I have been thinking increasingly about the business model of journalism.

In the past - it's been something I've gratefully avoided. But I recognize that my young atypical career, as pointed out in an idealab post, is not sustainable.

Still: I think crowdfunding, although a paradigm shift of the business model of journalism, has potential. Read the post below, from one of the beat bloggers, and imagine that instead of a musician that had just been dropped from a label - this blog post was about a reporter recently let go from the San Jose Mercury News.