As the hyperlocal movement gains traction, the place where "news" happens is moving closer and closer to our doorsteps. SeeClickFix puts you right at the convergence of the citizen's perspective and the public space. Local governments and media outlets across the country are using SeeClickFix to stay up-to-date on the issues that have the most immediate impact on the health of our communities.
Publicly documented SeeClickFix issues quickly become the seeds for news stories, investigative reports, and citizen advocacy pieces. Our platform gives you a window into the public debate and organizes the issues in a way that makes it easy to discern which are most pressing and likely to generate immediate attention.
SeeClickFix has media partnerships with hundreds of media outlets around the country. Besides helping to source local stories, our Text and Map Widgets help to enhance the user experience on your website. Our widgets display the most important issues that have been reported in your area and allow users to report issues of their own right on your site. Generating a widget takes only a few clicks, and will help make your site more interactive and more relevant to the day-to-day concerns of your readership.
Our partnerships with media outlets are mutually beneficial. We drive traffic to local news sites, while our community of users grows and develops in new locations. These collaborations create new space for public dialogue, connect civically engaged members of the community, and help citizens hold local governments accountable.
How can you get started?
- Check out your neighborhood’s community page link. If you can’t find a community page for the city/county/region that your media outlet covers—no worries. Just let us know and we'd be happy to create a page for you.
- You can create a Public Watch Area to start being notified of new reports as they are submitted.
- Add the Text Widget and Map Widget to your website increase your website's traffic. Your readers will be able to report issues on SeeClickFix without leaving your home page.
Looking for a way to be even more involved?
Sign up for SeeClickFix PRO to start taking a more proactive role in the public discussion. As a Pro, you’ll gain access to the Dashboard so you can view and manage the issues in your community. You’ll even have the authority to stamp issues as Acknowledged with your name and company logo—meaning that you can project your image into the community as someone who’s takin’ care of business on behalf of the citizens.
What others are saying
In January 2010, SeeClickFix was on the front page of the Business Section of the New York Times: Newspapers See The Appeal of a Local Web Gadget, SeeClickFix
The NYT runs our widgets too, on their hyperlocal blogs for the towns of Maplewood, Millburn, and South Orange in NJ. Here’s a link to the blog for Maplewood.
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