For newsrooms, journalists and creators
Make a news explainer video with AI today
Make a news explainer video from the story your team has already checked. Atlabs turns it into animated scenes with the same presenter character, the same map and chart style and the same studio, so every explainer looks like your outlet.
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Start from the story you checked
Turn a headline, your checked copy or a script into an explainer
Make a news explainer video from the story your team has already checked. Atlabs turns it into animated scenes with the same presenter character, the same map and chart style and the same studio, so every explainer looks like your outlet.
Rough Idea
A news question in a line
Write the question readers are asking and the facts you have confirmed. The AI drafts an explainer script, splits it into scenes and builds a video for your editor to check.
What the new port strike means for shoppers, 2 minutes, calm tone, map of the three ports, our presenter Lena.
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Your checked story or key facts
Paste the key facts or the published story text. Atlabs keeps your wording and order and gives each fact its own scene, with your maps and charts in the house style.
Strike starts Monday at three ports. About a quarter of imports pass through them. Talks resume Thursday.
Full Script
An editor-approved script
Upload a script with scene headings and voiceover lines that your editor has signed off. Atlabs animates each scene exactly as written, without changing any wording.
SCENE 1. Lena stands by a map as three ports glow red. VO: "Three ports, one big strike."
How It Works
From checked story to a news explainer video in four steps
Paste your idea, outline, or script
Paste a news question, your checked story or an editor-approved script, and Atlabs splits it into clear scenes.
STEP 1
Choose a visual style & aspect ratio
Choose your house look, like clean motion graphics, flat 2D or newsroom 3D, in 16:9 for your site and YouTube or 9:16 for social feeds.
STEP 2
Lock characters, scenes, & props
Lock your presenter character, your studio and the style of your maps, charts and lower thirds, so every story matches your brand.
STEP 3
Generate, refine, and publish
Generate the explainer, have your editor review it, update any scene as the story moves, then publish everywhere.
STEP 4
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Your outlet in every story
Keep the same presenter, studio and chart style in every news explainer video you publish
Readers trust what they recognise. Atlabs locks your presenter character, your studio and the way your maps and charts look, so an explainer on an election and an explainer on a strike both look like they came from your newsroom.
Character consistency
Create a character once and Atlabs keeps the same face, outfit, colours and style in every scene and every video after it. Your presenter becomes a familiar, trusted face for your audience.
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Scene consistency
Lock a setting and it keeps the same layout, lighting and mood each time it returns, so your studio, desk and map wall look the same in every story you explain.
Object and prop consistency
Maps, charts, lower thirds and your outlet's logo look the same in every scene, so viewers know whose explainer they are watching straight away.
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Use Cases
News explainer videos for websites, social feeds, newsletters and live stories
Product & SaaS Explainers
Explain how your app, newsletter or membership works, from sign-up to daily briefing, so readers know what they get and how to find it each morning.
Educational Explainers
Explain a complex story step by step, from what happened to why it matters, with maps and charts in your house style.
Marketing & Social Videos
Post short news explainers on social feeds the day a story breaks, with your presenter and logo in every clip.
Visual Styles
20+ styles. One script. Endless creative directions.
The same explainer can become a clean 3D animation, a hand-drawn whiteboard, or a playful paper-cut sequence - just by changing the style. Pick the one that fits your topic or experiment freely.
You can also train your own custom style on Atlabs - every video you make matches your unique brand look.
Features
Everything a newsroom needs to make explainer videos
AI that reads your script like a director
Atlabs reads your script like a news director would. It opens on the question readers are asking, moves to the map or chart when you cite a number and ends on what happens next, choosing shots, lighting and pace, so a news explainer video is clear in under two minutes.
THE DIRECTOR’S READ
Wide establishing shot
Warm, focused lighting
Slow push-in on the founder
Mood: quiet frustration
GENERATED SEQUENCE
01 · Establishing
02 · Founder, push-in
03 · The spreadsheet
Made For
Built for the people who explain the news
TUTORIALS
Watch how news explainer videos are made
Short guides that take a news question or your checked copy all the way to a finished explainer video.
Why Atlabs
Atlabs vs. every other way to make animated explainer videos
What you need
Atlabs AI
Time from script to video
Minutes
Cost
From $19
Filming required
No ✓
Character consistency
Locked across all scenes ✓
Location consistency
Locked across all scenes ✓
Object consistency
Locked across all scenes ✓
Script format support
Idea, story, or script ✓
Scene-level editing
Full control ✓
What Creators Say
What journalists say after making their news explainers with Atlabs
FAQ
Questions journalists ask about making a news explainer video
How do I make a news explainer video with AI?
Paste a news question, your checked story or an approved script, pick your house style and lock your presenter. Atlabs builds every scene with narration and music, ready for your editor.
Can we keep our approved wording?
Yes. Upload a full script or paste your published story and Atlabs keeps every word as written. It adds the visuals, voice and music around the copy your editor signed off.
Can our maps and charts match our house style?
Yes. Lock the look of your maps, charts and logo once and Atlabs keeps them the same in every scene and every explainer, so each video looks like your outlet.
How do we update a video when the story changes?
Edit only the scene that changed. Swap, regenerate, retime or restyle it and the rest stays as approved, so an updated explainer goes out the same day.
Which formats can we publish?
Export 16:9 for your website and YouTube, 9:16 for stories and reels and 1:1 for the feed. The same presenter and charts carry across every format of the explainer.
Is it free to start making videos?
Yes. Start free with no credit card, no studio and no editing skills. Join 50,000+ creators and teams and make your first news explainer video from a story you checked.
Explain the next big story the day it breaks
Join 50,000+ creators and teams making news explainer videos with AI. Paste your checked story, lock your presenter and publish your explainer today.
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