Northern Illinois University students with hearing impairments will now be able to access closed captions of live events on campus through a university website, according…
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By Barb Harmon As worship begins, Susie Shelton puts on her headphones. She concentrates intensely while stroking keys on the stenograph machine in front of…
In late October, the North Carolina Association of Official Court Reporters attended the North Carolina Superior Court Judges Fall Conference, educating the judges on the…
The work of Kelly Schindele, RMR , CRR, is appreciated “by many,” according to a Nov. 8 article in the Wenatchee (Wash.) World. Schindele captions…
An article in the Nov. 5 National Law Journal reported that the U.S. Congress is reviewing proposed changed to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure…
NCRA’s Board of Directors addressed a number of issues when it met Nov. 8-9 in Vienna, Va. The board received updates on the Vision for…
Last week, the U.S. Senate confirmed the nominations of Tom Wheeler, who will take on the role of chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, and…
NCRA member Joyce Beauchamp, RPR, from Greenville, Wis., and her skills as an official court reporter for Kenosha County were showcased earlier this week in…
On Nov. 5, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in an effort to…
Once again, court reporters around the country will honor our nation’s wartime veterans by hosting Veterans History Project Days in recognition of the Veterans Day…
NCRA just wants to remind membership that in several states and jurisdictions around the country, today, Tuesday, Nov. 5 is Election Day. While statewide elections…
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded $266,175 each in grants to Prince Institute in Illinois, Huntington Junior College in West Virginia, Cuyahoga Community College…
A special report that highlights an expected shortage of court reporters recently aired on KIMT-TV, which serves Des Moines, Iowa, and the Twin Cities area…
Daylight saving time ends on November 3. While people who live in one of the many areas that observe DST will be setting their clocks…
The Nov./Dec. issue of DAV Magazine features an article on page 23 written by NCRA member Tracy Rae Dunlap, RMR, CRR, about NCRF’s efforts to…
Miracom, producer of the InnoCaption mobile communications app for the deaf and hard of hearing, is seeking approval from the Federal Trade Commission (FCC) to…
On July 1, the Iowa state courts sought to fill 12 court reporter positions across the state. The 12 court reporting positions had been eliminated…
The Oct. 23 TIME included an interview with White House stenographer Peggy Suntum. Suntum, who is considered a private sector employee, transcribes the president’s every…
The New York Times style guide dropped the hyphen from “email” and lowercased and closed-up “website,” according to articles in the AtlanticWire and Mashable.com. These…
Thomas M. Dunlap, a partner in Riley & Dunlap, P.C., in Fulton, Mo., wrote an article extolling the long history and importance of the official…