A group of journalists are trying to figure out how to save their profession. Seeking inspiration, they hold a conference in Detroit, where they hope they'll find solutions in the community-based activism that's
sprouting up in that economically-devastated city.

During the conference, they hear of Time Magazine's misfire with its "Assignment Detroit" experiment. The journalists decide that if Detroit is going to help itself, that it must take control of its own
narrative, and rely less on outsiders to tell their stories.

This revelation leads them to petition Time to hand over the Detroit bureau to a group of community reporters when the assignment ends.