Fwix

Get real-time local news via the Fwix newsfeed. With Fwix, anyone can be a citizen journalist. Use your iPhone to submit news stories, photos and videos from your local area.

Want to know what’s going on in your town right now? Fwix lets you follow your local news in real time, either online or on your iPhone. Fwix describes itself as a “real-time local newswire”, made up of a combination of conventional news stories, blogs and unique reports by citizen journalists.

Got an iPhone? You can be a journalist in your spare time by filing news stories, videos and photos via your phone. Say you see a protest in your neighborhood, or a house fire down the street. Why not share the story with others? The phone’s GPS feature automatically geo-tags each submission, directing it to the right city page. Get the scoop on local news when it happens. No need to wait for the media big boys to get there.

Fwix isn’t yet available in every town. There are currently websites for Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, Toronto, San Francisco, Denver, Dallas and 70 other cities. Go to www.fwix.com to see if your city’s page is up and running. The website automatically detects your computer’s IP address and redirects you to your local site where you can see a newsfeed of what’s happening in your area. Alternatively, you can choose from the list of cities.

If your city isn’t on the Fwix network, but you’d like to participate, you can fill in a form on the site to request that it be added. The website will notify you when it comes to your area. Fwix is constantly expanding. It’s only a matter of time until we’re a nation of citizen journalists.