NCRA member Bonita Bell was recognized in the Jan 5. Pittsburgh’s TribLive.com when she received her RMR certification. Read more.
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It is that time of year to remember to: 1. Start new paper calendars for the office and the courtroom if your court still requires paper.…
According to a Dec. 13 post on RollCall.com, Majority Leader Harry Reid visited the team of legislative reporters transcribing every word of the marathon 35-hour session last…
After more than 30 years, Carvel Reinsch, a court reporter for the Saline County District Court in Kansas, is retiring. Reinsch told the Salina Journal…
Ask any seasoned official court reporter about their career experience and more than likely they’ll share at least one, if not more, stories about high-profile,…
TRUTH OR DARE Q. You can do that at trial. This is a deposition. I just want the facts. I want to understand this. That’s…
More than 30 court reporters and their supporters protested in front of Orange County Superior Court, according to an article posted on the Voice of…
A Nov. 16 article on Pittsburgh’s TribLive.com reported that the court administrators in Western Pennsylvania are having difficulty filling positions for court reporters, saying that…
In late October, the North Carolina Association of Official Court Reporters attended the North Carolina Superior Court Judges Fall Conference, educating the judges on the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Aug. 24 Herald and Review, based in Decatur, Ill., featured an article on Macon County Circuit Court’s 10 reporters. According to the story, Presiding…
Last November, Heidi C. Thomas, RDR, CRR, a member of NCRA’s Board of Directors, boarded a plane armed with her equipment case and steno machine.…
The Freedom of the Press Foundation created a crowdsourcing campaign to pay a professional court reporter to transcribe the trial of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning,…