A better evolution would probably be similar to Spotify royalties. Create one "donations to non-profit news" bucket, that people could freely contribute to (wi

A better evolution would probably be similar to Spotify royalties. Create one "donations to non-profit news" bucket, that people could freely contribute to (with tax advantages, like the election fund). Then apportion that money out to all non-profit news organizations, according to some (readership) + (journalistic awards by their peers) weighting. It removes the direct connection between donor and output, which is what we seem to want in news.