Dubna Bot: Send Your City News

You saw an accident, a closed street or a water outage, and there is nobody to tell? Dubna's city news channel has a helper bot for exactly this. You send your news, and the editors look at it and decide whether to publish. 📰

It works simply: open the chat, write a message, and it goes to the editorial team. The menu also offers a weather forecast. Here is how the bot is set up and how to send a story that gets noticed.

Residents as reporters

City channels run on tips from people. An editorial team cannot stand on every street at once, so eyewitnesses bring the freshest reasons to write: crashes, roadworks, school events, a new shop opening, a lost pet.

The bot's description says it directly: send your news and we will publish it. That is an invitation, not a guarantee. Editors still check the material and choose what goes into the channel.

What the bot does

• /start opens the main menu.
• /weather shows the forecast 🌤, so you do not need a separate weather app.
• News intake. Any message with text, a photo or a video goes to the editors.

There is nothing to install, an ordinary Telegram account is enough. The bot exists as a link between the channel and its readers.

How to write a story an editor will take

Editors want facts, not emotion. The clearer your message, the faster it can become a short post.

1. What happened. One plain sentence.
2. Where. Street, building, district, a landmark.
3. When. A date and time, the word "today" alone is useless.
4. Proof. A photo or video that you shot yourself.
5. Contact. Mention if you can answer follow-up questions.

Do not send someone else's video without the author's consent, and do not forward rumors. The editors will filter those out anyway.

Photos and video: a few habits

Shoot video horizontally and do not crop the frame. Passers-by's faces and car plates are better kept out of view when they do not matter to the story.

If a picture shows victims or children, think about whether it needs to be shown at all. The team may decline such material, and that is normal. 🙂

Ads and announcements

Through the bot you suggest news. Paid placements are usually handled separately, through the contact listed in the channel profile. An announcement for a city event, a clean-up day or a charity drive can be sent as ordinary news if it helps residents.

The more specific the announcement (date, place, time, how to take part), the better its chance of being published.

Why this format works

A feedback bot removes a barrier. You do not hunt for an editor's contacts or write a comment that sinks among hundreds of others. You write once, in a private chat.

For the channel it is a stream of material, and for readers a livelier feed. For the city it is also a quick way to bring a problem to people who can act on it. 🏙