editor shamus toomey knows the tokens aren't going to make block club chicago rich ovefurnight, but hes ho that the civil token can be part ofl. sustainable business mo >> i've been in this news business a long time and every place i've er worked we eventually end up in the sort of the same position of we just don't have enough money. soac the idea of going to a that had a new model a new idea, that was huge. you know, it's a gamble at this point. you know, we're trying to figure thn is oute fly. you know, we're hoping that this is going to be the one that's gonna really solve the puzzle. >> sreenivasan: in addition to block club chicago, there are mor de thanen newsrooms that have also received start-up grants from civil, partially in the form of cryptocurrency. the startups range from local news outfits like the "colorado sun." it's founded by journalists who worked at the "denver post," a newspaper that has been decimated through layoffs. there are also top-focused newsrooms that report stories about, for example, money in politics, immigration, and even more narrow niches like the