The Michigan Association of Professional Court Reporters (MAPCR) was drawn as the winner of NCRA’s 2020 Court Reporting & Captioning Week proclamation challenge. The proclamation…
Posts published in February 2020
Jamie Winters, a legal secretary and amateur sleuth, is at it again in Death by Diamonds, the recent installment of a mystery series authored by NCRA…
The NCRA Technology Committee is taking your questions on topics surrounding realtime and technology. Send the questions you want the Technology Committee members to tackle…
NCRA A to Z® Intro to Steno Machine Shorthand program leaders, mark your calendars now and make plans to attend one of two webinars being…
NCRA’s Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the following slate of nominees for the 2020-2021 association year. The upcoming year includes nominations for president-elect, vice…
On Feb. 20, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow expressed her thanks to court reporters, saying: “It is really hard to get detailed, perfect court transcripts turned around…
QNS posted an article on Feb. 19 about Plaza College’s court reporting program being recognized in celebration of Court Reporting & Captioning Week and notes…
PBS News Hour reported on Feb. 18 that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass., has agreed to provide captions for more of its publicly…
Ana Fatima Costa wrote an article posted in LinkedIn in response to comments made about stenographers on MSNBC, “We are STENO. This is why we…
NCRA President Max Curry, RPR, CRI, responded to recent comments made by Rachel Maddow on MSNBC about the importance of court reporters. Dear Ms. Maddow…
By Kellie Smith, RPR, CRR I am an “old-fashioned stenographer.” That funny looking machine that looks like a cash register to you allows me to…
NCRA’s 2020 Court Reporting & Captioning Week, observed Feb. 8-15 by members, state associations, and schools, lived up to its theme For the love of…
Participants left the 2020 NCRA Business Summit with useful information about leadership, security, finances, body language, and the state of the court reporting industry. In…
By Kim Cherry You know what they say, everything is bigger in Texas! And that’s generally the case whether you’re talking about chicken fried steaks…
We recently asked followers of the NCRA Facebook page to tell us why they love their job, in honor of Court Reporting & Captioning Week.…
Registration opens Feb. 20 for the next Certified Legal Videographer Production Exam being held March 27-28 at NCRA’s headquarters in Reston, Va. Space is limited,…
Don’t miss out on the next virtual NCRA Town Hall, scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 22, at 10 a.m. (Eastern). NCRA President Max Curry, RPR, CRI, will…
The Queens Daily Eagle posted an article on Feb. 13 about a group of 15 nimble-fingered students from Plaza College in Queens, N.Y. The students…
The Manchester Ink reported on Feb. 11 that former NCRA member and court reporting firm owner Richard C. Guinta of Brookline, N.H., passed away on…
NCRA’s 2020 Court Reporting & Captioning Week kicked off on Feb. 8, and members, state associations, and schools report that participation is in full swing.…