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"""functools.py - Tools for working with functions and callable objects
"""
# Python module wrapper for _functools C module
# to allow utilities written in Python to be added
# to the functools module.
# Written by Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>,
# Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com>,
# and Łukasz Langa <lukasz at langa.pl>.
# Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Python Software Foundation.
# See C source code for _functools credits/copyright
__all__ = ['update_wrapper', 'wraps', 'WRAPPER_ASSIGNMENTS', 'WRAPPER_UPDATES',
'total_ordering', 'cmp_to_key', 'lru_cache', 'reduce', 'partial',
'partialmethod', 'singledispatch']
try:
from _functools import reduce
except ImportError:
pass
from abc import get_cache_token
from collections import namedtuple
from types import MappingProxyType
from weakref import WeakKeyDictionary
try:
from _thread import RLock
except ImportError:
class RLock:
'Dummy reentrant lock for builds without threads'
def __enter__(self): pass
def __exit__(self, exctype, excinst, exctb): pass
################################################################################
### update_wrapper() and wraps() decorator
################################################################################
# update_wrapper() and wraps() are tools to help write
# wrapper functions that can handle naive introspection
WRAPPER_ASSIGNMENTS = ('__module__', '__name__', '__qualname__', '__doc__',
'__annotations__')
WRAPPER_UPDATES = ('__dict__',)
def update_wrapper(wrapper,
wrapped,
assigned = WRAPPER_ASSIGNMENTS,
updated = WRAPPER_UPDATES):
"""Update a wrapper function to look like the wrapped function
wrapper is the function to be updated
wrapped is the original function
assigned is a tuple naming the attributes assigned directly
from the wrapped function to the wrapper function (defaults to
functools.WRAPPER_ASSIGNMENTS)
updated is a tuple naming the attributes of the wrapper that
are updated with the corresponding attribute from the wrapped
function (defaults to functools.WRAPPER_UPDATES)
"""
for attr in assigned:
try:
value = getattr(wrapped, attr)
except AttributeError:
pass
else:
setattr(wrapper, attr, value)
for attr in updated:
getattr(wrapper, attr).update(getattr(wrapped, attr, {}))
# Issue #17482: set __wrapped__ last so we don't inadvertently copy it
# from the wrapped function when updating __dict__
wrapper.__wrapped__ = wrapped
# Return the wrapper so this can be used as a decorator via partial()
return wrapper
def wraps(wrapped,
assigned = WRAPPER_ASSIGNMENTS,
updated = WRAPPER_UPDATES):
"""Decorator factory to apply update_wrapper() to a wrapper function
Returns a decorator that invokes update_wrapper() with the decorated
function as the wrapper argument and the arguments to wraps() as the
remaining arguments. Default arguments are as for update_wrapper().
This is a convenience function to simplify applying partial() to
update_wrapper().
"""
return partial(update_wrapper, wrapped=wrapped,
assigned=assigned, updated=updated)
################################################################################
### total_ordering class decorator
################################################################################
# The total ordering functions all invoke the root magic method directly
# rather than using the corresponding operator. This avoids possible
# infinite recursion that could occur when the operator dispatch logic
# detects a NotImplemented result and then calls a reflected method.
def _gt_from_lt(self, other, NotImplemented=NotImplemented):
'Return a > b. Computed by @total_ordering from (not a < b) and (a != b).'
op_result = self.__lt__(other)
if op_result is NotImplemented:
return op_result
return not op_result and self != other
def _le_from_lt(self, other, NotImplemented=NotImplemented):
'Return a <= b. Computed by @total_ordering from (a < b) or (a == b).'
op_result = self.__lt__(other)
return op_result or self == other
def _ge_from_lt(self, other, NotImplemented=NotImplemented):
'Return a >= b. Computed by @total_ordering from (not a < b).'
op_result = self.__lt__(other)
if op_result is NotImplemented:
return op_result
return not op_result
def _ge_from_le(self, other, NotImplemented=NotImplemented):
'Return a >= b. Computed by @total_ordering from (not a <= b) or (a == b).'
op_result = self.__le__(other)
if op_result is NotImplemented:
return op_result
return not op_result or self == other
def _lt_from_le(self, other, NotImplemented=NotImplemented):
'Return a < b. Computed by @total_ordering from (a <= b) and (a != b).'
op_result = self.__le__(other)
if op_result is NotImplemented:
return op_result
return op_result and self != other
def _gt_from_le(self, other, NotImplemented=NotImplemented):
'Return a > b. Computed by @total_ordering from (not a <= b).'
