arXiv:2606.11176cs.CVcs.CL2026-06

AI助手自动生成可验证的多媒体新闻故事,提升报道透明度。

Data Journalist Agent: Transforming Data into Verifiable Multimodal Stories

论文配图:Data Journalist Agent: Transforming Data into Verifiable Multimodal Stories
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  • 构建多智能体系统,模拟新闻团队全流程协作
  • 每条数据都有来源追溯,确保事实可验证
  • 支持交互地图、音频等多元媒体形式,增强可读性

数据塑造社会认知,数据记者的任务是将原始信息转化为普通人可信赖的故事。一篇高质量新闻稿通常需新闻团队数周完成:寻找背景、运行统计、确定角度、设计视觉。现有智能体仅擅长单一环节:数据分析智能体完成分析闭环,设计智能体生成精美网页。能否让一个智能体全程承担数据记者角色?我们提出 Data Journalist Agent(Data2Story),一个将专业角色协同整合的多智能体框架。其创新在于:(i) 声称有证据支撑:质检员将每个数字、角度和素材回溯至数据、代码或外部参考;(ii) 文章具备多模态生成能力:不局限于纯文本与静态图表,而是推理读者需求,调用交互地图、音频等工具。我们在18篇新闻上评估该系统,每篇对应一篇原刊专家文章,从四个维度展开:(a) 人类与智能体角度覆盖对比;(b) 53名参与者在五个维度上的评分;(c) 以其他智能体作为裁判,低成本模拟读者浏览交互内容的行为;(d) 可验证性测试,由编码验证者重新执行陈述并核对引用。结果表明,Data2Story能生成具有竞争力、可溯源的多媒体故事,在透明度与可审计性方面表现突出。人类作品在编辑角度、创意设计与呈现上仍具优势。我们定位 Data2Story 为记者的协作者,助力实现更基于证据、透明且可验证的报道。代码与演示见 https://data2story.github.io。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Data tells stories that shape society; the data journalist's job is to turn raw information into stories non-experts can trust. A high-quality news feature takes a newsroom team weeks: hunting for context, running statistics, choosing an angle, and designing visuals. Recent agents handle individual steps well: data-science agents close the analysis loop, while design agents synthesize beautiful websites. But can an agent serve as a data journalist end to end? We introduce Data Journalist Agent (Data2Story), a multi-agent framework that orchestrates specialized roles into a single virtual newsroom. Data2Story contributes two innovations. (i) Claims are evidence-grounded: an Inspector links every number, angle, and asset back to data, code, or an external reference. (ii) Articles are multimodally generative: rather than defaulting to plain text and static charts, Data2Story reasons about what readers will want to see, then deploys multimodal tools, such as interactive maps for geography and audio for music. We evaluate Data2Story on 18 articles, each paired with the originally published expert piece, along four axes: (a) human-agent angle coverage; (b) rubric evaluation with 53 participants across five dimensions; (c) computer-use agents as judges, a cost-saving proxy for how readers navigate interactive articles; and (d) verifiability, where a coding verifier re-executes statements against the data and checks claims against references. Data2Story produces competitive, evidence-traceable multimedia stories, with particular strength in transparency and auditability. Human articles retain an edge in editorial angle, creative design, and presentation. We position Data2Story as a collaborator for journalists, enabling more evidence-based, transparent, and verifiable reporting. Code and demos are available at https://data2story.github.io.

数据新闻多模态生成可验证性智能体系统

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