Joshi Herrmann is the founder of Mill Media, a local news startup that publishes long-form stories and premium local journalism in six UK cities. The company began as a single subscriber-funded newsletter in Manchester in 2020 and has since received investment from a range of backers, including CNN chief executive Sir Mark Thompson and Cambridge economist Dame Diane Coyle. Mill Media is best known for its investigative journalism, and last year had two investigations listed for the Paul Foot Award and three at the British Journalism Awards. In the past, Joshi has reported for The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, and The London Evening Standard, and last year won a British Journalism Award.