Joshi Herrmann

2 weeks 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.

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.

2 months ago | 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.

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.

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.