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/**
* @output wp-admin/js/dashboard.js
*/
/* global pagenow, ajaxurl, postboxes, wpActiveEditor:true, ajaxWidgets */
/* global ajaxPopulateWidgets, quickPressLoad, */
window.wp = window.wp || {};
window.communityEventsData = window.communityEventsData || {};
/**
* Initializes the dashboard widget functionality.
*
* @since 2.7.0
*/
jQuery( function($) {
var welcomePanel = $( '#welcome-panel' ),
welcomePanelHide = $('#wp_welcome_panel-hide'),
updateWelcomePanel;
/**
* Saves the visibility of the welcome panel.
*
* @since 3.3.0
*
* @param {boolean} visible Should it be visible or not.
*
* @return {void}
*/
updateWelcomePanel = function( visible ) {
$.post(
ajaxurl,
{
action: 'update-welcome-panel',
visible: visible,
welcomepanelnonce: $( '#welcomepanelnonce' ).val()
},
function() {
wp.a11y.speak( wp.i18n.__( 'Screen Options updated.' ) );
}
);
};
// Unhide the welcome panel if the Welcome Option checkbox is checked.
if ( welcomePanel.hasClass('hidden') && welcomePanelHide.prop('checked') ) {
welcomePanel.removeClass('hidden');
}
// Hide the welcome panel when the dismiss button or close button is clicked.
$('.welcome-panel-close, .welcome-panel-dismiss a', welcomePanel).on( 'click', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
welcomePanel.addClass('hidden');
updateWelcomePanel( 0 );
$('#wp_welcome_panel-hide').prop('checked', false);
});
// Set welcome panel visibility based on Welcome Option checkbox value.
welcomePanelHide.on( 'click', function() {
welcomePanel.toggleClass('hidden', ! this.checked );
updateWelcomePanel( this.checked ? 1 : 0 );
});
/**
* These widgets can be populated via ajax.
*
* @since 2.7.0
*
* @type {string[]}
*
* @global
*/
window.ajaxWidgets = ['dashboard_primary'];
/**
* Triggers widget updates via Ajax.
*
* @since 2.7.0
*
* @global
*
* @param {string} el Optional. Widget to fetch or none to update all.
*
* @return {void}
*/
window.ajaxPopulateWidgets = function(el) {
/**
* Fetch the latest representation of the widget via Ajax and show it.
*
* @param {number} i Number of half-seconds to use as the timeout.
* @param {string} id ID of the element which is going to be checked for changes.
*
* @return {void}
*/
function show(i, id) {
var p, e = $('#' + id + ' div.inside:visible').find('.widget-loading');
// If the element is found in the dom, queue to load latest representation.
if ( e.length ) {
p = e.parent();
setTimeout( function(){
// Request the widget content.
p.load( ajaxurl + '?action=dashboard-widgets&widget=' + id + '&pagenow=' + pagenow, '', function() {
// Hide the parent and slide it out for visual fanciness.
p.hide().slideDown('normal', function(){
$(this).css('display', '');
});
});
}, i * 500 );
}
}
// If we have received a specific element to fetch, check if it is valid.
if ( el ) {
el = el.toString();
// If the element is available as Ajax widget, show it.
if ( $.inArray(el, ajaxWidgets) !== -1 ) {
// Show element without any delay.
show(0, el);
}
} else {
// Walk through all ajaxWidgets, loading them after each other.
$.each( ajaxWidgets, show );
}
};
// Initially populate ajax widgets.
ajaxPopulateWidgets();
// Register ajax widgets as postbox toggles.
postboxes.add_postbox_toggles(pagenow, { pbshow: ajaxPopulateWidgets } );
/**
* Control the Quick Press (Quick Draft) widget.
*
* @since 2.7.0
*
* @global
*
* @return {void}
*/
window.quickPressLoad = function() {
var act = $('#quickpost-action'), t;
// Enable the submit buttons.
$( '#quick-press .submit input[type="submit"], #quick-press .submit input[type="reset"]' ).prop( 'disabled' , false );
t = $('#quick-press').on( 'submit', function( e ) {
e.preventDefault();
// Show a spinner.
$('#dashboard_quick_press #publishing-action .spinner').show();
// Disable the submit button to prevent duplicate submissions.
