Joshi Herrmann

About

Founder of Mill Media. Interested in the future of local journalism and business models that support great writing. After starting The Mill in Manchester in June 2020, we now have award-winning publications in Manchester, Glasgow, London, Sheffield, Liverpool and Birmingham and more than 150,000 email subscribers and more than 10,000 paying members. Mill Media has been described by the FT’s John Burn-Murdoch as “one of the most interesting and impressive media startups of the last decade” and we've received financial backing from investors like Mark Thompson, the CEO of CNN and former leader of the BBC and the New York Times. Before Mill Media, I wrote stories for The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, VICE and The London Evening Standard. Highly Commended 'Young Journalist of the Year' (Press Awards 2013), Highly Commended 'Feature Writer of the Year' (Press Awards 2015) and Highly Commended 'Local journalism of the year' (British Journalism Awards 2024).