From July 31 - August 7, Information Department contributor Jacob Wick will be driving along the indirect route from Asheville, NC to San Francisco, CA. Along the way, he will be performing a participatory score entitled what news.

Send him a text, he’ll send you a postcard.

To participate: Send a text to Information Department at 575-446-3676 in the following format: what news [a name] [an address]. If you are comfortable with Wick taking a photograph of your postcard and posting it on his Tumblr, please also include a “Y” (please note: if your postcard is photographed, your name & address will be visible).

- The ID number is temporarily set up to forward directly to Wick’s cellphone; a postcard will be sent to the name and address you sent with the top headlines of the newspaper from the nearest locality to where your text was received.