By Judy Stevens If any of you have heard Anissa R. Nierenberger, RPR, CRR, CRC, CRI, speak at either a state or national conference, you know…
Posts published in November 2017
By Debra J. Morris I remember the day I woke up with a spare tire. Judge Gatreaux, the judge I worked for, had a penchant…
By Ian Hardy I started covering international depositions as a legal videographer more than seventeen years ago. During the time I was living in Paris,…
While there are many attractive attributes to a career in court reporting, perhaps one of the most intriguing is the opportunity to travel abroad for…
Denver, Colo.,–based court reporting firm Stevens-Koenig Reporting announced in a press release issued Nov. 27 that it has acquired Carpenter Reporting, a full-service court reporting…
Many reporters and captioners are freelancers or small business owners, which often means working from home at least part of the time. There are many…
Determining the right health care plan can be complicated, but help is available for NCRA members. NCRA has established a relationship with Mercer Marketplace, which…
The Fresno Bee reported on Nov. 21 that NCRA member Sandy Edmonson, RDR, CRR, CRC, from Hanford, Calif., recently earned the Registered Diplomate Reporter certification.…
At the Nov. 3 NCRA Board of Directors meeting, the Board adopted the term captioners to describe any person practicing broadcast or CART captioning in…
By Cathy Rajcan Working with intelligent, pleasant adults is a joy. As a seasoned court reporter in the 1990s, I expanded my skill set to…
By Leah Willersdorf Captioning Awareness Week is an initiative of Stagetext, a registered British charity that provides theater captioning and live subtitling in cultural venues…
You’ve heard about the great things that the NCRA Legislative Boot Camp has done for the profession. You’ve read the articles, seen the pictures, and…
The Sidney Herald reported on Nov. 21 that NCRA member Emily Niles, RMR, CRR, CRC, from Bozeman, Mont., recently earned the Certified Realtime Captioner certification. The…
That’s sooooooo Portland Q. What does your wife do for a living? A. She is a baker. Q. And where does she work? A. In…
On Nov. 20, the Courier Tribune posted a photo with a caption from a Veterans History Project hosted by the Missouri Court Reporters Association. Read…
Resides: Appleton, Wis. Employment type: Official reporter Member since: 1996 Graduated from: Gateway Technical College Why did you decide to enter this profession, and how did you learn…
In a press release issued Nov. 20, Marty Herder, president of Herder and Associates, Phoenix, Ariz., offered advice to first-time deponents and the counsel that…
The latest issue of the Hearing Loss Association of America’s membership magazine features an article about the Hard-of-Hearing Heroes Project in an article authored by…
A blog on the Brooks Court Reporting website included an interview with NCRA member Dom Tursi, the creator and director of the Gallery of Shorthand.…