By Michelle L. Hall So you’ve worked hard and finally passed your 225 wpm speed test, or you may still be working on passing your…
My father, Thomas C. Melo of Potomac, Md., passed away on Dec. 22 at the age of 94. After graduating from high school in Philadelphia…
By Margo Lucas While captioning one Sunday morning, I noticed a gentleman who had walked in late and was trying to get my attention. When…
Freelance judicial reporter/CART provider/captioner Currently resides in Dayton, Minn. MEMBER SINCE: 1989 GRADUATED FROM: Intermountain College of Court Reporting THEORY: Who can remember back that…
Congratulations to those members who became Newly Certified as of the November 2013 tests. REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL REPORTERS Tracy Sato, RPR, Cypress, CA Alexander K. Loos, RPR, Montrose,…
Kim Thayer, RPR, CRR, got her start in court reporting as a freelancer in 1990. In 2005, she bought her court reporting firm and has…
The Georgia Court of Appeals has ruled that a petitioner must be granted access to a hearing transcript even though she didn’t pay part of…
With spring on the way, fashion designers around the world are gearing up to strut their stuff for the 2014 season. Don’t miss Mirabai Knight’s…
The National Court Reporters Association is close to finalizing its team for the international Keyboarding Championship by Internet. Registration closes March 31. Intersteno, the International…
In a positive development for recent graduates of court reporting programs in Michigan, the Michigan Court Reporting and Recording Board of Review has amended its…
GRANT: The New Professional Reporter Grant of $2,000 is available for first-year court reporters. Did you graduate from an NCRA-certified court reporting program and are…
WFMY News 2 (N.C.) ran a story about how a 50 percent pay cut of transcript rates has led to a disappearance of court reporters…
A March 19 article in the Courthouse News Service highlighted how the Los Angeles Superior Court is still trying to operate with closures, reduced staff,…
“A grim job market and crushing student debt have many people second guessing their higher education decisions,” reported an article in the July 15 Business…
The Guardian recently ran a story highlighting how errors in pronunciation can slowly change the English language. The article points out that despite the 171,476…
A recent editorial in The Post and Courier of South Carolina supports a $6 million budget request for new technology and training to improve security…
The Orange County (Calif.) Register has reported that a temporary settlement has been reached in a dispute that led in a picket last year before…
In a follow up to a story which appeared earlier on TheJCR.com, a newspaper serving the Bahamas recently reported that the matter of a man…
Mind-boggling stat: The Library of Congress has almost 90,000 veterans’ histories in its collections — priceless stories of heroism, accomplishment, and sacrifice. Fact: They need…
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…