Maxine Roberts, RDR, an official in Akron, Ohio, is the winner of the NCRA Marketing Photo Contest. She told the JCR Weekly a little about…
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A recent JCR Weekly poll asked if NCRA members were spending more time volunteering with their downtime during quarantine. Answers varied from volunteering in the…
By Robin Nodland One of the most unusual jobs that I did was captioning for the International Channel as they live-broadcasted the turnover of Hong…
By Debbie Dibble I had a deposition one day of a very distinct individual, a man named Dan Clark. As he testified, it was obvious…
NCRA member Deborah Kriegshauser, FAPR, RMR, CRR, CRC, CLVS, shares a memory of one of her most unusual jobs. JCR | When and where was…
By Margary Rogers The board of the Maryland Court Reporters Association proved that stenographers are everywhere on Feb. 15 during Court Reporting and Captioning Week. …
By Rivka Teich On Sunday, Nov. 24, I stepped out of my comfort zone. I did my very first closed captioning event. Let me give…
By Heidi Renner The New York Times recently hired two NCRA members for a unique job with their DealBook Conference, where a group of innovative…
Joan Columbini, RPR, a freelance court reporter from Walnut Creek, Calif., recently had a first-time reporting experience. She was working with a trial witness who…
By Mervin Vaughn The National Court Reporters Foundation (NCRF) presented the 2019 Santo J. Aurelio Award to Mervin E. Vaughn, RPR, from Runnels, Iowa, at…
By Early Langley Nov. 19, 2017, marked the death of one of the most vile cult leaders and murderers in California history: Charles Manson. Much…
Law Technology Today posted an article on July 22 that was authored by NCRA member Rosalie Kramm, RPR, CRR, San Diego, Calif., who offered attorneys…
NCRA member Lauren Lawrence welcomed her first outside investor to her tech startup, Stenovate, according to the July 5 Startland, a news site that reports…
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,…
Earlier this month, NCRA member Taleesa Smith, RPR, an official court reporter from Hamilton County, Ohio, found herself reporting a sentencing proceeding from outside of…
By Heidi Renner Brothers Adam and Aaron Alweis recently each reached career milestones. They were both named the chief reporter for their respective courts in…
By Lisa Migliore Black The call from the out-of-state attorney seemed much like any other. “We’ll need a court reporter and videographer to cover a…
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…
By Mary Kay Howe It was a great honor to be chosen to be the honorary bailiff for the Kansas Supreme Court for a special…