"""Utilities for with-statement contexts. See PEP 343.""" import sys from collections import deque from functools import wraps __all__ = ["contextmanager", "closing", "ContextDecorator", "ExitStack", "redirect_stdout", "redirect_stderr", "suppress"] class ContextDecorator(object): "A base class or mixin that enables context managers to work as decorators." def _recreate_cm(self): """Return a recreated instance of self. Allows an otherwise one-shot context manager like _GeneratorContextManager to support use as a decorator via implicit recreation. This is a private interface just for _GeneratorContextManager. See issue #11647 for details. """ return self def __call__(self, func): @wraps(func) def inner(*args, **kwds): with self._recreate_cm(): return func(*args, **kwds) return inner class _GeneratorContextManager(ContextDecorator): """Helper for @contextmanager decorator.""" def __init__(self, func, args, kwds): self.gen = func(*args, **kwds) self.func, self.args, self.kwds = func, args, kwds # Issue 19330: ensure context manager instances have good docstrings doc = getattr(func, "__doc__", None) if doc is None: doc = type(self).__doc__ self.__doc__ = doc # Unfortunately, this still doesn't provide good help output when # inspecting the created context manager instances, since pydoc # currently bypasses the instance docstring and shows the docstring # for the class instead. # See http://bugs.python.org/issue19404 for more details. def _recreate_cm(self): # _GCM instances are one-shot context managers, so the # CM must be recreated each time a decorated function is # called return self.__class__(self.func, self.args, self.kwds) def __enter__(self): try: return next(self.gen) except StopIteration: raise RuntimeError("generator didn't yield") from None def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback): if type is None: try: next(self.gen) except StopIteration: return else: raise RuntimeError("generator didn't stop") else: if value is None: # Need to force instantiation so we can reliably # tell if we get the same exception back value = type() try: self.gen.throw(type, value, traceback) raise RuntimeError("generator didn't stop after throw()") except StopIteration as exc: # Suppress StopIteration *unless* it's the same exception that # was passed to throw(). This prevents a StopIteration # raised inside the "with" statement from being suppressed. return exc is not value except RuntimeError as exc: # Likewise, avoid suppressing if a StopIteration exception # was passed to throw() and later wrapped into a RuntimeError # (see PEP 479). if exc.__cause__ is value: return False raise except: # only re-raise if it's *not* the exception that was # passed to throw(), because __exit__() must not raise # an exception unless __exit__() itself failed. But throw() # has to raise the exception to signal propagation, so this # fixes the impedance mismatch between the throw() protocol # and the __exit__() protocol. # if sys.exc_info()[1] is not value: raise def contextmanager(func): """@contextmanager decorator. Typical usage: @contextmanager def some_generator(<arguments>): <setup> try: yield <value> finally: <cleanup> This makes this: with some_generator(<arguments>) as <variable>: <body> equivalent to this: <setup> try: <variable> = <value> <body> finally: <cleanup> """ @wraps(func) def helper(*args, **kwds): return _GeneratorContextManager(func, args, kwds) return helper class closing(object): """Context to automatically close something at the end of a block. Code like this: with closing(<module>.open(<arguments>)) as f: <block> is equivalent to this: f = <module>.open(<arguments>) try: <block> finally: f.close() """ def __init__(self, thing): self.thing = thing def __enter__(self): return self.thing def __exit__(self, *exc_info): self.thing.close() class _RedirectStream: _stream = None def __init__(self, new_target): self._new_target = new_target # We use a list of old targets to make this CM re-entrant self._old_targets = [] def __enter__(self): self._old_targets.append(getattr(sys, self._stream)) setattr(sys, self._stream, self._new_target) return self._new_target def __exit__(self, exctype, excinst, exctb): setattr(sys, self._stream, self._old_targets.pop()) class redirect_stdout(_RedirectStream): """Context manager for temporarily redirecting stdout to another file. # How to send help() to stderr with redirect_stdout(sys.stderr): help(dir) # How to write help() to a file with open('help.txt', 'w') as f: with redirect_stdout(f): help(pow) """ _stream = "stdout" class redirect_stderr(_RedirectStream): """Context manager for temporarily redirecting stderr to another file.""" _stream = "stderr" class suppress: """Context manager to suppress specified exceptions After the exception is suppressed, execution proceeds with the