2024 will be a year of celebration! This year marks NCRA’s 12th Court Reporting & Captioning Week, being held Feb. 3-10, as well as the Association’s 125th Anniversary. The history of the NCRA and the expansion and growth of the stenographic court reporting and captioning professions will be highlighted not only during Court Reporting & Captioning Week, but also throughout 2024. The theme for 2024: 125 years of accuracy and integrity.
This year NCRA’s Communications team once again will offer anyone who wants to celebrate 2024 Court Reporting & Captioning Week a resources page loaded with a variety of downloadable marketing and promotional items designed for this year’s observance. To get an early start on celebrating, the 2024 Court Reporting & Captioning Week resources page will launch with new items on Dec. 20, but be sure to check in often as new items will continuously be added. You can still check out the 2023 resources by visiting the 2023 Court Reporting & Captioning resources page. You can also read more on the JCR.com about how 2023 Court Reporting & Captioning Week was celebrated.
As always, the resources page will house press release templates, social media tips, the official 2024 Court Reporting & Captioning Week logo, and so much more. Be sure to visit the page for more ideas about how you can celebrate or how to secure an official proclamation from your state leaders or judges that recognizes the week.
“Court Reporting & Captioning Week is one of the best celebrations of the year for our profession,” said NCRA President Kristin M. Anderson, M.A., RPR, FCRR, an official court reporter from Denton, Texas.
“I am encouraging everyone to participate in the 2024 event so that collectively we can let the world know about this hidden gem of a profession and the vast opportunities it offers, no matter whether steno is being used to capture the official record or provide access to vital information, entertainment, education, or more, or to someone who is deaf or hard of hearing,” she added.
As part of this year’s celebration, NCRA’s Communications Team will be distributing a series of press releases and media advisories that showcase the history of stenographic court reporting and how far the profession has come in conjunction with the Association’s 125th Anniversary. If you have a story you would like to share about the state of the profession and how far it’s come, please send your ideas or articles to pr@ncra.org. And remember, please share with us how you plan to showcase the profession so that we can spread the celebration throughout the community by including the hashtag #CRCW2024 on your social media posts. “Participation can be as simple as issuing a press release announcing the week to your local media outlets or as big as taking part in a career fair at a local high school, showcasing what steno is and can do at your state or local courthouse, assisting a veteran who might suffer from hearing loss with sharing their story as part of a Veterans History Project event, or even obtaining an official proclamation recognizing the week and the profession by state and local leaders or your favorite judge,” Anderson said.
