"""Utilities needed to emulate Python's interactive interpreter. """ # Inspired by similar code by Jeff Epler and Fredrik Lundh. import sys import traceback import argparse from codeop import CommandCompiler, compile_command __all__ = ["InteractiveInterpreter", "InteractiveConsole", "interact", "compile_command"] class InteractiveInterpreter: """Base class for InteractiveConsole. This class deals with parsing and interpreter state (the user's namespace); it doesn't deal with input buffering or prompting or input file naming (the filename is always passed in explicitly). """ def __init__(self, locals=None): """Constructor. The optional 'locals' argument specifies the dictionary in which code will be executed; it defaults to a newly created dictionary with key "__name__" set to "__console__" and key "__doc__" set to None. """ if locals is None: locals = {"__name__": "__console__", "__doc__": None} self.locals = locals self.compile = CommandCompiler() def runsource(self, source, filename="<input>", symbol="single"): """Compile and run some source in the interpreter. Arguments are as for compile_command(). One several things can happen: 1) The input is incorrect; compile_command() raised an exception (SyntaxError or OverflowError). A syntax traceback will be printed by calling the showsyntaxerror() method. 2) The input is incomplete, and more input is required; compile_command() returned None. Nothing happens. 3) The input is complete; compile_command() returned a code object. The code is executed by calling self.runcode() (which also handles run-time exceptions, except for SystemExit). The return value is True in case 2, False in the other cases (unless an exception is raised). The return value can be used to decide whether to use sys.ps1 or sys.ps2 to prompt the next line. """ try: code = self.compile(source, filename, symbol) except (OverflowError, SyntaxError, ValueError): # Case 1 self.showsyntaxerror(filename) return False if code is None: # Case 2 return True # Case 3 self.runcode(code) return False def runcode(self, code): """Execute a code object. When an exception occurs, self.showtraceback() is called to display a traceback. All exceptions are caught except SystemExit, which is reraised. A note about KeyboardInterrupt: this exception may occur elsewhere in this code, and may not always be caught. The caller should be prepared to deal with it. """ try: exec(code, self.locals) except SystemExit: raise except: self.showtraceback() def showsyntaxerror(self, filename=None): """Display the syntax error that just occurred. This doesn't display a stack trace because there isn't one. If a filename is given, it is stuffed in the exception instead of what was there before (because Python's parser always uses "<string>" when reading from a string). The output is written by self.write(), below. """ type, value, tb = sys.exc_info() sys.last_type = type sys.last_value = value sys.last_traceback = tb if filename and type is SyntaxError: # Work hard to stuff the correct filename in the exception try: msg, (dummy_filename, lineno, offset, line) = value.args except ValueError: # Not the format we expect; leave it alone pass else: # Stuff in the right filename value = SyntaxError(msg, (filename, lineno, offset, line)) sys.last_value = value if sys.excepthook is sys.__excepthook__: lines = traceback.format_exception_only(type, value) self.write(''.join(lines)) else: # If someone has set sys.excepthook, we let that take precedence # over self.write sys.excepthook(type, value, tb) def showtraceback(self): """Display the exception that just occurred. We remove the first stack item because it is our own code. The output is written by self.write(), below. """ sys.last_type, sys.last_value, last_tb = ei = sys.exc_info() sys.last_traceback = last_tb try: lines = traceback.format_exception(ei[0], ei[1], last_tb.tb_next) if sys.excepthook is sys.__excepthook__: self.write(''.join(lines)) else: # If someone has set sys.excepthook, we let that take precedence # over self.write sys.excepthook(ei[0], ei[1], last_tb) finally: last_tb = ei = None def write(self, data): """Write a string. The base implementation writes to sys.stderr; a subclass may replace this with a different implementation. """ sys.stderr.write(data) class InteractiveConsole(InteractiveInterpreter): """Closely emulate the behavior of the interactive Python interpreter. This class builds on InteractiveInterpreter and adds prompting using the familiar sys.ps1 and sys.ps2, and input buffering. """ def __init__(self, locals=None, filename="<console>"): """Constructor. The optional locals argument will be passed to the InteractiveInterpreter base class. The optional filename argument should specify the (file)name of the input stream; it will show up in tracebacks. """ InteractiveInterpreter.__init__(self, locals) self.filename = filename self.resetbuffer() def resetbuffer(self): """Reset the input buffer.""" self.buffer = [] def interact(self, banner=None): """Closely emulate the interactive Python console. The optional banner argument specifies the banner to print before the first interaction; by default it prints a banner similar to the one printed by the real Python interpreter, followed by the current class name in parentheses (so as not to confuse this with the real interpreter -- since it's so close!). """ try: sys.ps1 except AttributeError: sys.ps1 = ">>> " try: sys.ps2 except AttributeError: sys.ps2 = "... " cprt = 'Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.' if banner is None: self.write("Python %s on %s\n%s\n(%s)\n" % (sys.version, sys.platform, cprt, self.__class__.__name__)) elif banner: self.write("%s\n" % str(banner)) more = 0 while 1: try: if more: prompt = sys.ps2 else: prompt = sys.ps1 try: line = self.raw_input(prompt) except EOFError: self.write("\n") break else: more = self.push(line) except KeyboardInterrupt: self.write("\nKeyboardInterrupt\n") self.resetbuffer() more = 0 def push(self, line): """Push a line to the interpreter. The line should not have a trailing newline; it may have internal newlines. The line is appended to a buffer and the interpreter's runsource() method is called with the concatenated contents of the buffer as source. If this indicates that the command was executed or invalid, the buffer is reset; otherwise, the command is incomplete, and the buffer is left as it was after the line was appended. The return value is 1 if more input is required, 0 if the line was dealt with in some way (this is the same as runsource()). """ self.buffer.append(line) source = "\n".join(self.buffer) more = self.runsource(source, self.filename) if not more: self.resetbuffer() return more def raw_input(self, prompt=""): """Write a prompt and read a line. The returned line does not include the trailing newline. When the user enters the EOF key sequence, EOFError is raised. The base implementation uses the built-in function input(); a subclass may replace this with a different implementation. """ return input(prompt) def interact(banner=None, readfunc=None, local=None): """Closely emulate the interactive Python interpreter. This is a backwards compatible interface to the InteractiveConsole class. When readfunc is not specified, it attempts to import the readline module to enable GNU readline if it is available. Arguments (all optional, all default to None): banner -- passed to InteractiveConsole.interact() readfunc -- if not None, replaces InteractiveConsole.raw_input() local -- passed to InteractiveInterpreter.__init__() """ console = InteractiveConsole(local) if readfunc is not None: console.raw_input = readfunc else: try: import readline except ImportError: pass console.interact(banner) if __name__ == "__main__": parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument('-q', action='store_true', help="don't print version and copyright messages") args = parser.parse_args() if args.q or sys.flags.quiet: banner = '' else: banner = None interact(banner)

