At the dawn of the Big Data era，data is facilitating the growth of global economy and industry groups. In the field of journalism，data is a driving force in promoting news production methods and process changes，improving the value of news production，and changing user analysis and profit models. Data is creating a new level of productivity that promotes the development and transformation of contemporary journalism，which requires journalists to establish Data-driven Thinking by completely putting the ideas of data sensitivity，data narrative，data criticism and data value-added awareness into practice during news production. Data-driven Thinking serves as an effective way to generate productivity，innovation，transformation of journalism.