$('#quick-press .submit input[type="submit"], #quick-press .submit input[type="reset"]').prop('disabled', true);
// Post the entered data to save it.
$.post( t.attr( 'action' ), t.serializeArray(), function( data ) {
// Replace the form, and prepend the published post.
$('#dashboard_quick_press .inside').html( data );
$('#quick-press').removeClass('initial-form');
quickPressLoad();
highlightLatestPost();
// Focus the title to allow for quickly drafting another post.
$('#title').trigger( 'focus' );
});
/**
* Highlights the latest post for one second.
*
* @return {void}
*/
function highlightLatestPost () {
var latestPost = $('.drafts ul li').first();
latestPost.css('background', '#fffbe5');
setTimeout(function () {
latestPost.css('background', 'none');
}, 1000);
}
} );
// Change the QuickPost action to the publish value.
$('#publish').on( 'click', function() { act.val( 'post-quickpress-publish' ); } );
$('#quick-press').on( 'click focusin', function() {
wpActiveEditor = 'content';
});
autoResizeTextarea();
};
window.quickPressLoad();
// Enable the dragging functionality of the widgets.
$( '.meta-box-sortables' ).sortable( 'option', 'containment', '#wpwrap' );
/**
* Adjust the height of the textarea based on the content.
*
* @since 3.6.0
*
* @return {void}
*/
function autoResizeTextarea() {
// When IE8 or older is used to render this document, exit.
if ( document.documentMode && document.documentMode < 9 ) {
return;
}
// Add a hidden div. We'll copy over the text from the textarea to measure its height.
$('body').append( '<div class="quick-draft-textarea-clone" style="display: none;"></div>' );
var clone = $('.quick-draft-textarea-clone'),
editor = $('#content'),
editorHeight = editor.height(),
/*
* 100px roughly accounts for browser chrome and allows the
* save draft button to show on-screen at the same time.
*/
editorMaxHeight = $(window).height() - 100;
/*
* Match up textarea and clone div as much as possible.
* Padding cannot be reliably retrieved using shorthand in all browsers.
*/
clone.css({
'font-family': editor.css('font-family'),
'font-size': editor.css('font-size'),
'line-height': editor.css('line-height'),
'padding-bottom': editor.css('paddingBottom'),
'padding-left': editor.css('paddingLeft'),
'padding-right': editor.css('paddingRight'),
'padding-top': editor.css('paddingTop'),
'white-space': 'pre-wrap',
'word-wrap': 'break-word',
'display': 'none'
});
// The 'propertychange' is used in IE < 9.
editor.on('focus input propertychange', function() {
var $this = $(this),
// Add a non-breaking space to ensure that the height of a trailing newline is
// included.
textareaContent = $this.val() + ' ',
// Add 2px to compensate for border-top & border-bottom.
cloneHeight = clone.css('width', $this.css('width')).text(textareaContent).outerHeight() + 2;
// Default to show a vertical scrollbar, if needed.
editor.css('overflow-y', 'auto');
// Only change the height if it has changed and both heights are below the max.
if ( cloneHeight === editorHeight || ( cloneHeight >= editorMaxHeight && editorHeight >= editorMaxHeight ) ) {
return;
}
/*
* Don't allow editor to exceed the height of the window.
* This is also bound in CSS to a max-height of 1300px to be extra safe.
*/
if ( cloneHeight > editorMaxHeight ) {
editorHeight = editorMaxHeight;
} else {
editorHeight = cloneHeight;
}
// Disable scrollbars because we adjust the height to the content.
editor.css('overflow', 'hidden');
$this.css('height', editorHeight + 'px');
});
}
} );
jQuery( function( $ ) {
'use strict';
var communityEventsData = window.communityEventsData,
dateI18n = wp.date.dateI18n,
format = wp.date.format,
sprintf = wp.i18n.sprintf,
__ = wp.i18n.__,
_x = wp.i18n._x,
app;
/**
* Global Community Events namespace.
*
* @since 4.8.0
*
* @memberOf wp
* @namespace wp.communityEvents
*/
app = window.wp.communityEvents = /** @lends wp.communityEvents */{
initialized: false,
model: null,
/**
* Initializes the wp.communityEvents object.
