...and "solutions journalism" itself sounds like an interesting topic. There are lots of posts on HN discussing journalism in general, challenges faced by "serious" news orgs, and fresh takes. Searching for "journalism" (search box is at bottom of the main page) turns up lots, such as [0], [1], [2], [3], and [4].

And now I'm off down the "Blendle" rabbit hole...

[edit] Arggh. Homepage blendle.com, subhead "To our Beta users": "Today Blendle starts its beta in the United States..." -- undated, and "... Continue reading on medium.com"

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14020950 Social media's effect on journalism is greater than shift from print to digital

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22146086 Jim Lehrer’s Rules of Journalism

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12611377 Best practice examples of data journalism and visualization projects

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11343822 Blendle: Pay-per-article journalism platform that refunds you for clickbait

[4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9453821 Blendle: A radical experiment with micropayments in journalism, 365 days later