A Jan. 16 article in The Guardian entitled Get the joke: how live captioning lets more comedy fans enjoy every punchline featured veteran stenographer, court reporter, and NCRA member…
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By Heidi Archer A few years ago, as I was finishing up work after captioning a National Hockey League (NHL) game, the thought occurred to…
On Oct. 11 Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to discuss an array of issues. Throughout the interview, the…
By Jeffrey Keyes During my career I’ve reported several events that have stood out to me as happy or uplifting. On March 5, 2013, I…
Across the country the love for steno is being spread by NCRA state affiliates to help celebrate 2022 Court Reporting & Captioning Week with this…
National Adoption Day is a collective effort to raise awareness of the more than 120,000 children waiting to be adopted from foster care in the…
NCRA member Teresa Fink, RMR, CRR, an official court reporter from Rapid City, S.D., was quoted in an article posted Nov. 20 by the Rapid…
From Chicago to Hollywood, Brad Benjamin, RPR, dives into what it was like to be cast as a court reporter in a spinoff of the…
By Alisha Conley My journey leading up to court reporting was less traditional than most. My name is Alisha Conley, and I’m currently a student…
By Juanita Price On Thursday, April 15, 2021, I received a call from my supervisor. She was giggling. I could tell she was excited about…
Supercross may sound like an intense CrossFit workout, but it was just another in a string of exciting captioning jobs for freelancer Phoebe Moorhead, RPR,…
By Leah Willersdorf I had three life dreams when I was a young girl between the ages of 15-17. In no particular order, one was…
NCRA would like to thank those members who have graciously volunteered their time to caption events ranging from Town Halls with the president to the…
Maxine Roberts, RDR, an official in Akron, Ohio, is the winner of the NCRA Marketing Photo Contest. She told the JCR Weekly a little about…
A recent JCR Weekly poll asked if NCRA members were spending more time volunteering with their downtime during quarantine. Answers varied from volunteering in the…
By Robin Nodland One of the most unusual jobs that I did was captioning for the International Channel as they live-broadcasted the turnover of Hong…
By Debbie Dibble I had a deposition one day of a very distinct individual, a man named Dan Clark. As he testified, it was obvious…
NCRA member Deborah Kriegshauser, FAPR, RMR, CRR, CRC, CLVS, shares a memory of one of her most unusual jobs. JCR | When and where was…
By Margary Rogers The board of the Maryland Court Reporters Association proved that stenographers are everywhere on Feb. 15 during Court Reporting and Captioning Week. …
By Rivka Teich On Sunday, Nov. 24, I stepped out of my comfort zone. I did my very first closed captioning event. Let me give…