Journalism educators Leland Mallett and Rebecca Pollard discuss their experiences with the extreme cold, snow, and power outages in Texas recently and the effect on schools -- and their student media coverage of it all.
Mallett has been advising yearbooks and newspapers since 1999. He is the newspaper, yearbook, and photo adviser at Legacy High School in Mansfield, Texas. Legacy’s publications have won Crowns, Pacemakers, and Stars. Mallett serves as the Webmaster for the Texas Association of Journalism Educators (TAJE). Mallett won JEA’s Distinguished Yearbook Adviser award in 2018. In 2015 he won the Texas Adviser of the Year award from ILPC. He has also won the Edith Fox King Award, TAJE Trailblazer, Dow Jones Special Recognition
Adviser and JEA's Yearbook Special Recognition Adviser. Leland loves the art of telling stories in any media. But really, he’s just going through life trying not to look like a moron.
Pollard, MJE, advises the yearbook at Lovejoy High School, in Lucas, Texas. She loves all student media, which is why she has advised at five different schools and all mediums in 21 years. Her programs have won top state and national awards including Pacemakers and Crowns. She is a recipient of the JEA Distinguished Yearbook Adviser in 2019, Medal of Merit in 2020 and ILPC Edith Fox King Award in 2013. She is a JEA mentor and also serves on the planning committee for the Gloria Shields/NSPA Media Workshop.
Connect with Leland and Rebecca on Twitter: @mallett and @rebecca_pollard.
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