On the Sims 4 in base game there's no newspape

Hey DeeDeeDreamer . In base game, "Off-the-Grid" means that you do not have electricity or running water. You have to use candles or lanterns for lighting, and you have to use off-the grid appliances. If you go to build mode and search for objects by function, there's an off-the-grid category that will show you the off the grid objects (e.g. ice box, wood fire stove, off-the-grid sink). Warning: these objects do not function as well as objects connected to an electricity/water source. If you want fresh water, you have to go to a lake or river, click on a fishing sign and pick the "collect water" interaction.

There's an expansion pack called Eco Lifestyle that adds solar panels, water generators and other objects so you can have electricity and water even if you're off the grid.

In Sims 4, you don't use a newspaper to search for a job. You go to the career panel at the bottom of the screen and click the Find a Job button. Hope this helps!

DeeDeeDreamer   In addition to what BissenNess said, phones and computers usually do not work on OTG lots.  What you can do though, is travel to a community lot or visit a household that lives on a lot that doesn't have the OTG challenge active.  Phones and laptops will work then as long as stay on that lot.  Eco Lifestyle also has a generator that you can use that uses fuel.  That fuel can also be used to power some of the major appliances.  You can pay for fuel or use a bug box to make ecofriendly fuel that can be used in them as well.  One thing you have to keep in mind when you use the generator, solar panels or wind turbines is that the amount of electricity they generate is small making you use a lot of them to power a lot. 

Hope this helps.

I would so love for Sims 4 to have a toggle off or better yet a delete on those annoying smart phones.😤  However, it probably won't happen.  Oh well.😔

Many of us have said for years that they really need to bring back the newspaper. This last quarter with all of the retro/anniversary items would have been the perfect time to do it, and they didn't, so I'm not holding out a lot of hope anymore.