"""This module provides the components needed to build your own __import__ function. Undocumented functions are obsolete. In most cases it is preferred you consider using the importlib module's functionality over this module. """ # (Probably) need to stay in _imp from _imp import (lock_held, acquire_lock, release_lock, get_frozen_object, is_frozen_package, init_frozen, is_builtin, is_frozen, _fix_co_filename) try: from _imp import create_dynamic except ImportError: # Platform doesn't support dynamic loading. create_dynamic = None from importlib._bootstrap import _ERR_MSG, _exec, _load, _builtin_from_name from importlib._bootstrap_external import SourcelessFileLoader from importlib import machinery from importlib import util import importlib import os import sys import tokenize import types import warnings warnings.warn("the imp module is deprecated in favour of importlib; " "see the module's documentation for alternative uses", PendingDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2) # DEPRECATED SEARCH_ERROR = 0 PY_SOURCE = 1 PY_COMPILED = 2 C_EXTENSION = 3 PY_RESOURCE = 4 PKG_DIRECTORY = 5 C_BUILTIN = 6 PY_FROZEN = 7 PY_CODERESOURCE = 8 IMP_HOOK = 9 def new_module(name): """**DEPRECATED** Create a new module. The module is not entered into sys.modules. """ return types.ModuleType(name) def get_magic(): """**DEPRECATED** Return the magic number for .pyc files. """ return util.MAGIC_NUMBER def get_tag(): """Return the magic tag for .pyc files.""" return sys.implementation.cache_tag def cache_from_source(path, debug_override=None): """**DEPRECATED** Given the path to a .py file, return the path to its .pyc file. The .py file does not need to exist; this simply returns the path to the .pyc file calculated as if the .py file were imported. If debug_override is not None, then it must be a boolean and is used in place of sys.flags.optimize. If sys.implementation.cache_tag is None then NotImplementedError is raised. """ with warnings.catch_warnings(): warnings.simplefilter('ignore') return util.cache_from_source(path, debug_override) def source_from_cache(path): """**DEPRECATED** Given the path to a .pyc. file, return the path to its .py file. The .pyc file does not need to exist; this simply returns the path to the .py file calculated to correspond to the .pyc file. If path does not conform to PEP 3147 format, ValueError will be raised. If sys.implementation.cache_tag is None then NotImplementedError is raised. """ return util.source_from_cache(path) def get_suffixes(): """**DEPRECATED**""" extensions = [(s, 'rb', C_EXTENSION) for s in machinery.EXTENSION_SUFFIXES] source = [(s, 'r', PY_SOURCE) for s in machinery.SOURCE_SUFFIXES] bytecode = [(s, 'rb', PY_COMPILED) for s in machinery.BYTECODE_SUFFIXES] return extensions + source + bytecode class NullImporter: """**DEPRECATED** Null import object. """ def __init__(self, path): if path == '': raise ImportError('empty pathname', path='') elif os.path.isdir(path): raise ImportError('existing directory', path=path) def find_module(self, fullname): """Always returns None.""" return None class _HackedGetData: """Compatibility support for 'file' arguments of various load_*() functions.""" def __init__(self, fullname, path, file=None): super().__init__(fullname, path) self.file = file def get_data(self, path): """Gross hack to contort loader to deal w/ load_*()'s bad API.""" if self.file and path == self.path: if not self.file.closed: file = self.file else: self.file = file = open(self.path, 'r') with file: # Technically should be returning bytes, but # SourceLoader.get_code() just passed what is returned to # compile() which can handle str. And converting to bytes would # require figuring out the encoding to decode to and # tokenize.detect_encoding() only accepts bytes. return file.read() else: return super().get_data(path) class _LoadSourceCompatibility(_HackedGetData, machinery.SourceFileLoader): """Compatibility support for implementing load_source().""" def load_source(name, pathname, file=None): loader = _LoadSourceCompatibility(name, pathname, file) spec = util.spec_from_file_location(name, pathname, loader=loader) if name in sys.modules: module = _exec(spec, sys.modules[name]) else: module = _load(spec) # To allow reloading to potentially work, use a non-hacked loader which # won't rely on a now-closed file object. module.__loader__ = machinery.SourceFileLoader(name, pathname) module.__spec__.loader = module.