The document discusses the skills needed to be a journalist in the 2010s. It emphasizes the importance of digital storytelling using multimedia, building communities through social media, and innovating to find new ways to engage audiences and share news. Journalists now need to act as conversation facilitators, community builders, and data gatherers in addition to their traditional storytelling role. The document encourages journalists to experiment with new tools and networks to stay relevant, but also maintain their core skills and purpose of communicating information to audiences.