In case you’ve been wondering (or secretly suspecting) what the most misspelled word in the country is, a recent study is here to slake your…
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Last Saturday eight NCRA staffers (and a couple of family members and dogs) met in Manassas, Va., to participate in the 2022 Walk to End…
By Ellen I. Goff Do you have a teenager at home? Do they complain about the Wi-Fi being laggy? Do they call you cringe when…
Is your favorite punctuation mark the ampersand? Perhaps you heard the story in court reporting training about it being one of the first instances of…
By Ellen I. Goff Remember our days of innocence, of inanity, of pandemiclessness? Remember when the Merriam-Webster Word of the Year (WOTY) was something fun…
National Adoption Day is a collective effort to raise awareness of the more than 120,000 children waiting to be adopted from foster care in the…
The countdown is on for the premiere of Judy Justice, Judge Judy Sheindlin’s new courtroom TV program that features court reporter Whitney Kumar as one…
By Ellen I. Goff Even for those who have never watched a single episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the opening words are…
Gamers can be found in all walks of life, but there seems to be a special connection with court reporters. Jennifer Honn, RPR, a freelance…
By Christopher Day Technology and law are important to our field and constantly evolving. The struggle to keep learning and growing is not an easy…
By Leah Willersdorf I had three life dreams when I was a young girl between the ages of 15-17. In no particular order, one was…
NCRF Trustee Marjorie Peters, FAPR, RMR, CRR, of Alexandria, Va., took the time to recognize Veterans Day by transcribing the 2003 interview of veteran Joseph…
A recent grassroots effort launched in the wake of circulating dissension in the court reporting profession has succeeded in successfully establishing a place where drama…
From a JCR Weekly poll What punctuation mark is misused the most? Comma 52.9 percent Semi-colon 31.6 percent Quotation marks 3.8 percent Hyphen 3 percent…
How many languages do you know? I know English and steno. 61.2% I know English, steno, and one more (but not fluently). 28.5% I know…
NCRA member Andrea J. Johnson is a court reporter turned freelance entertainment writer for the women’s lifestyle website Popsugar. This love for insider gossip has…
Claudia Booton, RPR, is an official in Denver District Court in Denver, Colo., who has been using the social media platform TikTok to promote court…
Here’s a collection of materials to help you through the days ahead. We’ve also collected some from other websites. Legislative information How the Federal stimulus…
On Feb. 20, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow expressed her thanks to court reporters, saying: “It is really hard to get detailed, perfect court transcripts turned around…
Everyone who has been a court reporting student knows the effort that goes into achieving each new speed level. One school, Green River College in…