*
* @since 4.8.0
*
* @return {void}
*/
init: function() {
if ( app.initialized ) {
return;
}
var $container = $( '#community-events' );
/*
* When JavaScript is disabled, the errors container is shown, so
* that "This widget requires JavaScript" message can be seen.
*
* When JS is enabled, the container is hidden at first, and then
* revealed during the template rendering, if there actually are
* errors to show.
*
* The display indicator switches from `hide-if-js` to `aria-hidden`
* here in order to maintain consistency with all the other fields
* that key off of `aria-hidden` to determine their visibility.
* `aria-hidden` can't be used initially, because there would be no
* way to set it to false when JavaScript is disabled, which would
* prevent people from seeing the "This widget requires JavaScript"
* message.
*/
$( '.community-events-errors' )
.attr( 'aria-hidden', 'true' )
.removeClass( 'hide-if-js' );
$container.on( 'click', '.community-events-toggle-location, .community-events-cancel', app.toggleLocationForm );
/**
* Filters events based on entered location.
*
* @return {void}
*/
$container.on( 'submit', '.community-events-form', function( event ) {
var location = $( '#community-events-location' ).val().trim();
event.preventDefault();
/*
* Don't trigger a search if the search field is empty or the
* search term was made of only spaces before being trimmed.
*/
if ( ! location ) {
return;
}
app.getEvents({
location: location
});
});
if ( communityEventsData && communityEventsData.cache && communityEventsData.cache.location && communityEventsData.cache.events ) {
app.renderEventsTemplate( communityEventsData.cache, 'app' );
} else {
app.getEvents();
}
app.initialized = true;
},
/**
* Toggles the visibility of the Edit Location form.
*
* @since 4.8.0
*
* @param {event|string} action 'show' or 'hide' to specify a state;
* or an event object to flip between states.
*
* @return {void}
*/
toggleLocationForm: function( action ) {
var $toggleButton = $( '.community-events-toggle-location' ),
$cancelButton = $( '.community-events-cancel' ),
$form = $( '.community-events-form' ),
$target = $();
if ( 'object' === typeof action ) {
// The action is the event object: get the clicked element.
$target = $( action.target );
/*
* Strict comparison doesn't work in this case because sometimes
* we explicitly pass a string as value of aria-expanded and
* sometimes a boolean as the result of an evaluation.
*/
action = 'true' == $toggleButton.attr( 'aria-expanded' ) ? 'hide' : 'show';
}
if ( 'hide' === action ) {
$toggleButton.attr( 'aria-expanded', 'false' );
$cancelButton.attr( 'aria-expanded', 'false' );
$form.attr( 'aria-hidden', 'true' );
/*
* If the Cancel button has been clicked, bring the focus back
* to the toggle button so users relying on screen readers don't
* lose their place.
*/
if ( $target.hasClass( 'community-events-cancel' ) ) {
$toggleButton.trigger( 'focus' );
}
} else {
$toggleButton.attr( 'aria-expanded', 'true' );
$cancelButton.attr( 'aria-expanded', 'true' );
$form.attr( 'aria-hidden', 'false' );
}
},
/**
* Sends REST API requests to fetch events for the widget.
*
* @since 4.8.0
*
* @param {Object} requestParams REST API Request parameters object.
*
* @return {void}
*/
getEvents: function( requestParams ) {
var initiatedBy,
app = this,
$spinner = $( '.community-events-form' ).children( '.spinner' );
requestParams = requestParams || {};
requestParams._wpnonce = communityEventsData.nonce;
requestParams.timezone = window.Intl ? window.Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone : '';
initiatedBy = requestParams.location ? 'user' : 'app';
$spinner.addClass( 'is-active' );
wp.ajax.post( 'get-community-events', requestParams )
.always( function() {
$spinner.removeClass( 'is-active' );
})
.done( function( response ) {
if ( 'no_location_available' === response.error ) {
if ( requestParams.location ) {
response.unknownCity = requestParams.location;
} else {
/*
* No location was passed, which means that this was an automatic query
* based on IP, locale, and timezone. Since the user didn't initiate it,
* it should fail silently. Otherwise, the error could confuse and/or
* annoy them.
*/
delete response.error;
}
}
app.renderEventsTemplate( response, initiatedBy );
})
.fail( function() {
app.renderEventsTemplate({
'location' : false,
'events' : [],
'error' : true
}, initiatedBy );
});
},
/**
* Renders the template for the Events section of the Events & News widget.
