Joshi Herrmann

Joshi Herrmann is the founder of Mill Media, which publishes high-quality local journalism in seven UK cities. Best known for its deeply reported long reads and paid newsletter model, the company has been described by the Financial Times’s John Burn-Murdoch as “one of the most interesting and impressive media startups of the last decade”, and has received investment from figures including Sir Mark Thompson, CNN chief executive and former BBC director general.

Herrmann founded The Mill, a local newsletter covering Greater Manchester, in June 2020, and the company now has 25 staff writers and editors across the country. It is read by more than 200,000 email subscribers and funded by almost 15,000 paying members. Herrmann has previously reported for The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, and The London Evening Standard. Last year he won a British Journalism Award along with his colleague Mollie Simpson for their reporting on the University of Greater Manchester, a story which has prompted a police investigation into “serious allegations of fraud and bribery”.