By Laquita Dettman In August 2017 on the western coast of Africa, an innocuous tropical wave formed and wandered out into the open Atlantic Ocean.…
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NCRA’s 2018 Court Reporting & Captioning Week, Feb. 10-17, kicks off in just over a week, and state associations, individual members, and schools around the…
Gadsden State Community College, Gadsden, Ala., announced in a press release issued Jan. 29 that Analisa Arnold is one of two students nationwide to earn…
In a press release issued Jan. 30, Planet Depos announced that Nate Pascal has joined the firm as account executive. Pascal will be based in…
The JCR recently reached out to NCRA’s Proofreading Advisory Council members asking their opinion on spelling and capitalization on a variety of technology terms. Council…
NCRA member Brenda L. Ray, RPR, a freelance court reporter from Apopka, Fla., passed away on Jan. 17. Formerly from Wauwatosa, Wis., Ray owned and…
The Hartford Courant reported on Jan. 16 that Allan Liljehult, West Hartford, Conn., a retired official court reporter and former member of NCRA, died Jan.…
Chase Frazier, RMR, CRR, CRC, started out as a captioner, although his mother and brother, both already court reporters, were in the legal arena. Some…
By Shaunise Day Do you know what PAC is doing for you? Behind the scenes, the NCRA Political Action Committee (PAC) is working hard on…
Al Renneisen, who worked for18 years as a court reporter, died Jan. 7 in South Park, Wyo. Renneisen worked with Judge Terrence O’Brien, who is…
Cathleen M. “Cathi” (Annis) Burnham passed away unexpectedly at the age of 59 at her home in Warwick, R.I., on Dec. 24, 2017. Cathi was…
WAVY TV, Portsmouth, Va., reported on Jan. 10 that NCRA member Penny Commander, RMR, CRR, of Penny Wile Court Reporting is hosting Woofstock II to…
NCRA member Kathryn Thomas, RDR, CRR, CRC, a captioner from Caseyville, Ill., was featured in an article posted by the Effingham Daily News about her…
A recent blog by Lisa Conley Yungblut, RMR, CRR, CRC, a freelancer in Cincinnati, Ohio, discusses how on-the-job learning for court reporters and captioners never…
The Longview News-Journal reported on Jan. 7 that NCRA member Brenda Hightower Smith, RPR, CRR, from Longview, Texas, earned the nationally recognized Certified Realtime Reporter…
Amelia Bradley, Lindsey NiBlack, and Stephen Shea started together at Brown College of Court Reporting in Atlanta, Ga., in the summer of 2016. They came…
SBNation.com posted an article on Dec. 29 that interviews Kristen Humphrey, a captioner with ASAP Sports, about what it was like to caption Jimbo Fisher,…
The Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, Okla., launched a new 18-month court reporting program in December that is taught by NCRA member Allison Hall, RMR, CRR,…
The Star-Telegram, Dallas, Texas, posted an article on Dec. 28 about NCRA member Jennifer Schuck, FAPR, RDR, CRR, CRC, Scottsdale, Ariz.; NCRA member Darlene (Rodella)…
The Gazette newspaper in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, posted an article on Dec. 23 featuring NCRA member Debra A. Shields, RMR, CRR, from Palo. Shields, who…