Welcome to the new industry hub

If you ever went to the old PANPA website, this new effort will be a bit of a surprise, if not a shock.

The static brochure-ware is gone. We have built a basic site riddled with Web 2.0 technologies on a budget of pretty much zero. Unashamedly, we are trying to create a site that promotes the spirit of community, where media colleagues – especially those from newspapers and online properties –  can discuss the future of their industry in an open and respectful environment.

We are using an internet device much derided by too many journalists – the blog. Those who characterise this publishing tool as evil, ill-educated, untrustworthy or whatever their gripe is, just don’t get it. Blogging has a power that gives everyone the ability to create and comment.

So why has PANPA (finally) got the blogging bug?