"Crowdfunding, or getting many people to donate small amounts of cash to fund a project, startup, or service, is nothing new ... Now, as the media landscape changes and traditional revenue sources are beginning to disappear, some forward-thinking journalists and entrepreneurs are starting to apply the crowdfunding concept to the news. A new crop of sites are combining crowdfunding with volunteer and professional contributions in order to source news that people want to read." (Quoted from article)