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Joshi Herrmann
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millmedia.bsky.social editor/founder. Interested in #localjournalism and low-stakes media drama.
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@manchestermill.bsky.social yes The Mill to my door!!
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Do consider becoming a member. It’s always a great read - and also independent local reporting is fundamental to the health of our politics and places. (I’ve been a longtime supporter and am a small investor.)
These are our six campaign pledges - the things we will do next year if we manage to add 1,000 new members. They were chosen by our readers because they’re things we believe will make Manchester better.

Share them and join the campaign 🙏

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November 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Pledge 5 is about training up the Mancunian journalists of the future. If we reach 1000 new members in this campaign, we’re going to launch a structured scheme to support and mentor a group of wannabe writers and reporters, who will learn from our team and our experiences.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Tremendous work from @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social

If you're not up to speed on the Andrew Milne story, a scandal on multiple levels, read this. Then share it with someone else. It's a shocker, and we have the Tribune to thank for making it public

www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/new-detectiv...
New: Detectives ‘reviewing’ Andrew Milne case after MP reports him to the police
Plus: Private Eye has picked up the story and a top lawyer is speaking to leaseholders he targeted
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Our first pledge was incredibly popular with Millers and we’re excited about doing it: going into schools to give young people the skills to fact check what they’re seeing online and do their own journalism.

@joshiherrmann.bsky.social wrote about it here.

manchestermill.co.uk/youll-just-s...
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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These are our six campaign pledges - the things we will do next year if we manage to add 1,000 new members. They were chosen by our readers because they’re things we believe will make Manchester better.

Share them and join the campaign 🙏

manchestermill.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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So here’s what we plan to do about it. One of our six pledges as part of our 1000 member campaign is to send our journalists into local schools to talk about misinformation. It was our most popular pledge by far
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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‘You’ll just see the shouting’: How Manchester looks through the lens of TikTok

Young people are getting their news from an app whose algorithm favours videos about violence, outrage and confrontation

via @manchestermill.bsky.social @joshiherrmann.bsky.social

manchestermill.co.uk/youll-just-s...
‘You’ll just see the shouting’: How Manchester looks through the lens of TikTok
Young people are getting their news from an app whose algorithm favours videos about violence, outrage and confrontation
manchestermill.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Go on TikTok and search 'Manchester'. What comes up? Fights on Market Street, a local creator who confronts police officers, creepy videos of women on nights out and a comedian pretending to be scared of Moss Side

This piece is about why that's a problem

manchestermill.co.uk/youll-just-s...
‘You’ll just see the shouting’: How Manchester looks through the lens of TikTok
Young people are getting their news from an app whose algorithm favours videos about violence, outrage and confrontation
manchestermill.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Breaking news: The ruling deals a blow to Donald Trump’s attempts to use the Department of Justice to punish two of his political opponents. on.ft.com/43NbWvO
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Is there a game on? Oh… I was reading this great @millmedia.bsky.social piece about the lost history of local newspapers in Manchester and environs:

manchestermill.co.uk/the-clatteri...
The clattering, chaotic, romantic world of Greater Manchester’s lost newspapers
What happens when a community loses its champion?
manchestermill.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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In August, 25,000 kilograms of ‘toxic’ tar was spilled in the Thames. Why was no-one told?

This is a saga of broken valves, anonymous whistleblowers and hundreds of undisclosed oil spills.

My investigation for @londonermag.bsky.social

www.the-londoner.co.uk/how-25-000-k...
How 25,000 kilograms of ‘toxic’ tar was spilled in the Thames
'You start to think: hang on, if that’s floating in the water, what's that giving off?'
www.the-londoner.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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What have we lost? “Something hard-to-define but powerful” writes Jack Walton. “The sense that a particular place matters; The knowledge that a group of people are going to work every day to chronicle not just any little corner of the planet, but your corner.”

manchestermill.co.uk/the-clatteri...
The clattering, chaotic, romantic world of Greater Manchester’s lost newspapers
What happens when a community loses its champion?
manchestermill.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Strong argument here for preserving the BBC, especially in a new world of AI agents telling us what we want to hear.

www.thenewworld.co.uk/jessica-ceci...
How the BBC can rebuild itself
Reeling from the Panorama crisis and with the future of its news operation threatened by AI that tells us only what we want to hear, it’s vital to have a national broadcaster that tells us what we nee...
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This is a fantastic piece - full of joy as well as the obvious sadness.
The MEN is now the only local newsroom in Greater Manchester that has more than a handful of staff reporters, but go back 25 years and it would have been one of a dozen.

Our weekend read is the tale of what’s been lost.

manchestermill.co.uk/the-clatteri...
The clattering, chaotic, romantic world of Greater Manchester’s lost newspapers
What happens when a community loses its champion?
manchestermill.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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For a limited time only: Pay what you feel for The Mill!

We're launching a campaign to get 1,000 new subscribers.

If we succeed, we'll fulfil six pledges, chosen by our readers.

Read the pledges and sign up by clicking the link below!
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
She only reads @manchestermill.bsky.social in print 🗞️
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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It’s 2031. You’re a senior official in the Cabinet Office. A respiratory pandemic has broken out in China. You crack open the Hallett Inquiry recommendations to find out what to do and learn…
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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10 more members before we hit our first 100 of the campaign!

Sign up - and pay whatever you want - here:

manchestermill.co.uk/lp-3/?referr...
November 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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If @manchestermill.bsky.social gets 1,000 new pay-what-you-want subscribers in "the next few weeks" it will make good on a bunch of pledges, the first of which is "teach fact-checking in schools" 👍
The moment has come! Our campaign is under way. Can you help?
Tell your friends about The Mill and help us fulfil six pledges to help the city
manchestermill.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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London’s unemployment rate keeps rising. We spoke to the people behind the statistics.

www.the-londoner.co.uk/there-are-a-...
'There are a lot of fake roles being posted'
London’s unemployment rate keeps rising. Here, we speak to the people behind the statistics.
www.the-londoner.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Our membership campaign is LIVE! We’re aiming for 1,000 new members in the next few weeks.

Please join - you can choose the price - and share the link to help us get there.

manchestermill.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Great to see the rise of the Mill in Manchester as a source of quality local journalism. They're running a campaign where you can subscribe for any amount - follow the link below to find out more...

manchestermill.co.uk/lp-3/?referr...
Join The Mill - Quality journalism for Greater Manchester
The Mill produces local journalism that is both informative and enjoyable to read — including investigations, culture pieces and opinionated columns about Manchester's biggest talking points.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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🚨 We've just launched our first ever membership campaign - with six pledges chosen by our readers and a 50,000-copy print edition hitting the streets.

Please share with friends - and join up! New members can choose their price.

manchestermill.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM