and has appeared as a guest on The Drew Barrymore Show. Recently, Legacy has been appointed to the 2024-2025 National Girl Scout Advisory Board where she will work with the national office on key projects and initiatives. Legacy has unleashed her leadership potential through Girl Scouts and plans to continue using these skills to become a journalist and television news anchor in the future. How has Girl Scouts helped you become a leader? "Girl Scouts has helped me become a leader by giving me various opportunities to make my own choices and serve in leadership roles. This year, I was selected to be member of the Girl Scouts USA Advisory Board and I traveled to New York City to meet with other girls to discuss the future of Girl Scouting. I also expanded my leadership in my community when I completed my Gold Award this year." What advice would you give to girls just starting their Girl Scout journey? "As a 10-year Girl Scout some advice I would give to girls just starting their Girl Scout journey is to ensure that they step out of their comfort zone and try new things. Through Girl Scouts, you will be given many opportunities to experience things that you have never thought of."

Media Team Opportunities: • Star in Girl Scout council commercials, videos and print features • Conduct interviews for TV, radio and print publications • Speak at local Girl Scout events • Participate in exciting Girl Scout opportunities throughout the year

To apply for the 2024-2025 media team, please visit girlscoutsem.org/mediateam .

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