"""Helper class to quickly write a loop over all standard input files. Typical use is: import fileinput for line in fileinput.input(): process(line) This iterates over the lines of all files listed in sys.argv[1:], defaulting to sys.stdin if the list is empty. If a filename is '-' it is also replaced by sys.stdin. To specify an alternative list of filenames, pass it as the argument to input(). A single file name is also allowed. Functions filename(), lineno() return the filename and cumulative line number of the line that has just been read; filelineno() returns its line number in the current file; isfirstline() returns true iff the line just read is the first line of its file; isstdin() returns true iff the line was read from sys.stdin. Function nextfile() closes the current file so that the next iteration will read the first line from the next file (if any); lines not read from the file will not count towards the cumulative line count; the filename is not changed until after the first line of the next file has been read. Function close() closes the sequence. Before any lines have been read, filename() returns None and both line numbers are zero; nextfile() has no effect. After all lines have been read, filename() and the line number functions return the values pertaining to the last line read; nextfile() has no effect. All files are opened in text mode by default, you can override this by setting the mode parameter to input() or FileInput.__init__(). If an I/O error occurs during opening or reading a file, the OSError exception is raised. If sys.stdin is used more than once, the second and further use will return no lines, except perhaps for interactive use, or if it has been explicitly reset (e.g. using sys.stdin.seek(0)). Empty files are opened and immediately closed; the only time their presence in the list of filenames is noticeable at all is when the last file opened is empty. It is possible that the last line of a file doesn't end in a newline character; otherwise lines are returned including the trailing newline. Class FileInput is the implementation; its methods filename(), lineno(), fileline(), isfirstline(), isstdin(), nextfile() and close() correspond to the functions in the module. In addition it has a readline() method which returns the next input line, and a __getitem__() method which implements the sequence behavior. The sequence must be accessed in strictly sequential order; sequence access and readline() cannot be mixed. Optional in-place filtering: if the keyword argument inplace=1 is passed to input() or to the FileInput constructor, the file is moved to a backup file and standard output is directed to the input file. This makes it possible to write a filter that rewrites its input file in place. If the keyword argument backup=".<some extension>" is also given, it specifies the extension for the backup file, and the backup file remains around; by default, the extension is ".bak" and it is deleted when the output file is closed. In-place filtering is disabled when standard input is read. XXX The current implementation does not work for MS-DOS 8+3 filesystems. Performance: this module is unfortunately one of the slower ways of processing large numbers of input lines. Nevertheless, a significant speed-up has been obtained by using readlines(bufsize) instead of readline(). A new keyword argument, bufsize=N, is present on the input() function and the FileInput() class to override the default buffer size. XXX Possible additions: - optional getopt argument processing - isatty() - read(), read(size), even readlines() """ import sys, os __all__ = ["input", "close", "nextfile", "filename", "lineno", "filelineno", "isfirstline", "isstdin", "FileInput"] _state = None DEFAULT_BUFSIZE = 8*1024 def input(files=None, inplace=False, backup="", bufsize=0, mode="r", openhook=None): """Return an instance of the FileInput class, which can be iterated. The parameters are passed to the constructor of the FileInput class. The returned instance, in addition to being an iterator, keeps global state for the functions of this module,. """ global _state if _state and _state._file: raise RuntimeError("input() already active") _state = FileInput(files, inplace, backup, bufsize, mode, openhook) return _state def close(): """Close the sequence.""" global _state state = _state _state = None if state: state.close() def nextfile(): """ Close the current file so that the next iteration will read the first line from the next file (if any); lines not read from the file will not count towards the cumulative line count. The filename is not changed until after the first line of the next file has been read. Before the first line has been read, this function has no effect; it cannot be used to skip the first file. After the last line of the last file has been read, this function has no effect. """ if not _state: raise RuntimeError("no active input()") return _state.nextfile() def filename(): """ Return the name of the file currently being read. Before the first line has been read, returns None. """ if not _state: raise RuntimeError("no active input()") return _state.filename() def lineno(): """ Return the cumulative line number of the line that has just been read. Before the first line has been read, returns 0. After the last line of the last file has been read, returns the line number of that line. """ if not _state: raise RuntimeError("no active input()") return _state.lineno() def filelineno(): """ Return the line number in the current file. Before the first line has been read, returns 0. After the last line of the last file has been read, returns the line number of that line within the file. """ if not _state: raise RuntimeError("no active input()") return _state.filelineno() def fileno(): """ Return the file number of the current file. When no file is currently opened, returns -1. """ if not _state: raise RuntimeError("no active input()") return _state.fileno() def isfirstline(): """ Returns true the line just read is the first line of its file, otherwise returns false. """ if not _state: raise RuntimeError("no