RE-INVENTING THE TELEVISION NEWS BUSINESS*

A revolution in video storytelling

Creating entirely new & cost-effective production methods

From the world leaders in video production training and the creators of Character Driven Storytelling™

*and every other business that uses video

WHAT WE DO

Over the past 35 years, we have designed, built or restructured some of the most powerful news and journalism companies in the world.

We replace the traditional TV news ‘crew’ with one highly trained journalist, working alone with nothing but an iPhone.

No more TV news ‘crews’, no editors and no field producers.

This is television news done the way newspaper journalism is done – one reporter with their electronic pad and pencil.

In doing this, we can cut the cost of production by as much as 75% while increasing ratings and audience engagement.

In the place of conventional TV news ‘packages’ – ie, reporter stand up, interview, b-roll, man on the street, we marry great journalism with Netflix and Hollywood storytelling.

It’s a combination that works.

We have taken most of our clients to #1 in their respective markets.

And it’s not just for news. Any company, any profit, any NGO and anyone else who is online needs to tell their story in compelling yet cost-effective video. We can teach you to do that. Either in person or virtually.

EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE CAN TEACH YOUR STAFF TO PRODUCE

ITAY HOD

Itay Hod, MMJ with KPIX/CBS in San Francisco, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2018.

Because he works alone, with only an iPhone, he was able to embed himself with a homeless family.

Here’s the story he produced in a one-day turn.

KIET DO

Kiet Do, an MMJ with KPIX/CBS in San Francisco, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2021.

Here is a story he produced, all on his own, with only an iPhone and in a one-day turn.

TAYLOR SCHAUB

Taylor Schaub, an MMJ with Spectrum News 1 in LA, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2023.

Here is a story he turned in only one day, using only an iPhone. It was the first video story he ever did and it was nominated for an Emmy.

THE BOOTCAMP

How do we convert stations and whole networks to working in this way?

Since 1988, we have run intensive 5-Day Video Storytelling Bootcamps

We have done these all over the world.

These are hands-on bootcamps, and participants learn an entirely new way of creating TV news stories.

-We shoot at a 3:1 ratio or lower, so turnaround times are fast.

-We go directly from camera to timelilne and edit – no written scripts. We work in the medium of pictures and sound.

-We are entirely character-driven.

-We are driven by pictures and real events.

-We are focused almost entirely on ’the viewer experience’.

Since 1988, more than 70,000 journalists around the world have taken our bootcamps, either in person on virtualy.

Case Studies

CBS News

We have started to work with CBS News, bringing our ideas of character-driven storytelling to one of the most successful and biggest networks in the United States. Since beginning to work with them ratings have climbed and more importantly, audience engagement is through the ceiling.

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New York Times Television

We started New York Times Television in 1990 and it was the first paper to be brought into the world of TV. It quickly became one of the most successful non-fiction production companies in the United States. The series and documentaries we produced won many awards including multiple Emmys.

