Dream job alert! I always wanted to write features and thankfully I got the chance when I was a local reporter - except I also had to write 2 leads, 2 down pages, 2 NIBs, and 2 picture stories… every day. And squeeze the feature in at some point during the week. I would’ve LOVED this.
🚨 GOOD NEWS: we’re hiring staff writers in Birmingham and Glasgow 🚨
These are full time roles in which you get proper time to do quality work. You will write ~1 story per week, working with phenomenal @millmedia.bsky.social editors.
Applications close soon. Please share 🙏
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🚨🚨 We’re hiring staff writers in Glasgow and Birmingham - please tell your talented friends to apply this weekend.
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It’s been a remarkable few weeks and this morning we’ve just hit 300 pledges 👏🏼
We wanted to share some of the messages we’ve received along the way. They’ve meant a huge amount.
Huge news - The Mill now have a phone number!
Send your tips and gossip, on Whatsapp, to +44 7775 133 294.
Picture unrelated.
Launching a new newsroom is simple in theory:
If 500 people back it, we build it ⚒️
We’re working towards bringing independent journalism to West Yorkshire - and support like this from Robyn Vinter really means a lot.
Profit or non-profit? Philanthropic or market driven? How do we secure a future for great local #journalism? @joshih.bsky.social of subscription-based Mill Media debates Vahan Murugesan of Minneapolis non-profit @sahanjournal.bsky.social. 73mins. Worth every second! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfoP...
Profit or nonprofit? Competition or collaboration? @joshih.bsky.social of @manchestermill.bsky.social debates @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin on the latest Journalism 2050. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
This is such a fun piece about Spencer from @ophiraophira.bsky.social - by miles the best profile written about her. @manchestermill.bsky.social has had an exceptional by-election (with none of my involvement, I should add) 👏👏
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“There’s more shit in politics than I’ve ever found in somebody’s toilet.”
I mean that’s just a great line from Hannah The Plumber.
@manchestermill.bsky.social are cutting through all the crap at the #GortonandDenton by-election. Reporting what they see and hear first-hand. Huge respect for their unvarnished, spin-free truths | Manchester Mill | 21 February 2026:
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#HannahthePlumber
Took them an awfully long time to take this step after the posts first emerged
Profit or Nonprofit? A Debate over Journalism’s Future. @joshih.bsky.social of Mill Media and Vanan Murugesan of the Sahan Journal join @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin on this week's Journalism 2050. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Your substacks a bit rambling!! Such defamatory allegations should be challenged in the high court.
If you’re local and you want us to launch, please pledge now. We’re 33% to our target after just two days.
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You’ll get to join one of the best journalism teams in the country, do incredibly important and high-grade work and collaborate with amazing editors like @cameronbarr.bsky.social and @hkatewilliams.bsky.social.
Send him (daniel@millmediaco.uk) links to your best work, a few Mill Media-style story ideas about West Yorkshire and a bit about yourself.
🚨 It looks like we might be hiring very soon. If you’re a journalist in Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Huddersfield or Halifax - or you grew up there and want to move back - please contact @djstimms.bsky.social with haste. As soon as we hit 500 we can hire.
Oh goodness, yes please! Leeds is absolutely crying out for a @millmedia.bsky.social type newspaper. Please consider supporting...
Ooh nice
Mercury is cool. What would you call it?
No idea what this will be called but I always thought Joshua Hobson's 'Voice of the West Riding' and Baines' 'Leeds Mercury' were great newspaper names.
Yeah I read that! Wild. I will ensure ours is flooded with natural light - my plants will expect that.
Our West Yorkshire operation will not be a success until it occupies a building of this size and design.
Last time I was in Leeds, I was checking out of the children's hospital, so tired I'd forgotten how to tie a scarf.
Now I'm back! And building a tiny new team to give Leeds the incredible journalism it needs.
Read more about why we're launching a new newspaper now: leeds.ghost.io/the-case-for...
Are you in #Leeds? Do you know people in Leeds? Don’t let Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham & (FFS) London hog all the #journalism… @millmedia.bsky.social are launching a Leeds edition and are already 20% of the way to their target of 500 supporters… learn more 👇🏾
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We will try our best
We’re launching a new independent newspaper for Leeds - funded by readers.
If you want better local journalism in Leeds, this is how it starts.
👉 Pledge your support: leeds.ghost.io
And then there were seven 👀
When I first spoke to @joshih.bsky.social in 2020, he'd just launched The Mill and was thinking of setting something up in Liverpool.
Less than six years later, today we're launching our seventh title in Leeds (@leedsnewlocalpaper.bsky.social).
Sign up 👉 leeds.ghost.io
