Brian DiGiovanna, RPR, began his career as a freelance reporter in 1979. In the early 1980s, he joined the New York Supreme Court as an…
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This year I have the privilege of being the Board of Directors liaison to the Teachers Community of Interest. What a great group of enthused,…
WHO’S TO BLAME? Q. How has it changed? A. Well, you could do that at one time, and then along comes the Internet, and the…
Program director of judicial reporting/broadcast captioning program at Anoka Technical College and independent captioner/CART provider. Currently resides in Dayton, Minn. MEMBER SINCE: 1985 GRADUATED FROM:…
Court reporters, captioners, CART providers, firms, court reporting schools, and vendors nationwide are gearing up to celebrate the second annual Court Reporting & Captioning Week…
At some point, every court reporting student is asked to read back everything they write, practice the challenging words and briefs in an effort to…
The Distinguished Service Award encourages and recognizes work amounting to distinguished service by individual members of NCRA for the benefit of the reporting profession. That…
A Poway High School student who has a hearing impairment recently learned that an injunction was granted that requires the Poway Unified School District to…
According to a recent article posted by the Pittsburg Tribune-Review, officials in Allegheny County, Pa., relied on sign language interpreter Danielle Filip to help deliver…
FOX News 4 in Kansas City, Mo., recently ran a story about local Girl Scout Catherine Pestinger and Project: Don’t Miss a Line, an effort…
Across the nation, plans are being finalized to mark the 2014 National Court Reporting & Captioning Week, Feb. 16 – 22, and the excitement is…
NCRA has published a document offering general information for court reporters and court reporting firms about the changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability…
The article “Speech recognition, the unreachable frontier,” published in Mobile News on Jan. 3, notes that speech recognition has not advanced as much as some…
Inspired by Nancy Varallo’s “Thirty ways to give back” post in November, we’ve highlighted ten ways you can give back to the court reporting profession.…
In a recent interview, NCRA Vice President Glyn Poage, RDR, CRR, CSR, from Helotes, Texas, discussed the skills, duties, and professional opportunities for court reporters…
Court reporters, captioners, CART providers, and court reporting schools around the country are making plans now to celebrate the 2014 National Court Reporting & Captioning…
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote in his annual report on the state of the federal judiciary that the budget cuts imposed by Congress…
NCRA member Bonita Bell was recognized in the Jan 5. Pittsburgh’s TribLive.com when she received her RMR certification. Read more.
Giving back to the profession does not require a significant investment of time or money. You might pen a simple post to your Facebook page…
Technology is aiding Superior Court Judge John Lohrmann, according to the Dec. 3 Union-Bulletin, based in Walla Walla, Wash. Lohrmann receives a realtime feed set…