Beginning in 2015, NCRA will move away from the traditional brick-and-mortar testing sites and shift the RPR, RMR, CRR, CBC, and CCP skills tests to…
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In a first for NCRA contests, Jo Ann Bryce, RMR, CRR, of Castro Valley, Calif., won the Realtime Contests five times. She also won the…
The National Court Reporters Foundation recognized the four students who had received scholarships and grants through its programs during the Saturday Awards Luncheon at the…
NCRA recognized the 2014 class of Fellows of the Academy of Professional Reporters during the Saturday Awards Luncheon at the NCRA Convention & Expo in…
Three court reporting students were recognized for receiving CASE Scholarships during the Awards Luncheon at the NCRA Convention & Expo based on their winning entries…
Mary Beth Johnson, CRI, a professor of court reporting at the Community College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pa., was named 2014 Educator of the Year…
NCRA veteran member and court reporter Brenda L. Fauber, RDR, CRR, CPE, an official court reporter from Omaha, Neb., was awarded NCRA’s Distinguished Service Award…
During the NCRA Annual Business meeting on Thursday, July 31, outgoing NCRA President Nancy Varallo announced a new initiative for promoting the profession, Students First.…
A video posted by Arturo Martinez on July 28 on felicialove.com explains the benefits and purposes of using Communications Access Realtime Translation (CART). The video…
Court reporting students at Alvin Community College in Texas welcomed 14 military veterans who talked about their days of war, according to the July 31…
The 2014 NCRA Convention & Expo kicked off this morning with day-long pre-convention intensive CAT vendor workshops hosted by Advantage Software, AristoCAT, StenoCAT by Gigatron,…
In a July 24 press release from StenoTech Career Institute, the NCRA-accredited private career school proclaimed court reporting “The Dream Job for Millennials.” The release…
The College of Court Reporting in Hobart, Ind., is lowering its tuition for students who wish to attend full-time on-site beginning in the fall semester.…
On July 11, the FCC voted unanimously to require closed-captioning for online video clips that have already aired on television, according to a post on…
Both Deaf News Today and Broadcasting & Cable reported this week that the FCC has started dismissing petitions by program producers who want exceptions to…
In the Cayman Islands, six men helped make local history when they appeared in court on June 2 without leaving Northward Prison, according to an…
The Washington Post reported on May 14 that Miracom, a Kansas-based firm that has developed an app to help people who are deaf and hard…
On Feb. 20, the FCC issued its final report and order related to the captioning quality notice of proposed rulemaking, an order that had been…
The Feb. 18 New York Law Journal reported that Queens Family Court judge John Hunt argued that electronic recording systems should not be used in…
NCRA has published a document offering general information for court reporters and court reporting firms about the changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability…