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THE TEAM BEHIND THE PEACOCK MOCKUMENTARY TELLS ALL P H OT O : P E AC O C K STOP THE PRESSES: Domhnall Gleeson in "The Paper." PAPER CUTS 36 C I N E M O N T A G E F E A T U R E By Patrick Z. McGavin I n the Peacock comedy "The Paper," Ned Sampson (Domhnall Gleeson) is the ed- itor-in-chief at the Toledo Truth Teller, brought in to restore the paper's glorious past as he yokes together a mismatched staff of amateur reporters. The brainchild of creators and showrun- ners Greg Daniels and Michael Koman, the workplace comedy operates in the vein of Daniels' American iteration of "The Office" (2005-2013). The show adopts the same structural conceit of an intrepid documentary crew capturing the foibles and vicissitudes of disparate personalities through a casual, fly-on-the-wall vantage point. David Rogers is another connective thread linking the shows. On "The Paper," he served as a co - executive producer, directed Episode 9, and cut the pilot and two other episodes. He edited 98 episodes of "The Office." Th e o t h e r e d i to r s a re J u l i e C o h e n , who worked on Episodes 2, 5, and 10 and co-edited Episode 8 with Bradley Cheyne. Sascha Stanton-Craven cut Episodes 3, 6, and 9. Nicole Artzer worked with Rogers on Episode 7. During a recent interview, the editors discussed the joys, thrills, and discoveries of infusing the sensibility of "The Office" into new stories. CineMontage: With the pilot, what were the organizing principles for the shape and rhythm of the show? David Rogers: The mockumentary field is the same as "The Office," with the idea that it's the same documentary crew that