op_result = self.__le__(other)
if op_result is NotImplemented:
return op_result
return not op_result
def _lt_from_gt(self, other, NotImplemented=NotImplemented):
'Return a < b. Computed by @total_ordering from (not a > b) and (a != b).'
op_result = self.__gt__(other)
if op_result is NotImplemented:
return op_result
return not op_result and self != other
def _ge_from_gt(self, other, NotImplemented=NotImplemented):
'Return a >= b. Computed by @total_ordering from (a > b) or (a == b).'
op_result = self.__gt__(other)
return op_result or self == other
def _le_from_gt(self, other, NotImplemented=NotImplemented):
'Return a <= b. Computed by @total_ordering from (not a > b).'
op_result = self.__gt__(other)
if op_result is NotImplemented:
return op_result
return not op_result
def _le_from_ge(self, other, NotImplemented=NotImplemented):
'Return a <= b. Computed by @total_ordering from (not a >= b) or (a == b).'
op_result = self.__ge__(other)
if op_result is NotImplemented:
return op_result
return not op_result or self == other
def _gt_from_ge(self, other, NotImplemented=NotImplemented):
'Return a > b. Computed by @total_ordering from (a >= b) and (a != b).'
op_result = self.__ge__(other)
if op_result is NotImplemented:
return op_result
return op_result and self != other
def _lt_from_ge(self, other, NotImplemented=NotImplemented):
'Return a < b. Computed by @total_ordering from (not a >= b).'
op_result = self.__ge__(other)
if op_result is NotImplemented:
return op_result
return not op_result
_convert = {
'__lt__': [('__gt__', _gt_from_lt),
('__le__', _le_from_lt),
('__ge__', _ge_from_lt)],
'__le__': [('__ge__', _ge_from_le),
('__lt__', _lt_from_le),
('__gt__', _gt_from_le)],
'__gt__': [('__lt__', _lt_from_gt),
('__ge__', _ge_from_gt),
('__le__', _le_from_gt)],
'__ge__': [('__le__', _le_from_ge),
('__gt__', _gt_from_ge),
('__lt__', _lt_from_ge)]
}
def total_ordering(cls):
"""Class decorator that fills in missing ordering methods"""
# Find user-defined comparisons (not those inherited from object).
roots = [op for op in _convert if getattr(cls, op, None) is not getattr(object, op, None)]
if not roots:
raise ValueError('must define at least one ordering operation: < > <= >=')
root = max(roots) # prefer __lt__ to __le__ to __gt__ to __ge__
for opname, opfunc in _convert[root]:
if opname not in roots:
opfunc.__name__ = opname
setattr(cls, opname, opfunc)
return cls
################################################################################
### cmp_to_key() function converter
################################################################################
def cmp_to_key(mycmp):
"""Convert a cmp= function into a key= function"""
class K(object):
__slots__ = ['obj']
def __init__(self, obj):
self.obj = obj
def __lt__(self, other):
return mycmp(self.obj, other.obj) < 0
def __gt__(self, other):
return mycmp(self.obj, other.obj) > 0
def __eq__(self, other):
return mycmp(self.obj, other.obj) == 0
def __le__(self, other):
return mycmp(self.obj, other.obj) <= 0
def __ge__(self, other):
return mycmp(self.obj, other.obj) >= 0
__hash__ = None
return K
try:
from _functools import cmp_to_key
except ImportError:
pass
################################################################################
### partial() argument application
################################################################################
# Purely functional, no descriptor behaviour
def partial(func, *args, **keywords):
"""New function with partial application of the given arguments
and keywords.
"""
if hasattr(func, 'func'):
args = func.args + args
tmpkw = func.keywords.copy()
tmpkw.update(keywords)
keywords = tmpkw
del tmpkw
func = func.func
def newfunc(*fargs, **fkeywords):
newkeywords = keywords.copy()
newkeywords.update(fkeywords)
return func(*(args + fargs), **newkeywords)
newfunc.func = func
newfunc.args = args
newfunc.keywords = keywords
return newfunc
try:
from _functools import partial
except ImportError:
pass
# Descriptor version
class partialmethod(object):
"""Method descriptor with partial application of the given arguments
and keywords.
Supports wrapping existing descriptors and handles non-descriptor
callables as instance methods.
