In October 2015, members renewed their NCRA memberships in droves, driven in part by the chance to win a Kindle Fire. The lucky winner is…
Posts published in November 2015
Huseby, a court reporting firm based in Charlotte, N.C., has instituted a program called Instant Pay for Reporters to instantly compensate court reporters, videographers, and…
Induction into the Fellows of the Academy of Professional Reporters represents the pinnacle of excellence among NCRA members who are inducted. Nominations for members for…
NCRA’s Technology Committee was sharing information on Microsoft’s Surface Book, iOS 9 features, tech myths, and Windows apps. Nancy L. Bistany, RPR, of Chicago, Ill.,…
An article posted on Nov. 5, by the Johnson City Press, reported that two unrelated capital murder cases in Carter County, Tenn., could be sent…
The fortunes of court reporters are closely linked to their primary customer: lawyers. So it’s important to consider think pieces about the current and future…
NCRA member Lois Boyle, RMR, Newport News, Va., was quoted in an article posted by the Daily Press on Nov. 8 about area theaters providing…
What do you picture when you think of NCRF’s popular partnership with the Library of Congress Veterans History Project? For NCRF staff, it’s not what…
The United Kingdom’s first captioning awareness week is to be held Nov. 9-15, according to an article posted Nov. 11 on Arts Professional.com. According to the article,…
William Price Banister, longtime owner of Salomon Reporting in Baltimore, Md., died on Oct. 30 at his retirement home in Jacksonville, Fla. Banister was 99…
Stenograph, Elmhurst, Ill., announced updates to its iCVNet realtime viewing software for the Apple iPad that allow for adjustable font sizes, in a press release…
An increasing number of NCRA members are signing up to earn hefty savings on office supplies and other items with Staples and significant savings on…
NCRA members from across the nation have been responding to the call to support the future of the court reporting and captioning profession by sponsoring…
Alice Hadden, an official from Portage, Ind., recently saw her court reporting career come full circle, a journey that started many years ago. “I freelanced…
In late October, the JCR Weekly asked participants in NCRA’s Managers email list what resources they regularly use to stay up to date on business…
On Oct. 14, the Tulsa World published the first of a three-part series about the underfunding of America’s judicial system. The article focused on how…
In September 2015, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed bill S5533-B, referred to as the CART bill, which expands provisions to enable people who are deaf or hard of…
A press release issued Oct. 28 by Midwest Litigation Services, St. Louis, Mo., announced that the company’s president and NCRA member Debbie Weaver received the…
U.S. Legal Support voted Best Court Reporting & Deposition Services Provider in Texas for sixth time
U.S. Legal Support Inc., Houston, Texas, has been named the 2015 Best Court Reporting & Deposition Provider in Houston by the Texas Lawyer magazine for…