By Callie Sajdera In theory, I couldn’t wait to get to Realtime VI (200-225 wpm). In Realtime VI, I couldn’t wait to intern. While I interned,…
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Melissa Case worked hard to get through school. She has gone on to work in freelance and court. In this interview, she imparts wisdom about…
The Virginia Court Reporters Association (VCRA) will be holding its Education Day this year on March 23 in Richmond, Va., where it will award a…
With 2019 Court Reporting & Captioning Week on the horizon, many NCRA members are planning to mark the event by participating in a career day…
By Kay Moody One of the key elements in developing speed and accuracy in machine shorthand is reading from your shorthand notes. Too often students…
JOIN NCRA with a student membership. Become a member to get discounts on testing, convention registration, study guides, and more. CONTRIBUTE to Up-to-Speed by submitting…
Internships are an opportunity for students to get out of the classroom and into the real world. During their internships – which do not start…
Treat your homework practice session like it is a job or a date. If you schedule a time to practice each day, you are more…
Students come to court reporting school straight out of high school, as military veterans, or quite often, as career-changers. Randy Wolpin, a student at Atlantic…
The National Court Reporters Foundation (NCRF) is now accepting nominations for the Frank Sarli Memorial Scholarship and the Student Intern Scholarship. The deadline for both…
For students looking to enter into court reporting or any number of in-demand STEM-related fields, Alfred State College, Alfred, N.Y., is rated an excellent choice…
Television station KRQE, Albuquerque, N.M., aired a story on Sept. 17 that features NCRA member Diona Gibson, RPR, an official court reporter for the Bernalillo…
Mycentraljersey.com reported on Sept. 13, that Califon, N.J., resident Ann Marie Gibson, a student at the College of Court Reporting (CCR) in Valparaiso, Ind., was awarded…
NCRF presented the 2018 New Professional Reporter Grant to Sindee Baum, from North Massapequa, N.Y. Baum said that receiving the New Professional Grant means a…
Sydney Lundberg, a student from Des Moines Area Community College in Des Moines, Iowa, was named recipient of the 2018 Robert H. Clark Scholarship. This…
The NCRA Student/Teacher Committee is grateful to the many people who generously donated to the student swag bags at the 2018 NCRA Convention & Expo…
By Forrest Brown, FAPR, RDR (Ret.) How would you like a job that you were in for 50 years and yet you never went to…
by Nicky Rodriquez While a student at the College of Court Reporting (CCR) in Valparaiso, Ind., Kyra Kustin studied general education, medical terminology, legal terminology,…
by Nicole Johnson When I first began my internship journey, I was scared. I was stepping out of my cozy comfort zone of court reporting…
Molly Cooper’s background in linguistics was a definite plus in helping her relate to the stenographic theory. Molly started the court reporting program at South…