next statement following the with statement. with suppress(FileNotFoundError): os.remove(somefile) # Execution still resumes here if the file was already removed """ def __init__(self, *exceptions): self._exceptions = exceptions def __enter__(self): pass def __exit__(self, exctype, excinst, exctb): # Unlike isinstance and issubclass, CPython exception handling # currently only looks at the concrete type hierarchy (ignoring # the instance and subclass checking hooks). While Guido considers # that a bug rather than a feature, it's a fairly hard one to fix # due to various internal implementation details. suppress provides # the simpler issubclass based semantics, rather than trying to # exactly reproduce the limitations of the CPython interpreter. # # See http://bugs.python.org/issue12029 for more details return exctype is not None and issubclass(exctype, self._exceptions) # Inspired by discussions on http://bugs.python.org/issue13585 class ExitStack(object): """Context manager for dynamic management of a stack of exit callbacks For example: with ExitStack() as stack: files = [stack.enter_context(open(fname)) for fname in filenames] # All opened files will automatically be closed at the end of # the with statement, even if attempts to open files later # in the list raise an exception """ def __init__(self): self._exit_callbacks = deque() def pop_all(self): """Preserve the context stack by transferring it to a new instance""" new_stack = type(self)() new_stack._exit_callbacks = self._exit_callbacks self._exit_callbacks = deque() return new_stack def _push_cm_exit(self, cm, cm_exit): """Helper to correctly register callbacks to __exit__ methods""" def _exit_wrapper(*exc_details): return cm_exit(cm, *exc_details) _exit_wrapper.__self__ = cm self.push(_exit_wrapper) def push(self, exit): """Registers a callback with the standard __exit__ method signature Can suppress exceptions the same way __exit__ methods can. Also accepts any object with an __exit__ method (registering a call to the method instead of the object itself) """ # We use an unbound method rather than a bound method to follow # the standard lookup behaviour for special methods _cb_type = type(exit) try: exit_method = _cb_type.__exit__ except AttributeError: # Not a context manager, so assume its a callable self._exit_callbacks.append(exit) else: self._push_cm_exit(exit, exit_method) return exit # Allow use as a decorator def callback(self, callback, *args, **kwds): """Registers an arbitrary callback and arguments. Cannot suppress exceptions. """ def _exit_wrapper(exc_type, exc, tb): callback(*args, **kwds) # We changed the signature, so using @wraps is not appropriate, but # setting __wrapped__ may still help with introspection _exit_wrapper.__wrapped__ = callback self.push(_exit_wrapper) return callback # Allow use as a decorator def enter_context(self, cm): """Enters the supplied context manager If successful, also pushes its __exit__ method as a callback and returns the result of the __enter__ method. """ # We look up the special methods on the type to match the with statement _cm_type = type(cm) _exit = _cm_type.__exit__ result = _cm_type.__enter__(cm) self._push_cm_exit(cm, _exit) return result def close(self): """Immediately unwind the context stack""" self.__exit__(None, None, None) def __enter__(self): return self def __exit__(self, *exc_details): received_exc = exc_details[0] is not None # We manipulate the exception state so it behaves as though # we were actually nesting multiple with statements frame_exc = sys.exc_info()[1] def _fix_exception_context(new_exc, old_exc): # Context may not be correct, so find the end of the chain while 1: exc_context = new_exc.__context__ if exc_context is old_exc: # Context is already set correctly (see issue 20317) return if exc_context is None or exc_context is frame_exc: break new_exc = exc_context # Change the end of the chain to point to the exception # we expect it to reference new_exc.__context__ = old_exc # Callbacks are invoked in LIFO order to match the behaviour of # nested context managers suppressed_exc = False pending_raise = False while self._exit_callbacks: cb = self._exit_callbacks.pop() try: if cb(*exc_details): suppressed_exc = True pending_raise = False exc_details = (None, None, None) except: new_exc_details = sys.exc_info() # simulate the stack of exceptions by setting the context _fix_exception_context(new_exc_details[1], exc_details[1]) pending_raise = True exc_details = new_exc_details if pending_raise: try: # bare "raise exc_details[1]" replaces our carefully # set-up context fixed_ctx = exc_details[1].__context__ raise exc_details[1] except BaseException: exc_details[1].__context__ = fixed_ctx raise return received_exc and suppressed_exc

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