News Article to Video for timely stories your audience needs in context
Use the public article as a cited source, not as copy to disguise. Add your own analysis, explain why the development matters to your audience, and keep claims tied to the reporting behind them.
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- Accepted: Public news pages
- Accepted: Press coverage
- Accepted: Editorial features
- Accepted: Reporter interviews
- Accepted: Analyst coverage
- Accepted: Opinion pieces
- Accepted: Local news stories
- Accepted: Industry news articles
- Not supported: YouTube
- Not supported: TikTok
- Not supported: LinkedIn
- Not supported: Instagram
- Not supported: X / Twitter
- Not supported: Facebook
- Not supported: Vimeo
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How it works
Four steps from a news story to a render.
The article stays the source. ngram turns the headline, facts, quotes, and context into a video plan you can review before it renders.
Paste the article URL
ngram fetches the public news page with Firecrawl and Exa, optionally screenshots it with Screenshotone for visual context, and reads the article body. Nav, ads, comment threads, and related-story rails are dropped.
Turn the story into a script
The headline becomes the hook. The nut graf anchors the setup. Quotes, numbers, and key claims become narration and on-screen callouts, with the article's factual order preserved.
Review the plan containing the script
Each scene shows the line of script, visual direction, and timing. Cut sensitive details, rewrite the framing, or swap a scene before the video renders.
Export for the channel
Review the news article video for its intended channel, including the crop and caption placement, then export one MP4 from Studio. Prepare and review another aspect ratio as a separate edit. If another file type is required, run that MP4 through a separate one-file, one-output Video Converter job for MOV, WebM, or MKV, or use Video to GIF for a GIF.
Output controls
The news article is the source. These are the controls.
Article-body extraction
Firecrawl and Exa parse the public article page while ngram strips boilerplate, share widgets, comments, and related-story blocks before the script is written.
Quote and stat callouts
Named quotes, figures, dates, and claims can become on-screen callouts instead of disappearing inside narration.
Editorial trimming
A long news feature may carry more background than a short video needs. Drop sections from the storyboard while keeping the remaining scenes tied to the source article.
AI visuals per scene
ngram generates scene visuals from the meaning of each article section, useful when the story has one hero image or no reusable imagery.
Brand Kit on every frame
Logo, colors, fonts, motion style, caption preset, and outro CTA come from your saved Brand Kit, so earned-media clips still look like your channel.
Captions when you need them
The video renders with burned-in captions, styled to the Brand Kit, so viewers can follow the news article video with sound off.
Voiceover from the approved script
Use a generated voice, a saved team voice, or a cloned founder voice where available. Edit the script first, then regenerate affected narration.
Prepare each channel edit separately
Set the intended channel and aspect ratio for the news article video, then review the crop, caption placement, and CTA before exporting one MP4. Prepare another channel version as a separate edit.
The rest of ngram
What ngram adds after the news article is read.
Script Generation
The agent rewrites a public news article as a video script with a hook, source-aware body, and CTA. The headline anchors the opening; quotes and facts anchor the scenes.
Learn moreAI Visuals
Scene-matched imagery fills the gap when the article has thin visuals. Each image or short clip follows the story's meaning instead of a loose stock keyword.
Learn moreBrand Kit
Turn press coverage or a public industry story into a video that still looks like your brand, with the right logo, colors, fonts, motion style, and closing card.
Learn moreCaptions
Every news-article video gets burned-in captions, so the headline, quotes, and facts survive muted playback in LinkedIn, X, and vertical feeds.
Learn moreAI Voiceover
Narrate the approved article script with a selected generated voice or a saved team voice. Update a scene and ngram regenerates the matching narration.
Learn moreConvert the finished news article video
Studio exports the finished news article video as one MP4. If the destination calls for MOV, WebM, or MKV, run that MP4 through Video Converter as a separate one-file, one-output conversion.
Learn moreUse cases
Where a news article earns a second life as video.
Post the news story as a native LinkedIn video
Turn earned coverage, a market article, or a founder quote into a captioned LinkedIn video without rewriting the piece from scratch.
See use caseSend the article summary as a newsletter video
Add a watchable recap to the next email send so subscribers get the main story even when they do not click through to the full article.
See use caseSpin a public story into social clips
Use one approved news article as source material for paid or organic social tests. Prepare and review each short edit separately while keeping the facts and source framing intact.
See use caseUse press coverage as the source for a video ad
When a credible article covers the category, the company, or the problem, ngram turns the story into a branded ad draft you can review before launch.
See use caseTurn one article into campaign feed assets
Marketing teams can use a public news article as source material for a feed post, short vertical cut, and recap clip without rebuilding the story in a slide editor.
See use caseShare founder commentary on the article
Paste the article, tighten the framing around the founder's take, and ship a short video that reacts to the story without losing the original context.
See use caseTurn market coverage into a competitive explainer
PMMs can convert a public industry article into a video that explains the shift, names the category context, and points viewers to the product angle.
See use caseBrief the team with a short article recap
Turn a market news story into a captioned internal update for Slack or all-hands prep, with a clear source link and a shorter watchable version.
See use caseOther converters
Source is a news story. Source is a broader article. Pick the converter that matches.
News article to video uses the same URL-reading pipeline as article-to-video and url-to-video, tuned for one public news story or pasted article text.
Use the broader article converter when the source might be a news story, opinion piece, knowledge-base article, analyst report, or long-form essay.
Open converterUse URL to Video when the source is any page, not specifically a news article: a product page, landing page, docs page, case study, or pricing page.
Open converterUse Blog to Video when the source is your own company blog, Substack, Medium post, Ghost post, or other owned editorial page.
