By Sandy Bunch VanderPol Being the first in line to purchase Windows 8, and having the wonderful experience I had with Windows 8, I was…
Colleen Platt, RPR, Lincoln Park, N. J., a freelance court reporter, was the lucky winner of a new Luminex shorthand machine, which was donated by…
In an opinion piece posted by the Thomaston Times on Aug. 15, Scott Ballard, a district attorney who represents the Fayette, Pike, Spalding, and Upson…
The Dispatch reported on Aug. 15 that Circuit Court Judge Jim Kitchens appeared before the Lowndes County, Miss., Board of Supervisors seeking support for increasing…
The Newton Daily News, Des Moines, Iowa, ran an article on Aug. 14 about representatives from the Des Moines Area Community College who were promoting…
In an Aug. 12 article in VICE, members Jen Oliver, RMR, CRR, from Salina, Kan.; Mirabai Knight, RDR, CRR, CBC, CCP, from New York, N.Y.;…
In an Aug. 7 post on Quartz, linguist Gretchen McCulloch talks about how young women are the ones who change English the most. Among other…
On July 28, a question-and-answer style post on Legal by the Bay, the Bar Association of San Francisco’s blog, written by Ana Fatima Costa, shows…
On Aug. 5, the Department of Transportation ruled that captioning is required on televisions in all airports that receive federal financial assistance. This was in…
The wide array of sessions and presentations adorned with tips and tricks as well as the latest in trends at the 2015 NCRA Convention &…
NCRA members dominated the 2015 Intersteno speed and realtime competitions during the organization’s 50th Congress held July 18-24 in Budapest, Hungary. The Congress drew more…
In the informative e-seminar, Disability insurance and retirement planning, Mike Diers and Nick Hague cover disability income benefits, estimated costs associated with them, and the…
Doug Zweizig, RDR, CRR, a federal official court reporter for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, in Baltimore, won the 2015…
The Denver Business Journal reported on Aug. 8 that the Denver court reporting firm Stevens-Koenig Reporting has acquired one of its competitors, Avery Woods Reporting.…
The Boone News Republican published a press release on Aug. 8 announcing that the Des Moines Area College court reporting program, Des Moines, Iowa, has…
NCRA is relocating its offices to Reston, Va., on Friday, Aug. 7. From Aug. 7 to Aug. 10, staff will have limited access to email.…
NCRA’s Technology Committee offered several resources for people who are considering switching to Microsoft’s latest operating system, Windows 10. While the JCR Weekly is checking…
MacComac College, Chicago, Ill., issued a press release on July 31 urging budding court reporters to head to Chicago where a wealth of job opportunities…
In a July 29 Education Week commentary piece, public radio reporter Monica Brady-Myerov wrote that reading same-language subtitles can boost students’ literacy. She cites studies…
The Clinton Herald posted an article on Aug. 1 that focused on the shortage of court reporters affecting the courts across Illinois. According to the…