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…
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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…
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…
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…
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 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…
An article in the Oct. 21 Diamondback, a student newspaper run by the University of Maryland, reported that the National Association of the Deaf and…
The Republic/azcentral.com reported Oct. 16 that the Arizona Cardinals and the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority will provide text captioning on video boards to accommodate…
There are many court reporters who partake in activities outside of the courtroom. Sure, some of these activities may have started out as a hobby…
“I give up!” “You expect me to practice two to three hours outside of class every day?” Do these words sound familiar? Have you felt…
We court reporters all understand the traditional Labels of reporting (freelance, official, captioning, CART). As I enter my 30th year in the court reporting business…
Diane Hromek, RMR, CMRS, has been in the court reporting field for more than three decades. Born and raised in Illinois, Hromek splits her time…
A few months ago, I saw something on tv about medical students being warned not to post things on Facebook. They were talking about posting pictures…
EDUCATION OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO COURT REPORTERS For many reporters, NCRA’s Convention & Expo is not only a great way to catch up with colleagues…
Congratulations to those members who became Newly Certified RPRs as of the July 2013 Written Knowledge Test. REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL REPORTERS Rosalina Nava, RPR, El Monte,…
KEEP IT UP Q. And when you say “we renewed the contact,” you still ride bikes with Mr. Jones but can’t keep up with him…
Heidi Thomas, RDR, CRR, CBC, of Roswell, Ga., took on the task of providing CART captioning services for the Dalai Lama’s public event during his…