By Carol Studenmund I live in Portland, Ore., and I am one of the owners of LNS Court Reporting and LNS Captioning along with Robin…
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Rep. Ron Kind of Wisconsin and Rep. Rodney Davis of Illinois introduced bipartisan legislation on Dec. 6 that will reauthorize a grant program to encourage…
By Debbie Dibble After a career full of unusual cases, including surfers in New Zealand, terrorists in the Philippines, and Saudi princes in Grand Cayman,…
Cynthia Hinds, CRC, a captioner from Mabank, Texas, recently posted the following on Facebook about an experience she had during a captioning job: One of…
Albuquerque, N.M., businesses will now face a fine if they don’t turn on the closed captioning on any TV that is open to public viewing,…
Channel KRQE, Albuquerque, N.M., reported on Nov. 6 that a new proposed city ordinance, which calls for closed captioning to appear on any TV that…
NCRA members Carol Studenmund, FAPR, RDR, CRR, CRC, Portland, Ore.; Karen Yates, FAPR, RPR, CRR, CRC, Minden, Nev.; and Kelly Linkowski, RPR, CRR, CRC, CPE,…
Jocelynn Moore from NCRA’s Government Relations department attended the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Disability Advisory Committee meeting Sept. 24 in Washington D.C., on behalf of…
When Wendy Osmond, CRC, was captioning a recent tech conference, she was surprised when the speaker addressed her directly. Almost as surprised as the attendees,…
Tiffany Nicole Headley is a CART provider/court reporter in Deatsville, Ala. She and her husband have three sons. Evan, the oldest, is living in Mobile,…
Isaiah Roberts, RPR, Magnolia, Ill., recently posted this in the Facebook group “Encouraging Court Reporting Students.” Students,So many times I see you guys asking the…
By Shawn Condon ”My journey has taken me through the initial desire for a new career, the well-documented highs and lows of completing a rigorous…
A recent story in TheJCR.com highlighted NCRA member Taleesa Smith, RPR, an official court reporter from Hamilton County, Ohio. She found herself reporting a sentencing…
Katharine and Petruchio’s story was available in a different way for the first time at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival recently. NCRA member Anissa Nierenberger, RPR,…
NCRA member Lisa Johnston, RMR, CRR, CRC, casts off ties in Melbourne, Fla., every year to travel across the United States with her husband. Rather…
By Heidi Renner When Isaiah Roberts, RPR, Magnolia, Ill., thought he wrote the word lemon while captioning Ariana Grande’s performance at Coachella, he was a…
Below is the ninth in a series of monthly featured words to help captioners build their dictionaries and knowledge. The words for this series are…
Below is the eighth in a series of monthly featured words to help captioners build their dictionaries and knowledge. The words for this series are…
The State Journal Register, Springfield, Ill., posted an opinion piece on Jan. 4 that commends Channel 20 TV news for providing captioning services during the…
Below is the seventh in a series of monthly featured words to help captioners build their dictionaries and knowledge. The words for this series are…