"""
def __init__(self, func, *args, **keywords):
if not callable(func) and not hasattr(func, "__get__"):
raise TypeError("{!r} is not callable or a descriptor"
.format(func))
# func could be a descriptor like classmethod which isn't callable,
# so we can't inherit from partial (it verifies func is callable)
if isinstance(func, partialmethod):
# flattening is mandatory in order to place cls/self before all
# other arguments
# it's also more efficient since only one function will be called
self.func = func.func
self.args = func.args + args
self.keywords = func.keywords.copy()
self.keywords.update(keywords)
else:
self.func = func
self.args = args
self.keywords = keywords
def __repr__(self):
args = ", ".join(map(repr, self.args))
keywords = ", ".join("{}={!r}".format(k, v)
for k, v in self.keywords.items())
format_string = "{module}.{cls}({func}, {args}, {keywords})"
return format_string.format(module=self.__class__.__module__,
cls=self.__class__.__qualname__,
func=self.func,
args=args,
keywords=keywords)
def _make_unbound_method(self):
def _method(*args, **keywords):
call_keywords = self.keywords.copy()
call_keywords.update(keywords)
cls_or_self, *rest = args
call_args = (cls_or_self,) + self.args + tuple(rest)
return self.func(*call_args, **call_keywords)
_method.__isabstractmethod__ = self.__isabstractmethod__
_method._partialmethod = self
return _method
def __get__(self, obj, cls):
get = getattr(self.func, "__get__", None)
result = None
if get is not None:
new_func = get(obj, cls)
if new_func is not self.func:
# Assume __get__ returning something new indicates the
# creation of an appropriate callable
result = partial(new_func, *self.args, **self.keywords)
try:
result.__self__ = new_func.__self__
except AttributeError:
pass
if result is None:
# If the underlying descriptor didn't do anything, treat this
# like an instance method
result = self._make_unbound_method().__get__(obj, cls)
return result
@property
def __isabstractmethod__(self):
return getattr(self.func, "__isabstractmethod__", False)
################################################################################
### LRU Cache function decorator
################################################################################
_CacheInfo = namedtuple("CacheInfo", ["hits", "misses", "maxsize", "currsize"])
class _HashedSeq(list):
""" This class guarantees that hash() will be called no more than once
per element. This is important because the lru_cache() will hash
the key multiple times on a cache miss.
"""
__slots__ = 'hashvalue'
def __init__(self, tup, hash=hash):
self[:] = tup
self.hashvalue = hash(tup)
def __hash__(self):
return self.hashvalue
def _make_key(args, kwds, typed,
kwd_mark = (object(),),
fasttypes = {int, str, frozenset, type(None)},
sorted=sorted, tuple=tuple, type=type, len=len):
"""Make a cache key from optionally typed positional and keyword arguments
The key is constructed in a way that is flat as possible rather than
as a nested structure that would take more memory.
If there is only a single argument and its data type is known to cache
its hash value, then that argument is returned without a wrapper. This
saves space and improves lookup speed.
"""
key = args
if kwds:
sorted_items = sorted(kwds.items())
key += kwd_mark
for item in sorted_items:
key += item
if typed:
key += tuple(type(v) for v in args)
if kwds:
key += tuple(type(v) for k, v in sorted_items)
elif len(key) == 1 and type(key[0]) in fasttypes:
return key[0]
return _HashedSeq(key)
def lru_cache(maxsize=128, typed=False):
"""Least-recently-used cache decorator.
If *maxsize* is set to None, the LRU features are disabled and the cache
can grow without bound.
If *typed* is True, arguments of different types will be cached separately.
For example, f(3.0) and f(3) will be treated as distinct calls with
distinct results.
Arguments to the cached function must be hashable.
View the cache statistics named tuple (hits, misses, maxsize, currsize)
with f.cache_info(). Clear the cache and statistics with f.cache_clear().
Access the underlying function with f.__wrapped__.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_algorithms#Least_Recently_Used
"""
