Ned starts slowly with his volunteer crew until Esmeralda forces an accelerated scramble for stories. Detrick and Travis, Mare and Barry, Adam and Adelola form Woodward and Bernstein teams with limited results.
The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters.