Joshi Herrmann
Founder, Mill Media
Joshi Herrmann is the founder of Mill Media, which publishes high-quality local journalism in Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, and Sheffield. 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 recently 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 staff writers and editors across four cities. It is read by more than 100,000 email subscribers and funded by 7,500 paying members, as well as corporate sponsorship partners. Senator Bernie Sanders visited Mill Media’s office in Manchester earlier this year and described the crisis in local news as a “disaster for democracy”. In the past, Herrmann has reported for The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, and The London Evening Standard, and has twice been highly commended at the British Press Awards.