Created in Birmingham is a weblog that has been written on an almost daily basis since 1 December 2006, promoting, discussing and being part of Birmingham’s vibrant creative community.
There are two reasons for this blog:
- To find out what’s going on around Birmingham and promote it
- To show that blogging is a simple and effective way of engaging with audiences online
The Team
July 2012 – present
There are four team members: Daniel Alcorn, Craig Bush, Kassie Fleet and Kerry Leslie.
Past members
Pete Ashton – Founder
2007 – Jan 2008
Pete Ashton is a blogger based in Birmingham specialising in helping individuals, businesses and organisations understand, follow and engage with the social internet. He set up Created in Birmingham and ran it for a year, joint-winning the Guardian Media award for best blog in 2008. He’s been blogging since 2000 and offers his services through his digital communications consultancy ASH-10.
Chris Unitt – Editor
May 2008 – Jan 2009. October 2009 – July 2012
Chris ran Created in Birmingham twice. At the end of his first stint the website won a Best UK Blog award in slightly hilarious circumstances. The second stint saw the Created in Birmingham Shop in the Bullring, a great adventure that couldn’t have happened without the generosity of all sorts of people and organisations (not least Bullring Birmingham and Pete Ashton).
Chris works at Made Media, doing digital projects with leading national and international arts organisations. He can be found at ChrisUnitt.co.uk, on Twitter and on LinkedIn.
Ian Ravenscroft – Contributor
Jan 2010 – Feb 2012
Alex Jones – Contributor
June 2010 – April 2011
Adrienne Frances – Editor
June 09 – September 09
Katie Spragg – Editor
January 09 – June 09
Danny Smith – Contributor
Frankie Ward – Contributor
Julia Gilbert – Contributor