*
* @since 4.8.0
*
* @param {Object} templateParams The various parameters that will get passed to wp.template.
* @param {string} initiatedBy 'user' to indicate that this was triggered manually by the user;
* 'app' to indicate it was triggered automatically by the app itself.
*
* @return {void}
*/
renderEventsTemplate: function( templateParams, initiatedBy ) {
var template,
elementVisibility,
$toggleButton = $( '.community-events-toggle-location' ),
$locationMessage = $( '#community-events-location-message' ),
$results = $( '.community-events-results' );
templateParams.events = app.populateDynamicEventFields(
templateParams.events,
communityEventsData.time_format
);
/*
* Hide all toggleable elements by default, to keep the logic simple.
* Otherwise, each block below would have to turn hide everything that
* could have been shown at an earlier point.
*
* The exception to that is that the .community-events container is hidden
* when the page is first loaded, because the content isn't ready yet,
* but once we've reached this point, it should always be shown.
*/
elementVisibility = {
'.community-events' : true,
'.community-events-loading' : false,
'.community-events-errors' : false,
'.community-events-error-occurred' : false,
'.community-events-could-not-locate' : false,
'#community-events-location-message' : false,
'.community-events-toggle-location' : false,
'.community-events-results' : false
};
/*
* Determine which templates should be rendered and which elements
* should be displayed.
*/
if ( templateParams.location.ip ) {
/*
* If the API determined the location by geolocating an IP, it will
* provide events, but not a specific location.
*/
$locationMessage.text( __( 'Attend an upcoming event near you.' ) );
if ( templateParams.events.length ) {
template = wp.template( 'community-events-event-list' );
$results.html( template( templateParams ) );
} else {
template = wp.template( 'community-events-no-upcoming-events' );
$results.html( template( templateParams ) );
}
elementVisibility['#community-events-location-message'] = true;
elementVisibility['.community-events-toggle-location'] = true;
elementVisibility['.community-events-results'] = true;
} else if ( templateParams.location.description ) {
template = wp.template( 'community-events-attend-event-near' );
$locationMessage.html( template( templateParams ) );
if ( templateParams.events.length ) {
template = wp.template( 'community-events-event-list' );
$results.html( template( templateParams ) );
} else {
template = wp.template( 'community-events-no-upcoming-events' );
$results.html( template( templateParams ) );
}
if ( 'user' === initiatedBy ) {
wp.a11y.speak(
sprintf(
/* translators: %s: The name of a city. */
__( 'City updated. Listing events near %s.' ),
templateParams.location.description
),
'assertive'
);
}
elementVisibility['#community-events-location-message'] = true;
elementVisibility['.community-events-toggle-location'] = true;
elementVisibility['.community-events-results'] = true;
} else if ( templateParams.unknownCity ) {
template = wp.template( 'community-events-could-not-locate' );
$( '.community-events-could-not-locate' ).html( template( templateParams ) );
wp.a11y.speak(
sprintf(
/*
* These specific examples were chosen to highlight the fact that a
* state is not needed, even for cities whose name is not unique.
* It would be too cumbersome to include that in the instructions
* to the user, so it's left as an implication.
*/
/*
* translators: %s is the name of the city we couldn't locate.
* Replace the examples with cities related to your locale. Test that
* they match the expected location and have upcoming events before
* including them. If no cities related to your locale have events,
* then use cities related to your locale that would be recognizable
* to most users. Use only the city name itself, without any region
* or country. Use the endonym (native locale name) instead of the
* English name if possible.
*/
__( 'We couldn’t locate %s. Please try another nearby city. For example: Kansas City; Springfield; Portland.' ),
templateParams.unknownCity
)
);
elementVisibility['.community-events-errors'] = true;
elementVisibility['.community-events-could-not-locate'] = true;
} else if ( templateParams.error && 'user' === initiatedBy ) {
/*
* Errors messages are only shown for requests that were initiated
* by the user, not for ones that were initiated by the app itself.
* Showing error messages for an event that user isn't aware of
* could be confusing or unnecessarily distracting.
