This document discusses how journalists are using web 2.0 tools to research, present, and share news stories. It outlines the traditional web 1.0 process journalists used to source stories from contacts and research them by phone and online searches. Now with web 2.0, journalists can crowdsource story ideas from social networks and blogs, conduct online surveys, and collaborate with readers. Reporters can also leverage additional tools like Flickr, YouTube, and social bookmarking to present multimedia packages and encourage greater sharing and discussion of stories online.