# Users should only access the lru_cache through its public API:
# cache_info, cache_clear, and f.__wrapped__
# The internals of the lru_cache are encapsulated for thread safety and
# to allow the implementation to change (including a possible C version).
# Early detection of an erroneous call to @lru_cache without any arguments
# resulting in the inner function being passed to maxsize instead of an
# integer or None.
if maxsize is not None and not isinstance(maxsize, int):
raise TypeError('Expected maxsize to be an integer or None')
def decorating_function(user_function):
wrapper = _lru_cache_wrapper(user_function, maxsize, typed, _CacheInfo)
return update_wrapper(wrapper, user_function)
return decorating_function
def _lru_cache_wrapper(user_function, maxsize, typed, _CacheInfo):
# Constants shared by all lru cache instances:
sentinel = object() # unique object used to signal cache misses
make_key = _make_key # build a key from the function arguments
PREV, NEXT, KEY, RESULT = 0, 1, 2, 3 # names for the link fields
cache = {}
hits = misses = 0
full = False
cache_get = cache.get # bound method to lookup a key or return None
lock = RLock() # because linkedlist updates aren't threadsafe
root = [] # root of the circular doubly linked list
root[:] = [root, root, None, None] # initialize by pointing to self
if maxsize == 0:
def wrapper(*args, **kwds):
# No caching -- just a statistics update after a successful call
nonlocal misses
result = user_function(*args, **kwds)
misses += 1
return result
elif maxsize is None:
def wrapper(*args, **kwds):
# Simple caching without ordering or size limit
nonlocal hits, misses
key = make_key(args, kwds, typed)
result = cache_get(key, sentinel)
if result is not sentinel:
hits += 1
return result
result = user_function(*args, **kwds)
cache[key] = result
misses += 1
return result
else:
def wrapper(*args, **kwds):
# Size limited caching that tracks accesses by recency
nonlocal root, hits, misses, full
key = make_key(args, kwds, typed)
with lock:
link = cache_get(key)
if link is not None:
# Move the link to the front of the circular queue
link_prev, link_next, _key, result = link
link_prev[NEXT] = link_next
link_next[PREV] = link_prev
last = root[PREV]
last[NEXT] = root[PREV] = link
link[PREV] = last
link[NEXT] = root
hits += 1
return result
result = user_function(*args, **kwds)
with lock:
if key in cache:
# Getting here means that this same key was added to the
# cache while the lock was released. Since the link
# update is already done, we need only return the
# computed result and update the count of misses.
pass
elif full:
# Use the old root to store the new key and result.
oldroot = root
oldroot[KEY] = key
oldroot[RESULT] = result
# Empty the oldest link and make it the new root.
# Keep a reference to the old key and old result to
# prevent their ref counts from going to zero during the
# update. That will prevent potentially arbitrary object
# clean-up code (i.e. __del__) from running while we're
# still adjusting the links.
root = oldroot[NEXT]
oldkey = root[KEY]
oldresult = root[RESULT]
root[KEY] = root[RESULT] = None
# Now update the cache dictionary.
del cache[oldkey]
# Save the potentially reentrant cache[key] assignment
# for last, after the root and links have been put in
# a consistent state.
cache[key] = oldroot
else:
# Put result in a new link at the front of the queue.
last = root[PREV]
link = [last, root, key, result]
last[NEXT] = root[PREV] = cache[key] = link
full = (len(cache) >= maxsize)
misses += 1
return result
def cache_info():
"""Report cache statistics"""
with lock:
return _CacheInfo(hits, misses, maxsize, len(cache))
def cache_clear():
"""Clear the cache and cache statistics"""
nonlocal hits, misses, full
with lock:
cache.clear()
root[:] = [root, root, None, None]
hits = misses = 0
full = False
wrapper.cache_info = cache_info
wrapper.cache_clear = cache_clear
return wrapper
try:
from _functools import _lru_cache_wrapper
except ImportError:
pass
################################################################################
### singledispatch() - single-dispatch generic function decorator
################################################################################
def _c3_merge(sequences):
"""Merges MROs in *sequences* to a single MRO using the C3 algorithm.
Adapted from http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.3/mro/.
"""
result = []
while True:
sequences = [s for s in sequences if s] # purge empty sequences
if not sequences:
return result
for s1 in sequences: # find merge candidates among seq heads
candidate = s1[0]
for s2 in sequences:
if candidate in s2[1:]:
candidate = None
break # reject the current head, it appears later
else:
break
if candidate is None:
raise RuntimeError("Inconsistent hierarchy")
result.append(candidate)
# remove the chosen candidate
for seq in sequences:
if seq[0] == candidate:
del seq[0]
def _c3_mro(cls, abcs=None):
"""Computes the method resolution order using extended C3 linearization.
If no *abcs* are given, the algorithm works exactly like the built-in C3
linearization used for method resolution.
If given, *abcs* is a list of abstract base classes that should be inserted
into the resulting MRO. Unrelated ABCs are ignored and don't end up in the
result. The algorithm inserts ABCs where their functionality is introduced,
i.e. issubclass(cls, abc) returns True for the class itself but returns
False for all its direct base classes. Implicit ABCs for a given class
(either registered or inferred from the presence of a special method like
__len__) are inserted directly after the last ABC explicitly listed in the
MRO of said class. If two implicit ABCs end up next to each other in the
resulting MRO, their ordering depends on the order of types in *abcs*.
