Joshi Herrmann

Manchester, United Kingdom

Founder and Editor at The Mill

Journalist up north. Founder of @millmediauk. If you know more than me about something we covered, please DM.

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Articles

Five years of The Mill

2 days ago | manchestermill.co.uk | Joshi Herrmann

Dear Millers – we were supposed to publish a big investigative piece today, but I've pushed it to tomorrow morning, a decision borne of pure sentimentality. That's what you can do when you run a media company – arbitrarily change the schedule so that you can write a personal editor's note to your readers to mark a big occasion.
'Under the veil of investigative journalism'

2 weeks ago | manchestermill.co.uk | Joshi Herrmann

The last thing I'll say is this: I want to publish a lot more investigations like this one. There are so many stories in Greater Manchester that require proper digging and the reason I know that is that we get sent tips and leads every week. My problem is that we only have the resources to pursue a tiny proportion of the stories we get sent. We only have three staff writers, who work incredibly hard to get four great editions into your inbox every week.
'Sacha Lord's pandemic money'

1 month ago | manchestermill.co.uk | Joshi Herrmann

Dear Millers – what a beautiful weekend we're having. I promise to keep this email brief so that I don't detain you from enjoying the sun. It's coming up to five years since I started The Mill (our birthday is on June 5th, please direct cakes and gifts to our newsroom), and from the beginning, I've sent you occasional editor's notes on a Sunday afternoon to mark big moments.
We’re hiring freelance editors

2 months ago | millmediaco.uk | Joshi Herrmann

Mill Media is looking for freelance editors who have experience working on long and complex stories, including narrative long reads, investigative stories and observational features. They will be working with our team of staff writers and editors to commission and edit stories from start to finish, so they need to be great at guiding writers and sharpening up ideas as well as improving drafts.
The Casablanca Deal: Secret contracts and unexplained payments at the University of Greater Manchester

Feb 19, 2025 | manchestermill.co.uk | Mollie Simpson |Joshi Herrmann

Editor’s note: Today’s story is the latest in our investigation into the University of Greater Manchester. Because it contains allegations of possible corruption involving senior figures at the university, we handed the details of what we are reporting to Greater Manchester Police on Monday evening. If you know anything that could help us, please get in touch.
How private equity took over your kid's nursery

Jan 25, 2025 | the-londoner.co.uk | Joshi Herrmann

I’m on the phone to a friend, a recent mother, talking about children’s nurseries. Specifically, we’re talking about the recent trend for nurseries across London to be snapped up by a breed of investors known as “private equity” — hard-charging capitalists known for ruthlessly maximising businesses in underperforming industries and selling the assets at a massive profit. “I personally would never send my kid to a private equity nursery, just out of principle,” she says.
Legal threats, secret helpers and my resolution for 2025

Jan 15, 2025 | manchestermill.co.uk | Joshi Herrmann

Dear Millers – 2024 is in its dog hours and the Met Office map is covered in yellow and amber (“Strong westerly winds...some travel disrupted”), so I have a captive audience for an end of year editor’s note. This is supposed to be a day when we reflect on the year just been, and I’m thinking about a weekend in the Spring when I needed help and I knew where to find it.
Elon Musk thinks there is a hidden grooming scandal in Oldham. Why can’t the police find it?

Jan 15, 2025 | manchestermill.co.uk | Joshi Herrmann

Sometimes it’s impossible to trace where an idea originated, and sometimes it’s very easy. The idea that something incredibly dark happened in Oldham – that the local authorities and police covered up the mass grooming of white girls by Asian men, and that only a public inquiry can get to the bottom of it — began six years ago, and it began with a man called Raja Miah.
Elon Musk thinks there is a hidden grooming scandal in Oldham. Why can’t the police find it?

Jan 11, 2025 | manchestermill.co.uk | Joshi Herrmann

Sometimes it’s impossible to trace where an idea originated, and sometimes it’s very easy. The idea that something incredibly dark happened in Oldham – that the local authorities and police covered up the mass grooming of white girls by Asian men, and that only a public inquiry can get to the bottom of it — began six years ago, and it began with a man called Raja Miah.
Legal threats, secret helpers and my resolution for 2025

Dec 31, 2024 | manchestermill.co.uk | Joshi Herrmann

Dear Millers – 2024 is in its dog hours and the Met Office map is covered in yellow and amber (“Strong westerly winds...some travel disrupted”), so I have a captive audience for an end of year editor’s note. This is supposed to be a day when we reflect on the year just been, and I’m thinking about a weekend in the Spring when I needed help and I knew where to find it.