NCRA is accepting Council on Approved Student Education (CASE) student scholarship applications for five awards this year. The CASE has increased the number of scholarships…
Posts published in March 2018
By Keith Lemons THE STRUGGLE IS REAL. That’s a saying for just about everything nowadays. As court reporters, we know that it is real every day, all…
Following one of the NCRA Firm Owners Executive Conferences, attendee Robin Smith decided to take steps on an idea she had earlier brushed aside. Encouraged…
Schools and students from across the country participated in NCRA’s student speed contest last month. The contest, which was part of NCRA’s Court Reporting &…
The Daily American posted an article on March 5 about the career of NCRA member Donna S. Cascio, FAPR, RDR, CMRS, from Somerset, Pa., who…
In a press release issued March 15, Brooks Court Reporting announced that it has opened a new location in Shreveport, La., that offers multiple conference…
Court Reporting & Captioning Week was celebrated at the Realtime Center for Learning (RCL) by participating in the NCRA Students’ Speed Tests. RCL has locations…
The Cypress College of Court Reporting (CCCR), Cypress, Calif., celebrated 40 years of program excellence on March 7. The program was originally designed as a…
Students and faculty at Brown College of Court Reporting (BCCR) in Atlanta, Ga., held a number of events throughout the week to celebrate 2018 Court…
By Kay Moody Many adjectives describe the typical court reporting student: busy, mature, single parent, employed, easily frustrated, second career, and self-supporting. Court reporting students…
They come from diverse backgrounds, some with no prior job experience and others with 30 or more years behind them. Court reporting students are recent…
By Kristine Wesner Growing up, college held so much promise: Pick a school and program I like, earn the degree, qualify for well-paying jobs, and…
Court reporting students may share the common desire to become professionals in their field, but each has followed a unique path to get there. They…
NCRA congratulates the winners of the Court Reporting & Captioning Week student speed contest. Of the students who passed the five-minute dictation test, three winners…
NCRA members and official court reporters from New Jersey, Argia Riggs, RDR, Lois McFadden, RDR, CRR, CRC, and Colleen Kisielewski, RMR, CRR, CRC, were featured…
Enlightening, enriching, insightful, and inspiring are just some of the adjectives representatives from 28 state court reporter associations used to describe their experiences at NCRA’s…
By Marcia Ferranto NCRA’s meeting of the Board of Directors last week marked tremendous progress as we work together toward accomplishing the mission of the…
To celebrate National Grammar Day on March 4, the JCR polled the Proofreading Advisory Council on words that surprised them. These are the words that…
Intersteno’s Internet Keyboarding Competition, held April 23 through May 9 via its website, allows steno machine writers and other keyboarders to test their skills and find out…
Dorothy Nell Bayless, of Plano, Texas, passed away on March 2. She was an Oklahoma state court reporter in the Osage and Tulsa County Court…