active input()") return _state.isfirstline() def isstdin(): """ Returns true if the last line was read from sys.stdin, otherwise returns false. """ if not _state: raise RuntimeError("no active input()") return _state.isstdin() class FileInput: """FileInput([files[, inplace[, backup[, bufsize, [, mode[, openhook]]]]]]) Class FileInput is the implementation of the module; its methods filename(), lineno(), fileline(), isfirstline(), isstdin(), fileno(), nextfile() and close() correspond to the functions of the same name in the module. In addition it has a readline() method which returns the next input line, and a __getitem__() method which implements the sequence behavior. The sequence must be accessed in strictly sequential order; random access and readline() cannot be mixed. """ def __init__(self, files=None, inplace=False, backup="", bufsize=0, mode="r", openhook=None): if isinstance(files, str): files = (files,) else: if files is None: files = sys.argv[1:] if not files: files = ('-',) else: files = tuple(files) self._files = files self._inplace = inplace self._backup = backup self._bufsize = bufsize or DEFAULT_BUFSIZE self._savestdout = None self._output = None self._filename = None self._lineno = 0 self._filelineno = 0 self._file = None self._isstdin = False self._backupfilename = None self._buffer = [] self._bufindex = 0 # restrict mode argument to reading modes if mode not in ('r', 'rU', 'U', 'rb'): raise ValueError("FileInput opening mode must be one of " "'r', 'rU', 'U' and 'rb'") if 'U' in mode: import warnings warnings.warn("'U' mode is deprecated", DeprecationWarning, 2) self._mode = mode if openhook: if inplace: raise ValueError("FileInput cannot use an opening hook in inplace mode") if not callable(openhook): raise ValueError("FileInput openhook must be callable") self._openhook = openhook def __del__(self): self.close() def close(self): try: self.nextfile() finally: self._files = () def __enter__(self): return self def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback): self.close() def __iter__(self): return self def __next__(self): try: line = self._buffer[self._bufindex] except IndexError: pass else: self._bufindex += 1 self._lineno += 1 self._filelineno += 1 return line line = self.readline() if not line: raise StopIteration return line def __getitem__(self, i): if i != self._lineno: raise RuntimeError("accessing lines out of order") try: return self.__next__() except StopIteration: raise IndexError("end of input reached") def nextfile(self): savestdout = self._savestdout self._savestdout = None if savestdout: sys.stdout = savestdout output = self._output self._output = None try: if output: output.close() finally: file = self._file self._file = None try: if file and not self._isstdin: file.close() finally: backupfilename = self._backupfilename self._backupfilename = None if backupfilename and not self._backup: try: os.unlink(backupfilename) except OSError: pass self._isstdin = False self._buffer = [] self._bufindex = 0 def readline(self): try: line = self._buffer[self._bufindex] except IndexError: pass else: self._bufindex += 1 self._lineno += 1 self._filelineno += 1 return line if not self._file: if not self._files: if 'b' in self._mode: return b'' else: return '' self._filename = self._files[0] self._files = self._files[1:] self._filelineno = 0 self._file = None self._isstdin = False self._backupfilename = 0 if self._filename == '-': self._filename = '<stdin>' if 'b' in self._mode: self._file = sys.stdin.buffer else: self._file = sys.stdin self._isstdin = True else: if self._inplace: self._backupfilename = ( self._filename + (self._backup or ".bak")) try: os.unlink(self._backupfilename) except OSError: pass # The next few lines may raise OSError os.rename(self._filename, self._backupfilename) self._file = open(self._backupfilename, self._mode) try: perm = os.fstat(self._file.fileno()).st_mode except OSError: self._output = open(self._filename, "w") else: mode = os.O_CREAT | os.O_WRONLY | os.O_TRUNC if hasattr(os, 'O_BINARY'): mode |= os.O_BINARY fd = os.open(self._filename, mode, perm) self._output = os.fdopen(fd, "w") try: if hasattr(os, 'chmod'): os.chmod(self._filename, perm) except OSError: pass self._savestdout = sys.stdout sys.stdout = self._output else: # This may raise OSError if self._openhook: self._file = self._openhook(self._filename, self._mode) else: self._file = open(self._filename, self._mode) self._buffer = self._file.readlines(self._bufsize) self._bufindex = 0 if not self._buffer: self.nextfile() # Recursive call return self.readline() def filename(self): return self._filename def lineno(self): return self._lineno def filelineno(self): return self._filelineno def fileno(self): if self._file: try: return self._file.fileno() except ValueError: return -1 else: return -1 def isfirstline(self): return self._filelineno == 1 def isstdin(self): return self._isstdin def hook_compressed(filename, mode): ext = os.path.splitext(filename)[1] if ext == '.gz': import gzip return gzip.open(filename, mode) elif ext == '.bz2': import bz2 return bz2.BZ2File(filename, mode) else: return open(filename, mode) def hook_encoded(encoding): def openhook(filename, mode): return open(filename, mode, encoding=encoding) return openhook def _test(): import getopt inplace = False backup = False opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "ib:") for o, a in opts: if o == '-i': inplace = True if o == '-b': backup = a for line in input(args, inplace=inplace, backup=backup): if line[-1:] == '\n': line = line[:-1] if line[-1:] == '\r': line = line[:-1] print("%d: %s[%d]%s %s" % (lineno(), filename(), filelineno(), isfirstline() and "*" or "", line)) print("%d: %s[%d]" % (lineno(), filename(), filelineno())) if __name__ == '__main__': _test()

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

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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.

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

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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