Four in the morning

1. A grand jury has indicted a former National Security Agency executive for leaking classified information to a newspaper - neither the newspaper nor the subject of the leak is listed in the indictment. Could it be related to the NSA wiretapping story broken by the New York Times?* WaPo

2. The Los Angeles Times missed the final score of the LA Dodgers game because of earlier deadlines. LAO

3. Salon and McSweeney's partner up. Salon

4. 1965 was a different time: "The journalist enjoys good standing in his community. He is even likely to be held in awe." Pitch

*Probably not that story. Scott Shane of the New York Times says it sounds like a story written by former Baltimore Sun writer Siobhan Gorman.

McChronicle

The San Francisco Chronicle plans to publish select material from McSweeney's 300-page Panorama newspaper, which is envisioned to celebrate the newspaper style but appears to include few newspaper writers. From the Chronicle news release:

The Panorama will be a 300-plus-page, single-edition newspaper published by McSweeney's, the independent San Francisco publishing house founded by author and philanthropist Dave Eggers.

The Panorama features the contributions of Michael Chabon, Stephen King, Andrew Sean Greer, William T. Vollmann, and Junot Diaz. It also includes writing from such acclaimed Bay Area authors as Michelle Tea, Tom Barbash, Robert Hass, and Daniel Alarcon, Eggers and many others. ...

"The Panorama in part is a way to demonstrate the many things that newspapers can do uniquely well, and how necessary they are to a thriving democracy," Eggers said. "From the beginning, we conceived of this as a way to show readers how much newsprint can do, and how essential to the craft of journalism readers' support of print is."

I wonder if they'll pay tribute to the yellow journalism, too?

(found via Romenesko)

The new (il)literacy

Finally, someone has put together a college course to prepare us for the future, which, as everyone knows, is now. From McSweeney's:

Course Description

As print takes its place alongside smoke signals, cuneiform, and hollering, there has emerged a new literary age, one in which writers no longer need to feel encumbered by the paper cuts, reading, and excessive use of words traditionally associated with the writing trade. Writing for Nonreaders in the Postprint Era focuses on the creation of short-form prose that is not intended to be reproduced on pulp fibers.

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Prerequisites

Students must have completed at least two of the following.

ENG: 232WR—Advanced Tweeting: The Elements of Droll
LIT: 223—Early-21st-Century Literature: 140 Characters or Less
ENG: 102—Staring Blankly at Handheld Devices While Others Are Talking
ENG: 301—Advanced Blog and Book Skimming
ENG: 231WR—Facebook Wall Alliteration and Assonance
LIT: 202—The Literary Merits of Lolcats
LIT: 209—Internet-Age Surrealistic Narcissism and Self-Absorption

Read the full course description, or sign up for classes by clicking here (via fishbowlLA).