As well as sharing news updates, there are a number of ways in which online publishers can maximise the engaging nature of video to give viewers extra context around a news story, particularly to explain the background or meaning to a subject.

In this week's podcast we hear more about two particular examples from UK newsrooms, and also look at how one particular tool, called Meograph, lets users produce multimedia packages incorporating a variety of content and online media, with additional geographical and time-related context available.

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