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:

  1. To find out what’s going on around Birmingham and promote it
  2. 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 AlcornCraig BushKassie Fleet and Kerry Leslie.

Past members

Pete AshtonFounder

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 UnittEditor

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 RavenscroftContributor

Jan 2010 – Feb 2012

Alex JonesContributor

June 2010 – April 2011

Adrienne FrancesEditor

June 09 – September 09

Katie SpraggEditor

January 09 – June 09

Danny SmithContributor

Frankie WardContributor

Julia GilbertContributor