04.04

Another activity check come and gone! The list of inactive accounts has been compiled, with deactivations and list maintenance underway :) If you lost a character you'd like back, you may post in Maintenance starting Wednesday, April 7th. If you have no currently active characters you can post in maintenance immediately! If you lost a character before the AC, you can post there whenever you'd like!

Posting Wizard has also rolled over! Our "outright" winner is Soph (Ellory Lestrange) with 253 posts! She is joined in the winner's circle by new/returning victor Lady (Amelia Evans) with 21 posts! Someday I will win again This month, I'll be facing off against Fallin, Bree, Olive, Kit, Kelly, and Nichole!

  

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— Aldous walks with a cane and pronounced limp as the result of a splinching accident. —

— graphics by lady ❤ —

04.10

Hello friends! We're once again hiring for Witch Weekly, one of our IC publications that by working for gives you a chance to (1) fuel IC drama, (2) uncover scandal or publish baseless rumors in hope of creating scandal, and (3) know all the fun gossip before it actually gets published.

We're looking for full-time Wenches, as well as part-time Wenches. Full-timers are expected to write an article every two weeks, while part-timers are usually assigned once a month. We're also looking for emergency article writers, which is a last-minute commitment where you fill in for someone who isn't able to fulfill their obligations that week or if two or more people aren't able to commit to writing an article that week. In short: whatever your availability is, we could use you on our team!

Want to find out more about what's required? Check our last hiring event! The information below also gives a good overview of what you should expect <3

WW information:

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SCHEDULE
Issues are published bi-weekly on Sunday, with assignments due the Friday before!

LAYOUT
Cover (we have a template)
Article (Group A)
Article (Group B)
Main Article (advertised on cover)
Article (Group C)
Advertisements


TOPICS
MAIN ARTICLE
Interview or feature of notable characters.

OR

Event coverage. Think something like this. There'd also be some information about the planning and the food and stuff. Mentions of important people should be of the style of: "People like Katherina Selwyn, Rufina Mulciber and The Queen of Narnia were among the guests!" rather than "SUZY AND BILLY WERE SEEN TALKING DID THEY BONE."  

We aim for all member-run events to get a coverage. It'd happen about 2 weeks since the event took place IC, to allow for stuff to happen there. The wench who is assigned a particular member-run event (in the case that the member doesn't want to write the coverage themselves) is encouraged to contact the member running those events to ask for their input and details.

GROUP A
Fashion plates
Who wore it best (witches wear same accessory, hairstyle, etc.)
Recipes (both for foods and potions)

GROUP B
Rumor Mill gossip
The Facts (random facts about notable figures - such as favorite tea flavor, how often they blow their nose, what color their underwear might be, etc.)
Quizzes (what kind of man is your soulmate, are you a good wife, etc.)
Lonely Hearts
Missed Connections

GROUP C
Advice by Harmony Aidsworth
Letters from our readers
Book recommendations (No Fanny Hill-esque books xD)
Play recommendations
Horoscopes
Opinion articles
Heard Around Town

ADVERTISEMENTS
450x100 (Large)
225x100 (Medium)
150x100 (Small)

Advertisements can be images or just text that resemble magazine ads. Something like this. Ex: "Buy Madam Primpernelle's cosmetics to look more beautiful instantly!"


WHO WOULD BE A NOTABLE FIGURE?

• Upper class folks. Especially well-known socialites and generally well-known and/or socially active people. So they wouldn't really ask to interview someone who lives a secluded life in the middle of nowhere, for example, since nobody would really care to read about them. xD
  
• Notable Ministry employees.
  
• People who've done something cool at a particular IC time.
  
• Quidditch players.
  

If you want to write about someone who doesn't necessarily fall under those categories but you think that it'd make sense for them to be featured, then feel free to contact me! Diversity is also encouraged. Witch Weekly wants to feature fresh faces every time! Reading about the same person would get old after a time. xD

WRITING ARTICLES
Articles shouldn't be too offensive and/or negative. They should be written in a neutral leaning to a positive light. The magazine is striving to have a "Look how cool this person we're featuring is!" rather than "This person on the cover of our magazine is TERRIBLE". The magazine wants to sell copies, so they want to appeal to the people who buy and read it.

The only times the magazine would be "negative" is when they write about cases/people who were publicly ruined. And even then, those articles would be written in a precautionary tale style. They'd also feature those articles when it would be IC relevant. So they wouldn't just randomly write a "BOO FREYA TRELAWNEY" article.

Also since the magazine is very much targeted to young unmarried girls, articles should be mindful of their wording.

Ready to give it a go? Fill out the following application and send it to Bree (Holly Scrimgeour). Applications will be open until May 2nd.

Code:

[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Why do you want to be part of Witch Weekly?:[/b]
[b]What article groups are you willing to write?:/b] (aka, can you only write or can you also do graphics?)
[b]Interested in full-time, part-time, or emergency-writing?:[/b]
[b]If hired, which character account would you like to have Witch Weekly forum permissions on?:[/b]
[b]Best method of contact?:[/b] (We have a skype group chat, but I know there are sometimes better methods of reaching people on short notice!)

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   Amelia Evans, Angelica Selwyn

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— set by MJ <3 —

25.04

Did I copy & paste this announcement from last month? Boy, did I ever

The May AC is one week from today. As per the usual form please ensure:

• Your mini-profile is filled in with height properly formatted
  
• All of your characters have been listed in the Character Directory—check back on your entries to make sure they were processed properly! Anyone reactivated this month will need to be placed back on. 
  
• Characters made before the last AC have posted at least once this month
  
• This one's mostly for staff, but that your full profile has been filled in ;)
  

<3

  

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