Article 22: Expanding AI Story Tools: Introducing Notes-to-Story Drafts and Enhanced Story

We’re excited to announce the launch of Notes-to-Story Drafts and Enhanced Story, a new enhancement to Storyline that expands our AI conversion tools to better support producers in digital publishing workflows.

What’s New

We’ve introduced two new AI-powered workflows inside Storyline:

  • Convert Notes to Story Drafts – Transform rough producer notes or field observations into a structured digital story draft with just one click. This helps reduce time spent starting from scratch and accelerates the path from notes to publishable content.
  • Enhanced Story – Apply AI-powered suggestions to an existing draft to improve clarity, grammar, tone, and structure. These edits are non-destructive, giving producers full control over what changes are accepted.

Caveats

  • Headlines are not changed when using the Enhanced Story or Convert Notes to Story options.
  • Any formatting or embedded elements in the copy text will be removed once an option is selected.
  • Prompts and AI behavior may evolve as we tune based on feedback.
  • Output should always be reviewed and edited by producers before publishing to ensure journalistic accuracy and standards.

Steps to run the new Smart Story Assistant

1. Open a new story package

2. Enter or paste in copy text

3. Click the Smart Story Assistant button

4. Select one of the three available options

5. Choose your desired tone

6. Click Confirm to start the AI-assisted process

After the AI tool completes processing, the "Review for accuracy" button is available to verify the accuracy of the content and quotes. Please confirm all AI-generated results before publishing.