*/
wp.a11y.speak( __( 'An error occurred. Please try again.' ) );
elementVisibility['.community-events-errors'] = true;
elementVisibility['.community-events-error-occurred'] = true;
} else {
$locationMessage.text( __( 'Enter your closest city to find nearby events.' ) );
elementVisibility['#community-events-location-message'] = true;
elementVisibility['.community-events-toggle-location'] = true;
}
// Set the visibility of toggleable elements.
_.each( elementVisibility, function( isVisible, element ) {
$( element ).attr( 'aria-hidden', ! isVisible );
});
$toggleButton.attr( 'aria-expanded', elementVisibility['.community-events-toggle-location'] );
if ( templateParams.location && ( templateParams.location.ip || templateParams.location.latitude ) ) {
// Hide the form when there's a valid location.
app.toggleLocationForm( 'hide' );
if ( 'user' === initiatedBy ) {
/*
* When the form is programmatically hidden after a user search,
* bring the focus back to the toggle button so users relying
* on screen readers don't lose their place.
*/
$toggleButton.trigger( 'focus' );
}
} else {
app.toggleLocationForm( 'show' );
}
},
/**
* Populate event fields that have to be calculated on the fly.
*
* These can't be stored in the database, because they're dependent on
* the user's current time zone, locale, etc.
*
* @since 5.5.2
*
* @param {Array} rawEvents The events that should have dynamic fields added to them.
* @param {string} timeFormat A time format acceptable by `wp.date.dateI18n()`.
*
* @returns {Array}
*/
populateDynamicEventFields: function( rawEvents, timeFormat ) {
// Clone the parameter to avoid mutating it, so that this can remain a pure function.
var populatedEvents = JSON.parse( JSON.stringify( rawEvents ) );
$.each( populatedEvents, function( index, event ) {
var timeZone = app.getTimeZone( event.start_unix_timestamp * 1000 );
event.user_formatted_date = app.getFormattedDate(
event.start_unix_timestamp * 1000,
event.end_unix_timestamp * 1000,
timeZone
);
event.user_formatted_time = dateI18n(
timeFormat,
event.start_unix_timestamp * 1000,
timeZone
);
event.timeZoneAbbreviation = app.getTimeZoneAbbreviation( event.start_unix_timestamp * 1000 );
} );
return populatedEvents;
},
/**
* Returns the user's local/browser time zone, in a form suitable for `wp.date.i18n()`.
*
* @since 5.5.2
*
* @param startTimestamp
*
* @returns {string|number}
*/
getTimeZone: function( startTimestamp ) {
/*
* Prefer a name like `Europe/Helsinki`, since that automatically tracks daylight savings. This
* doesn't need to take `startTimestamp` into account for that reason.
*/
var timeZone = Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone;
/*
* Fall back to an offset for IE11, which declares the property but doesn't assign a value.
*/
if ( 'undefined' === typeof timeZone ) {
/*
* It's important to use the _event_ time, not the _current_
* time, so that daylight savings time is accounted for.
*/
timeZone = app.getFlippedTimeZoneOffset( startTimestamp );
}
return timeZone;
},
/**
* Get intuitive time zone offset.
*
* `Data.prototype.getTimezoneOffset()` returns a positive value for time zones
* that are _behind_ UTC, and a _negative_ value for ones that are ahead.
*
* See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21102435/why-does-javascript-date-gettimezoneoffset-consider-0500-as-a-positive-off.
*
* @since 5.5.2
*
* @param {number} startTimestamp
*
* @returns {number}
*/
getFlippedTimeZoneOffset: function( startTimestamp ) {
return new Date( startTimestamp ).getTimezoneOffset() * -1;
},
/**
* Get a short time zone name, like `PST`.
*
* @since 5.5.2
*
* @param {number} startTimestamp
*
* @returns {string}
*/
getTimeZoneAbbreviation: function( startTimestamp ) {
var timeZoneAbbreviation,
eventDateTime = new Date( startTimestamp );
/*
* Leaving the `locales` argument undefined is important, so that the browser
* displays the abbreviation that's most appropriate for the current locale. For
* some that will be `UTC{+|-}{n}`, and for others it will be a code like `PST`.
*
* This doesn't need to take `startTimestamp` into account, because a name like
* `America/Chicago` automatically tracks daylight savings.
