Data Journalist Agent: Transforming Data into Verifiable Multimodal Stories

The Data Journalist Agent (Data2Story) is a novel multi-agent framework designed to automate the end-to-end process of data journalism by orchestrating specialized roles within a virtual newsroom. Key innovations include evidence-grounded claims through an Inspector that links outputs back to data sources and multimodal generative capabilities that produce interactive content. Evaluation on 18 articles indicates that Data2Story achieves competitive multimedia storytelling with enhanced transparency and verifiability, making it a valuable tool for practitioners focused on evidence-based reporting while acknowledging the continued superiority of human editorial input in certain creative aspects.