What can the news media learn from the Obama campaign?

Welcome to this month’s [Carnival of Journalism](http://carnivalofjournalism.com/), a monthly celebration of the best in blogging about journalism 

This month’s topic, suggested by Bryan Murley from the [Center for Innovation in College Media](http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/)  by:

1. Jack Lail gives us [Five Ws from the Barack Obama campaign](http://www.jacklail.com/blog/archives/2008/11/five-ws-from-the-barack-obama.html): the five best web 2.0 or technology uses in the campaign. 2. John Hassell tells us what we can learn from [the mobile aspects of the Obama campaign](http://www.theexplodingnewsroom.com/2008/11/16/what-new-organizations-can-learn-from-the-obama-campaign-mobile-edition/). 3. Charlie Beckett builds on Jack’s post to suggest that you don’t just have to go onlone, you have to [participate in online culture.](http://www.charliebeckett.org/wp-trackback.php?p=919) 4. Bryan Murley answers his own question with [five “E”s](http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2008/11/17/can-newspapers-learn-anything-from-the-obama-campaign/). No, not that sort. 5. Alfred Hermida suggest that we need to stop peering at the social media world, but need to [dive right in](http://reportr.net/2008/11/17/learning-from-the-digital-mindset-of-the-obama-campaign/). That’s what gave Obama an edge.  6. Adrian Monck follows the money – and [discovers where Obama was a big spender](http://adrianmonck.com/2008/11/the-news-medias-lessons-from-the-obama-campaign/). 7. Doug Fisher looks at things from the other angle – and suggests that[ the media has let government overtake them technologically](http://commonsensej.blogspot.com/2008/11/journalism-learning-from-obama.html), and that may have serious consequences.