By Melissa E. Case Makenzie Koman is a freelance court reporter in Northeast Ohio. She graduated from Miami-Jacobs Career College after two years and two…
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On April 6, more than two dozen students from the court reporting program at the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) had the opportunity to…
A blog posted on April 13 by Julia Alicandri of Planet Depos, based in Washington, D.C., addresses how to handle stress as a court reporter.…
On April 14, The Examiner reported the retirement of two longtime court reporters from Jefferson County, Texas. The article notes that, as guardians of the…
A blog posted on March 30 by The Captioning Group based in Calgary, Alberta, and written by NCRA member Susan Hahaj, RPR, provides an inside…
More and more court reporters and captioners have realized the value in attending career fairs as a way to promote the profession. Most recently, Darlene…
By Adam Finkel In late March, over 65 court reporters and captioners traveled to our nation’s capital for Legislative Boot Camp. On Tuesday, March 22,…
The National Court Reporters Foundation (NCRF) has announced that Cathy Carpenter, Orlando, Fla., was named recipient of the 2016 New Professional Reporter Grant. The Foundation…
Kelly Moranz, CRI, manager of the court reporting program at Cuyahoga Community College, Parma, Ohio, was featured in an article posted April 6 by Fresh…
Join hundreds of NCRA members, court reporting students, teachers, and school administrators in Chicago, Ill., for the 2016 NCRA Convention & Expo, Aug. 4-7. Registration…
By April Weiner Since its creation in 2010, NCRF’s Legal Education Program has helped hundreds of court reporters give presentations to lawyers, law schools, and…
By Michael McMorran It took Kara a year and seven months to go from starting theory to becoming a CSR in the state of Texas…
By Tori Pittman As you may have know, Intersteno offers a way to participate in their competition from the comfort of your own home. No…
By Adam Finkel In March 2015, the Federal Communication Commission formally implemented the most exhaustive regulations on the quality of closed captioning. This was a…
Insider Louisville posted an article March 22 announcing a Cultural Accessibility Summit being hosted by the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts on March 26.…
News station WDRB, Louisville, Ky., aired a segment on March 8 showcasing its 10-year partnership with Norton Healthcare of providing realtime closed captioning to viewers. The…
By David Ward Because concentration is paramount for their job, court reporters don’t like disruptions — and that often extends to the equipment and other…
On March 15, Adam Finkel, NCRA Director of Government Relations, submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission in response to a report filed by the…
In March, Mirabai Knight, RDR, CRR, CRC, and The Open Steno Project launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund the development of a series of games…
A blog posted March 11 by Kramm Court Reporting, San Diego, Calif., discusses the challenges court reporters sometimes face of getting the spelling of a…