In Europe, some non-profit news sites have been using crowdfunding to sustain themselves—my Nonprofit Quarterly newswire today:  https://nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/26003-crowdfunding-emerges-as-key-to-online-journalism-in-europe.html?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=17229283&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–CLJjWSKgJXzyi6NYpARsIF5X4Qmq_2SY7j_40RQdhHBDFmKIuKtwavL_fXTKU6MZ2WraCH7dQZFH4L5jvlDXkb2awQzQck0cMfrohbeyanHdx-P0&_hsmi=17229283