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…
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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…
Again this year, dictionaries chose the words most talked about, thought about, or worried about to be the words of the year for 2019. Merriam-Webster…
The Norman [Okla.] Transcript posted an article on Nov. 18 about how court reporter Marla Cullison juggles her role as a hockey mom and an…
Recently on social media we posted that Baby Shark was the song that inspired the Washington Nationals baseball team and their fans to a World…
In honor of all the Halloween scares happening this week, we asked court reporters on social media what bad dreams they have had. Here are…
Jeffrey Weigl, RMR, CRR, CRC, from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, won the 2019 Speed Contest held during the NCRA Convention & Expo. His overall accuracy rate…
We recently asked this fill-in-the-blank question on the NCRA Facebook page. Here are some of the great answers: You know you’re a court reporter if…
In honor of National Punctuation Day on Sept. 24, we recently asked these questions on the NCRA Facebook page. Here are some of the responses:…
By Monyeen Black, RPR, CRR About 10 years ago I purchased my first motorcycle after completing a motorcycle safety class in Paso Robles, Calif. I…
Keep up to date with voting results, award announcements, and more events currently taking place at the NCRA 2019 Convention & Expo in Denver, Colo.…
By Patricia Nilsen (with Kiki Kim) As a lifelong fan of Mötley Crüe, the glam-metal band that became famous in the 1980s, my dream as…
By Heidi Renner Brothers Adam and Aaron Alweis recently each reached career milestones. They were both named the chief reporter for their respective courts in…
By Heidi Renner When Isaiah Roberts, RPR, Magnolia, Ill., thought he wrote the word lemon while captioning Ariana Grande’s performance at Coachella, he was a…
A few studies have found that Generation Z, consisting of people born between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s, find using captions helps them with learning…
The Tennessee legislature passed a pay increase for criminal reporters in the state. The bills, SB 667 and HB 729, were passed through both state…
By Whitney Berndt Haley Hermus lives in Little Chute, Wisc., and is a per diem reporter for the 8th District in Wisconsin. She graduated in…
By Rachel Barkume, RPR Tracey Tracy, RPR, is a freelance court reporter in Tacoma, Wash. She graduated from the online court reporting technologies program at Green River College in…
Hurry! Registration closes April 5 for NCRA’s 2019 Leadership & Legislative Boot Camp taking place May 5-7 outside of Washington, D.C. This event promises attendees the ultimate in…