"""
for i, base in enumerate(reversed(cls.__bases__)):
if hasattr(base, '__abstractmethods__'):
boundary = len(cls.__bases__) - i
break # Bases up to the last explicit ABC are considered first.
else:
boundary = 0
abcs = list(abcs) if abcs else []
explicit_bases = list(cls.__bases__[:boundary])
abstract_bases = []
other_bases = list(cls.__bases__[boundary:])
for base in abcs:
if issubclass(cls, base) and not any(
issubclass(b, base) for b in cls.__bases__
):
# If *cls* is the class that introduces behaviour described by
# an ABC *base*, insert said ABC to its MRO.
abstract_bases.append(base)
for base in abstract_bases:
abcs.remove(base)
explicit_c3_mros = [_c3_mro(base, abcs=abcs) for base in explicit_bases]
abstract_c3_mros = [_c3_mro(base, abcs=abcs) for base in abstract_bases]
other_c3_mros = [_c3_mro(base, abcs=abcs) for base in other_bases]
return _c3_merge(
[[cls]] +
explicit_c3_mros + abstract_c3_mros + other_c3_mros +
[explicit_bases] + [abstract_bases] + [other_bases]
)
def _compose_mro(cls, types):
"""Calculates the method resolution order for a given class *cls*.
Includes relevant abstract base classes (with their respective bases) from
the *types* iterable. Uses a modified C3 linearization algorithm.
"""
bases = set(cls.__mro__)
# Remove entries which are already present in the __mro__ or unrelated.
def is_related(typ):
return (typ not in bases and hasattr(typ, '__mro__')
and issubclass(cls, typ))
types = [n for n in types if is_related(n)]
# Remove entries which are strict bases of other entries (they will end up
# in the MRO anyway.
def is_strict_base(typ):
for other in types:
if typ != other and typ in other.__mro__:
return True
return False
types = [n for n in types if not is_strict_base(n)]
# Subclasses of the ABCs in *types* which are also implemented by
# *cls* can be used to stabilize ABC ordering.
type_set = set(types)
mro = []
for typ in types:
found = []
for sub in typ.__subclasses__():
if sub not in bases and issubclass(cls, sub):
found.append([s for s in sub.__mro__ if s in type_set])
if not found:
mro.append(typ)
continue
# Favor subclasses with the biggest number of useful bases
found.sort(key=len, reverse=True)
for sub in found:
for subcls in sub:
if subcls not in mro:
mro.append(subcls)
return _c3_mro(cls, abcs=mro)
def _find_impl(cls, registry):
"""Returns the best matching implementation from *registry* for type *cls*.
Where there is no registered implementation for a specific type, its method
resolution order is used to find a more generic implementation.
Note: if *registry* does not contain an implementation for the base
*object* type, this function may return None.
"""
mro = _compose_mro(cls, registry.keys())
match = None
for t in mro:
if match is not None:
# If *match* is an implicit ABC but there is another unrelated,
# equally matching implicit ABC, refuse the temptation to guess.
if (t in registry and t not in cls.__mro__
and match not in cls.__mro__
and not issubclass(match, t)):
raise RuntimeError("Ambiguous dispatch: {} or {}".format(
match, t))
break
if t in registry:
match = t
return registry.get(match)
def singledispatch(func):
"""Single-dispatch generic function decorator.
Transforms a function into a generic function, which can have different
behaviours depending upon the type of its first argument. The decorated
function acts as the default implementation, and additional
implementations can be registered using the register() attribute of the
generic function.
"""
registry = {}
dispatch_cache = WeakKeyDictionary()
cache_token = None
def dispatch(cls):
"""generic_func.dispatch(cls) -> <function implementation>
Runs the dispatch algorithm to return the best available implementation
for the given *cls* registered on *generic_func*.
"""
nonlocal cache_token
if cache_token is not None:
current_token = get_cache_token()
if cache_token != current_token:
dispatch_cache.clear()
cache_token = current_token
try:
impl = dispatch_cache[cls]
except KeyError:
try:
impl = registry[cls]
except KeyError:
impl = _find_impl(cls, registry)
dispatch_cache[cls] = impl
return impl
def register(cls, func=None):
"""generic_func.register(cls, func) -> func
Registers a new implementation for the given *cls* on a *generic_func*.
"""
nonlocal cache_token
if func is None:
return lambda f: register(cls, f)
registry[cls] = func
if cache_token is None and hasattr(cls, '__abstractmethods__'):
cache_token = get_cache_token()
dispatch_cache.clear()
return func
def wrapper(*args, **kw):
return dispatch(args[0].__class__)(*args, **kw)
registry[object] = func
wrapper.register = register
wrapper.dispatch = dispatch
wrapper.registry = MappingProxyType(registry)
wrapper._clear_cache = dispatch_cache.clear
update_wrapper(wrapper, func)
return wrapper
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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