*/
var shortTimeStringParts = eventDateTime.toLocaleTimeString( undefined, { timeZoneName : 'short' } ).split( ' ' );
if ( 3 === shortTimeStringParts.length ) {
timeZoneAbbreviation = shortTimeStringParts[2];
}
if ( 'undefined' === typeof timeZoneAbbreviation ) {
/*
* It's important to use the _event_ time, not the _current_
* time, so that daylight savings time is accounted for.
*/
var timeZoneOffset = app.getFlippedTimeZoneOffset( startTimestamp ),
sign = -1 === Math.sign( timeZoneOffset ) ? '' : '+';
// translators: Used as part of a string like `GMT+5` in the Events Widget.
timeZoneAbbreviation = _x( 'GMT', 'Events widget offset prefix' ) + sign + ( timeZoneOffset / 60 );
}
return timeZoneAbbreviation;
},
/**
* Format a start/end date in the user's local time zone and locale.
*
* @since 5.5.2
*
* @param {int} startDate The Unix timestamp in milliseconds when the the event starts.
* @param {int} endDate The Unix timestamp in milliseconds when the the event ends.
* @param {string} timeZone A time zone string or offset which is parsable by `wp.date.i18n()`.
*
* @returns {string}
*/
getFormattedDate: function( startDate, endDate, timeZone ) {
var formattedDate;
/*
* The `date_format` option is not used because it's important
* in this context to keep the day of the week in the displayed date,
* so that users can tell at a glance if the event is on a day they
* are available, without having to open the link.
*
* The case of crossing a year boundary is intentionally not handled.
* It's so rare in practice that it's not worth the complexity
* tradeoff. The _ending_ year should be passed to
* `multiple_month_event`, though, just in case.
*/
/* translators: Date format for upcoming events on the dashboard. Include the day of the week. See https://www.php.net/manual/datetime.format.php */
var singleDayEvent = __( 'l, M j, Y' ),
/* translators: Date string for upcoming events. 1: Month, 2: Starting day, 3: Ending day, 4: Year. */
multipleDayEvent = __( '%1$s %2$d–%3$d, %4$d' ),
/* translators: Date string for upcoming events. 1: Starting month, 2: Starting day, 3: Ending month, 4: Ending day, 5: Ending year. */
multipleMonthEvent = __( '%1$s %2$d – %3$s %4$d, %5$d' );
// Detect single-day events.
if ( ! endDate || format( 'Y-m-d', startDate ) === format( 'Y-m-d', endDate ) ) {
formattedDate = dateI18n( singleDayEvent, startDate, timeZone );
// Multiple day events.
} else if ( format( 'Y-m', startDate ) === format( 'Y-m', endDate ) ) {
formattedDate = sprintf(
multipleDayEvent,
dateI18n( _x( 'F', 'upcoming events month format' ), startDate, timeZone ),
dateI18n( _x( 'j', 'upcoming events day format' ), startDate, timeZone ),
dateI18n( _x( 'j', 'upcoming events day format' ), endDate, timeZone ),
dateI18n( _x( 'Y', 'upcoming events year format' ), endDate, timeZone )
);
// Multi-day events that cross a month boundary.
} else {
formattedDate = sprintf(
multipleMonthEvent,
dateI18n( _x( 'F', 'upcoming events month format' ), startDate, timeZone ),
dateI18n( _x( 'j', 'upcoming events day format' ), startDate, timeZone ),
dateI18n( _x( 'F', 'upcoming events month format' ), endDate, timeZone ),
dateI18n( _x( 'j', 'upcoming events day format' ), endDate, timeZone ),
dateI18n( _x( 'Y', 'upcoming events year format' ), endDate, timeZone )
);
}
return formattedDate;
}
};
if ( $( '#dashboard_primary' ).is( ':visible' ) ) {
app.init();
} else {
$( document ).on( 'postbox-toggled', function( event, postbox ) {
var $postbox = $( postbox );
if ( 'dashboard_primary' === $postbox.attr( 'id' ) && $postbox.is( ':visible' ) ) {
app.init();
}
});
}
});
/**
* Removed in 5.6.0, needed for back-compatibility.
*
* @since 4.8.0
* @deprecated 5.6.0
*
* @type {object}
*/
window.communityEventsData.l10n = window.communityEventsData.l10n || {
enter_closest_city: '',
error_occurred_please_try_again: '',
attend_event_near_generic: '',
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Rosenblum TV: Video training, virtual workshops, classes, tutorials
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.
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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