WKYC Channel 3 in Cleveland, Ohio, aired a story on March 30 about the opportunities available in the court reporting and captioning fields. The story…
Posts published in March 2016
The Daily World announced on March 29 that NCRA member Connie Church, RPR, CRR, CRC of Montesano, Wash., earned the nationally recognized Certified Realtime Captioner…
NCRA’s Technology Committee rounded up a group of tech-related articles that offers news on using Windows’ File History, passwords to never use, and a review…
The Worcester Telegram posted an article on March 27 that quotes Kathy Silva, RPR, CRR, a freelance reporter from Andover, Mass., and president of the…
The Cape Cod Times reported on March 25 that the Massachusetts Trial Court’s move to implement a digital recording system has court reporters fearing for…
NCRA has announced that the deadline for the discounted rates for hotel accommodations at the Caribe Hilton, San Juan, Puerto Rico, the site of the…
NCRA members representing 26 state court reporting associations met with their respective representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., March 22, the final day of…
Those interested in participating in Intersteno’s Internet Keyboarding Competition should sign up before April 10. “You can do the online contest from the comfort of…
By Michael McMorran It took Kara a year and seven months to go from starting theory to becoming a CSR in the state of Texas…
Preparation Q. Okay. Is there anything else that you did to prepare for today that we haven’t talked about? A. I got up and got…
Currently resides in: Wellsburg, W.Va. Member since: 1981 Graduated from: National Legal Secretarial School, Hagerstown, Md. Theory: Don’t remember, it’s been so long ago!…
By Tori Pittman As you may have know, Intersteno offers a way to participate in their competition from the comfort of your own home. No…
By Adam Finkel In March 2015, the Federal Communication Commission formally implemented the most exhaustive regulations on the quality of closed captioning. This was a…
Insider Louisville posted an article March 22 announcing a Cultural Accessibility Summit being hosted by the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts on March 26.…
News station WDRB, Louisville, Ky., aired a segment on March 8 showcasing its 10-year partnership with Norton Healthcare of providing realtime closed captioning to viewers. The…
By David Ward Because concentration is paramount for their job, court reporters don’t like disruptions — and that often extends to the equipment and other…
The National Committee of State Associations (NCSA) recently announced the winners of a friendly challenge the group issued to encourage state associations and individuals to…
On March 15, Adam Finkel, NCRA Director of Government Relations, submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission in response to a report filed by the…
In March, Mirabai Knight, RDR, CRR, CRC, and The Open Steno Project launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund the development of a series of games…
A blog posted March 11 by Kramm Court Reporting, San Diego, Calif., discusses the challenges court reporters sometimes face of getting the spelling of a…