The future of media is built on relationships

Hearken by Indiegraf turns passive readers into active participants—involving your audience directly in the content creation process so that engagement becomes a core part of how you operate, not an afterthought.

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Dashboard interface showing popular forms and polls, new and returning people graphs, a US location heatmap, and audience engagement statistics with opt-in and repeat audience engagement percentages.
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Trusted by leading local newrooms

Relationships can power your newsroom

Chat directly with your readers
Build customizable forms and polls in minutes to solicit questions, votes, or feedback directly from your readers—across your website, newsletter or any other channel. Your team can then follow up with specific audience members directly to dig deeper into their responses.
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Engage with your audience with Hearken
Integration allows for casual readers to optin to newsletters during the engagement process, converting website visits to owned contacts.
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Centralized dashboard & analytics
A unified dashboard tracks who is engaging and how they are interacting with your content. It organizes audience insights and data into exportable formats. Detailed analytics provides a 360-degree view of your superfans, tracking repeat engagers, unique email addresses and geographic response data via interactive maps.
Dashboard showing popular forms and polls, a US location heatmap, new and returning people graphs, and audience engagement statistics with opt-in and repeat engagement percentages.

Most platforms optimize for clicks; we optimize for connection

Reach is a vanity metric, but relationships are a revenue strategy. By closing the loop between community listening and direct-to-inbox engagement, you transform passive readers into a high-value audience that powers your newsroom's independence.

Public-powered reporting

When your readers have a say in what gets covered, your journalism stays grounded in what your community actually cares about—and that's what keeps them coming back.

Impact tracking for grants

Prove your impact to stakeholders. Use engagement data and community input metrics to demonstrate impact when applying for philanthropic funding.

Earn loyalty and income

Shift your focus to the relationships that matter most. Deep audience engagement translates into higher conversion for sustainable income streams—from recurring memberships to major donations—creating a financial foundation built on community trust rather than invasive tracking.

Powering the future of independent news.

Make more money. Own your future. The future of news is independent—defend yours with Indiegraf.

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