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The BBC

We have been working with the BBC since the year 2000 helping to convert their national news network to our visual storytelling technique. Most recently we have trained teams from their sports, documentaries, and comedy divisions to make character-driven stories using only smartphones.

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Spectrum News

For the past five years we have worked with Spectrum News to introduce and train their journalists on visual, character driven storytelling using smartphones helping to create a different kind of local news for their network of 24-Hour News Stations across the United States.

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The United Nations

In 2006, we were approached by the United Nations. Rather than rely on news outlets, it would be much easier to train the field operatives to produce their own stories. We spent two years working with the UN, training more than 100 of their staff in bootcamps in Geneva and Nairobi.

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The Newark Star-Ledger

We trained 50 print reporters at the paper to shoot and tell their own stories, in conjunction with their print work. We built a TV newsroom in their existing print newsroom – you could not ask for a better set and they began to live stream their stories in conjunction with their print work.

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Mcgraw Hill

We spent two years with McGraw Hill, training more than 150 of their staffers, making them completely video literate. McGraw/Hill media properties we transit included Business Week, Aviation Week, (what was the name of the architecture magazine), and JD Power and Associates.

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Voice of America

In 1990, we were approached by The Voice of America, the official broadcasting agency for the United States Government. When we met with VOA, they were only a short wave radio broadcaster, but working with them, we took them into television, launching VOA-TV.

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Oyster Yachts

British based Oyster Yachts makes some of the finest yachts in the world. Like every other company, they had to find a way to feed the never-ending video demands of social media – sites like Instagram and TikTok. We trained the Oyster staff to tell their own stories, using only iPhones.

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Scottish Environmental Protection Agency

We were approached by SEPA, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency because they had to continually find a way to ‘feed the media beast’. The result was that SEPA was able to tell their own stories, whenever they wanted, and at almost no additional cost.

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Michael on Media

Michael Rosenblum has been writing about the media since 1988. His work and ideas have appeared in The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Ilkeston Life and many other publications.

He has been blogging regularly for the past 35 years on this subject. Having taught media studies at Columbia University, NYU and now the University of Oxford, he is considered an expert on this subject.

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RE-INVENTING THE TELEVISION NEWS BUSINESS*

A revolution in video storytelling

Creating entirely new & cost-effective production methods

From the world leaders in video production training and the creators of Character Driven Storytelling™

*and every other business that uses video

WHAT WE DO

Over the past 35 years, we have designed, built or restructured some of the most powerful news and journalism companies in the world.

We replace the traditional TV news ‘crew’ with one highly trained journalist, working alone with nothing but an iPhone.

No more TV news ‘crews’, no editors and no field producers.

This is television news done the way newspaper journalism is done – one reporter with their electronic pad and pencil.

In doing this, we can cut the cost of production by as much as 75% while increasing ratings and audience engagement.

In the place of conventional TV news ‘packages’ – ie, reporter stand up, interview, b-roll, man on the street, we marry great journalism with Netflix and Hollywood storytelling.

It’s a combination that works.

We have taken most of our clients to #1 in their respective markets.

And it’s not just for news. Any company, any profit, any NGO and anyone else who is online needs to tell their story in compelling yet cost-effective video. We can teach you to do that. Either in person or virtually.

EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE CAN TEACH YOUR STAFF TO PRODUCE

ITAY HOD

Itay Hod, MMJ with KPIX/CBS in San Francisco, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2018.

Because he works alone, with only an iPhone, he was able to embed himself with a homeless family.

Here’s the story he produced in a one-day turn.

KIET DO

Kiet Do, an MMJ with KPIX/CBS in San Francisco, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2021.

Here is a story he produced, all on his own, with only an iPhone and in a one-day turn.

TAYLOR SCHAUB

Taylor Schaub, an MMJ with Spectrum News 1 in LA, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2023.

Here is a story he turned in only one day, using only an iPhone. It was the first video story he ever did and it was nominated for an Emmy.

THE BOOTCAMP

How do we convert stations and whole networks to working in this way?

Since 1988, we have run intensive 5-Day Video Storytelling Bootcamps

We have done these all over the world.

These are hands-on bootcamps, and participants learn an entirely new way of creating TV news stories.

-We shoot at a 3:1 ratio or lower, so turnaround times are fast.

-We go directly from camera to timelilne and edit – no written scripts. We work in the medium of pictures and sound.

-We are entirely character-driven.

-We are driven by pictures and real events.

-We are focused almost entirely on ’the viewer experience’.

Since 1988, more than 70,000 journalists around the world have taken our bootcamps, either in person on virtualy.

Case Studies

CBS News

New York Times Television

The BBC

Spectrum News

The United Nations

The Newark Star-Ledger

Mcgraw Hill

Voice of America

Oyster Yachts

Scottish Environmental Protection Agency

Michael on Media