Open converterTools that pair with this converter
Edit the article video, or build around it.
Editing further
Tighten the news-article video after the first draft
Video Editor
Open the news-article video in the editor, cut a scene, adjust the script, or change a visual without starting over.
Open toolVideo Cutter
Pull a short excerpt from the full article recap for a teaser, paid ad, or social post.
Open toolAdd Subtitles to Video
Turn on captions when you want them in the video, but this tool helps when you need a separate subtitle pass or a different caption style for the article recap.
Open toolVideo Translator
Translate an approved news-article video for a regional audience while keeping captions, voiceover, and source context together.
Open toolGenerating from scratch
When there is no article link yet
AI Video Generator
Brief ngram with the story angle, audience, and channel when the article has not been published yet.
Open toolVideo Script Generator
Draft a tighter video script from the facts before you render, useful when the article is long or sensitive.
Open toolAI Avatar Video Generator
Have a presenter deliver the article recap on camera instead of running voiceover over visuals.
Open toolText to Speech Video
Turn a pasted article summary into narrated video when you want a clean voice-led recap.
Open toolPolishing the source
Prepare the article or assets before conversion
URL to Video
Use the broader URL workflow when the source is a landing page, docs page, or product page instead of a news story.
Open toolText to Video
Paste the article body directly when the public page is blocked, syndicated, or edited after publication.
Open toolAI Image Generator
Create a branded thumbnail or scene image for the news-article video before the final render.
Open toolVideo Compressor
Shrink the finished article recap for email, Slack, or social upload while keeping captions readable.
Open toolBuilt for teams
Teams that turn news articles into video.
Product Marketing
Turn earned media, analyst coverage, and category news into branded recap videos for launches, sales enablement, and executive updates.
See workflowsGrowth Marketing
Convert a news article that already has attention into a feed-ready video for paid and organic tests.
See workflowsContent Creators
Turn public stories into short commentary videos, with the source article driving the script instead of a blank page.
See workflowsFounders
React to relevant news with a branded video that keeps the article context visible and leaves room for your point of view.
See workflowsAgencies
Repurpose approved client coverage and market articles into video deliverables without writing every recap from scratch.
See workflowsDeveloper Relations
Turn technical news, integration coverage, and ecosystem updates into short videos that explain why the article matters to builders.
See workflowsSales Enablement
Summarize third-party coverage or market news as a short video reps can share with a source link and a clearer takeaway.
See workflowsIntegrations
Trigger news-article-to-video from the places you approve stories.
Connect ngram to the editorial, PR, and campaign tools where one approved article URL becomes a video job.
whenAn approved news article is ready for a Studio upload
thenUpload the file in Studio; use Zapier's documented Create Video or Get Status action for this News Article to Video job, then pass the result to the next step.
whenAn AI agent is handed one news article link and asked for a video recap
thenUse MCP's documented create and status tools for this News Article to Video job with its supported input, then return the status or result to the agent.
whenYour self-hosted workflow receives one approved news article URL
thenUse n8n's documented Create From Text, Create From URL, or Get Status node for this News Article to Video job, then pass the status or result onward.
whenThe video from your news article is ready for LinkedIn Social Publishing Beta
thenConnect LinkedIn with OAuth, then verify the destination for the approved news article recap.
whenThe video from your news article is ready for YouTube Social Publishing Beta
thenConnect YouTube with OAuth, then verify the destination for the approved news article recap.
whenYou are reading a public news article in the browser
thenStart the video recap from that tab and review the plan containing the script in ngram
How it compares
If you have used another article-to-video tool.
Kapwing, VEED, and Pictory all cover article or text-to-video workflows. ngram is tuned for one public article URL or pasted article body, then a reviewable script, storyboard, Brand Kit, and export.
| Feature | ngram | Kapwing | VEED | Pictory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| News article input | Public news article URL first, with pasted article text as the fallback | Article or blog post as an uploaded document | Pasted article text or prompt | Text, blogs, URLs, and articles |
| Source cleanup | Article body is fetched and stripped of nav, ads, comments, and related-story widgets before scripting | Editor import workflow | Prompt and text workflow | URL and blog import workflow |
| Storyboard review | Scene-by-scene plan with script, visual direction, and timing before render | Editable video project | Editor refinement after generation | Storyboard and editor workflow |
| Brand application | Brand Kit applies logo, fonts, colors, motion style, captions, and outro CTA | Editor branding controls | Editor styling controls | Brand and template controls |
| Scene visuals | AI visuals generated from the meaning of each article section | Media and editor assets | Stock footage and editor assets | AI visuals, avatars, captions, and templates |
| Aspect ratios | Prepare and review 16:9, 1:1, and 9:16 as separate article-video edits | Aspect ratio chosen in editor | Aspect ratio chosen in editor | Layout and export controls |
| Automation stance | One approved news article URL per job through Zapier, n8n, MCP, or API | Editor-led article conversion | Browser editor workflow | Video creation and API offerings |
| Best fit | Teams turning public coverage or news stories into branded product, marketing, or internal videos | Creators editing article-based videos | Creators making social videos from article text | Teams turning text, URLs, and blogs into videos |
Common questions about news article to video
What is news article to video?
How do I convert a news article to video with ngram?
What kind of news article works best?
Can I paste article text instead of a URL?
Can this convert a whole news feed or RSS source?
How is news article to video different from article to video?
Can I use a third-party news article as the source?
What formats and resolutions can I export?
Can I automate news article to video?
News Article -> Video
Turn one public news article into a branded video.
Paste the article URL or body text, review the plan containing the script, and export a captioned video for the channel that needs it.