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…
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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…
The Hearing Loss Association of America and the Disability Rights Advocates announced in a press release that AMC Theatres has agreed to improve access to…
On Oct. 1, the Idaho Statesman published an article featuring the work of NCRA members Lori Pulsifer, RDR, CRR, and Dianne Tucker Cromwell, RDR, both…
The court reporting profession was recently showcased in an online article posted on the Internet career blog Careerdare.com, as a top-paying career that requires no…
On Sept. 11, NCRA’s government relations team attended the Maryland Governor’s Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Advisory Council Meeting held in Baltimore,…
A piece of good news for courts across the United States is that the judicial system is held in much higher regard than Congress and…
Budget cuts in many states have led to increased concern about the continued place of court reporters in U.S. courts. The reality is far more…
On September 30, NCRA’s 2013 education cycle will come to an end. NCRA members with cycles ending in 2013 have a number of quick and…
Last week, while attending a state court reporting convention, I was speaking with a group of reporters about taking certification exams and what aspect of…
Joyce K. Zaro, RPR, and Bob A. Zaro, RPR, are owners of Zaro+Zaro Realtime Reporting, LLC, and they live in Tigard, Ore., a town nine…
The Court Reporting Internship course at Orleans Technical Institute in Philadelphia, Pa., is one of the school’s greatest program accomplishments. The Court Reporting Internship course…
I graduated from high school at age 18. I entered reporting school at age 18. I commenced my own reporting career at age 18. I…
In this age of social media, it doesn’t take long for a captioning blooper to be tweeted, Facebooked, or turned into a viral video, much…
Court reporters listen with laser focus. As I move through my world, when medical speakers finish long sentences often I am asked, “Questions?” Often, I…
You can earn 0.25 PDC by passing the exam for this article, which has been approved for publication by NCRA’s Council of the Academy of…
JARGON ALERT CART: Communication Access Realtime Translation CAT: computer-aided transcription IPRS: Intersteno Parliamentary and other professional Reporters’ Section STTR: speech-to-text reporter Never did I imagine…
A May 28 piece on NPR Labs examined a NPR team’s plan to bring radio to people with hearing loss. The project, dubbed “Breaking the…