In Southville, every club in the school must have at least one teacher to moderate it. The club moderator is a teacher who’s in charge of vetting staff members and application forms, teaching and guiding the staff on the ways of the school paper, and checking if the content of the paper is safe for writing and publishing in the school.
The Editor-in-Chief is a student who is responsible for the direction of the club and the paper. They coordinate with writers, department heads, and pod leaders on their duties to keep everyone in check. They make sure that the staff is working like a well-oiled machine, making sure that everyone’s doing their job. They also edit and critique articles, and have a say on what gets published and what doesn't.
The Social Media Head manages the club’s image and posts on social media. They oversee the staff working on the website, manage the Instagram account, and schedule posts with the help of the Editor-in-Chief and other club leaders. They also help encourage audience engagement and interaction within the student body.
The Co-Social Media Head (formerly the Audio-Visual Head) organizes and plans for multimedia content in The Mover that require videography or audio mixing. This includes videos and podcasts. They lead in the pitching, pre-production, and post-production of projects, and organize staffers in creation of these projects. In a face-to-face setting, they may be the point person for photojournalism and visual documentation of events.
Editors are micromanagers in The Mover, specializing in giving feedback to and coordinating with staffers. Each editor focuses on a section, and each section focuses on their writers' specialties — news writing, literary works, feature stories, etc. Editors are meant to boost morale, communication, and rapport in The Mover. They manage the writers and communicate directly with department heads. They edit article drafts and give comments, and address writer concerns.
Without the contributing writers or artists, The Mover wouldn’t exist. We need the contributing staff to make the meaningful content we post. They are content creators who write, draw, paint, edit, and create content meant to be published on the club’s platforms.
Wix is a flexible website creator and it’s where we publish all our articles, literary works, and artworks. It’s very simple to use for any user and it’s virtually free, which makes it a great platform for the school paper.
Our Instagram and Facebook pages is where we engage with the student body. Here, we post our artworks and previews of our articles. We also use it to make weekly quizzes and fun games to keep our audience interested in us, as well as reel in new followers. Due to compatibility with both networks, Instagram and Facebook posts are unanimous and simultaneously uploaded.
Instagram limits the number of links affiliated with an account, and it’d be incredibly confusing posting a string of links on any given page. This is where Carrd comes in. Carrd is a convenient way to make a one-page website that holds all of The Mover’s links, like application forms, our website, and more, without being too overwhelming.
The Social Media Department is a group of students in charge of The Mover’s social media page (Instagram Account) and the Wixsite, where we post our content. They are led by the Social Media Head. Also known as the SocMed Department, they’ll be handling the responsibility of creating the posts and stories that’ll be placed on the Instagram page.
The Layout Team will prepare visual layouts or “pubmats” (short for publication materials) to be published on the Instagram and Facebook pages. They’ll also create Stories to interact with the student body.
The Photojournalism Team is also under Social Media as it’s the main onsite visual storytelling department. Photojournalists are in charge of taking pictures of school events, the campus, and its population to portray current happenings.
Currently, posts have no strict layout rules nor color or font scheme, but will follow weekly themes to maximize individual staffers' creative processes. The Mover is a collective of individuals who have their own unique style in creation, so we want our Instagram posts to reflect that philosophy! The bottom line is that our posts have to utilize an article’s title and author byline, fun visual elements, and short excerpts from the article they’re advertising.
These are interactive IG games, like bingo, fill-in-the-blanks, MadLibs, and more. Stories must be timely: if there’s a nearby holiday or landmark occasion, take the opportunity to make the Story relevant to it! Stories must also uplift the student body positively, like utilizing kindness, mental health, interests, etc.
During Press events in school activities or when The Mover is holding an event, staffers may use IG Stories to showcase the ongoing event and/or activities. Think of this as live updates.
NOTE: The structure of this club is always subject to change through the years, as per the wish of the moderator, editor-in-chief, or staffers. This guide only wishes to serve as a sample of what roles staffer can look forward to take on and how this club can be structured.