__loader__ return module class _LoadCompiledCompatibility(_HackedGetData, SourcelessFileLoader): """Compatibility support for implementing load_compiled().""" def load_compiled(name, pathname, file=None): """**DEPRECATED**""" loader = _LoadCompiledCompatibility(name, pathname, file) spec = util.spec_from_file_location(name, pathname, loader=loader) if name in sys.modules: module = _exec(spec, sys.modules[name]) else: module = _load(spec) # To allow reloading to potentially work, use a non-hacked loader which # won't rely on a now-closed file object. module.__loader__ = SourcelessFileLoader(name, pathname) module.__spec__.loader = module.__loader__ return module def load_package(name, path): """**DEPRECATED**""" if os.path.isdir(path): extensions = (machinery.SOURCE_SUFFIXES[:] + machinery.BYTECODE_SUFFIXES[:]) for extension in extensions: path = os.path.join(path, '__init__'+extension) if os.path.exists(path): break else: raise ValueError('{!r} is not a package'.format(path)) spec = util.spec_from_file_location(name, path, submodule_search_locations=[]) if name in sys.modules: return _exec(spec, sys.modules[name]) else: return _load(spec) def load_module(name, file, filename, details): """**DEPRECATED** Load a module, given information returned by find_module(). The module name must include the full package name, if any. """ suffix, mode, type_ = details if mode and (not mode.startswith(('r', 'U')) or '+' in mode): raise ValueError('invalid file open mode {!r}'.format(mode)) elif file is None and type_ in {PY_SOURCE, PY_COMPILED}: msg = 'file object required for import (type code {})'.format(type_) raise ValueError(msg) elif type_ == PY_SOURCE: return load_source(name, filename, file) elif type_ == PY_COMPILED: return load_compiled(name, filename, file) elif type_ == C_EXTENSION and load_dynamic is not None: if file is None: with open(filename, 'rb') as opened_file: return load_dynamic(name, filename, opened_file) else: return load_dynamic(name, filename, file) elif type_ == PKG_DIRECTORY: return load_package(name, filename) elif type_ == C_BUILTIN: return init_builtin(name) elif type_ == PY_FROZEN: return init_frozen(name) else: msg = "Don't know how to import {} (type code {})".format(name, type_) raise ImportError(msg, name=name) def find_module(name, path=None): """**DEPRECATED** Search for a module. If path is omitted or None, search for a built-in, frozen or special module and continue search in sys.path. The module name cannot contain '.'; to search for a submodule of a package, pass the submodule name and the package's __path__. """ if not isinstance(name, str): raise TypeError("'name' must be a str, not {}".format(type(name))) elif not isinstance(path, (type(None), list)): # Backwards-compatibility raise RuntimeError("'list' must be None or a list, " "not {}".format(type(name))) if path is None: if is_builtin(name): return None, None, ('', '', C_BUILTIN) elif is_frozen(name): return None, None, ('', '', PY_FROZEN) else: path = sys.path for entry in path: package_directory = os.path.join(entry, name) for suffix in ['.py', machinery.BYTECODE_SUFFIXES[0]]: package_file_name = '__init__' + suffix file_path = os.path.join(package_directory, package_file_name) if os.path.isfile(file_path): return None, package_directory, ('', '', PKG_DIRECTORY) for suffix, mode, type_ in get_suffixes(): file_name = name + suffix file_path = os.path.join(entry, file_name) if os.path.isfile(file_path): break else: continue break # Break out of outer loop when breaking out of inner loop. else: raise ImportError(_ERR_MSG.format(name), name=name) encoding = None if 'b' not in mode: with open(file_path, 'rb') as file: encoding = tokenize.detect_encoding(file.readline)[0] file = open(file_path, mode, encoding=encoding) return file, file_path, (suffix, mode, type_) def reload(module): """**DEPRECATED** Reload the module and return it. The module must have been successfully imported before. """ return importlib.reload(module) def init_builtin(name): """**DEPRECATED** Load and return a built-in module by name, or None is such module doesn't exist """ try: return _builtin_from_name(name) except ImportError: return None if create_dynamic: def load_dynamic(name, path, file=None): """**DEPRECATED** Load an extension module. """ import importlib.machinery loader = importlib.machinery.ExtensionFileLoader(name, path) # Issue #24748: Skip the sys.modules check in _load_module_shim; # always load new extension spec = importlib.machinery.ModuleSpec( name=name, loader=loader, origin=path) return _load(spec) else: load_dynamic = None

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