It could have been awkward, interviewing Hollywood bigwigs after writing a column that said their new show made me wince.

But Greg Daniels, Michael Koman and I had a great conversation this week about how their appreciation of newspapers informs “The Paper,” a spinoff of “The Office,” streaming on NBCUniversal’s Peacock.

They created and wrote “The Paper” and Daniels developed the U.S. version of “The Office.”

“The Paper” depicts the Toledo Truth Teller, a newspaper hobbled by parsimonious corporate owners. Just a few newsroom staffers are left when Ned, an idealistic new editor, arrives. How the work gets done is comical but the setting is all too realistic .

I particularly wanted to ask Daniels and Koman how they communicated the importance of local journalism and standards in th

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