The registered nurse was speaking to me about my mother’s recent ICU discharge when overhead speakers broadcast a doctor’s page. He cupped one hand over…
Posts published in “Career”
Last November, Heidi C. Thomas, RDR, CRR, a member of NCRA’s Board of Directors, boarded a plane armed with her equipment case and steno machine.…
My interest in court reporting began at age 14 during a career day when I sat in with a court reporter. Career days, how ever,…
The Freedom of the Press Foundation created a crowdsourcing campaign to pay a professional court reporter to transcribe the trial of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning,…
The University of Southern California offered captioning for this year’s graduation ceremony, according to a May 10 news post on the university’s website. The captioning…
Regal theaters was equipping 6,000 of its theaters with closed-captioning glasses during the month of May, according to a May 10 article in the Los…
In March, the Collaborative for Communication Access via Captioning surveyed caption users to find out what they valued about the experience of captioning. The survey…
The Wisconsin Association of Legal Professionals has formally signed up as an Ethics First supporter, becoming the first association representing legal professionals to do so.…
The Sept. 30 CEU-cycle deadline is quickly approaching. If you need to earn CEUs, one of the easiest ways to do so is by participating…
Make your next realtime assignment less stressful by having the right information at the right time. NCRA’s bestselling information guide, the Realtime Troubleshooting Pocket Guide,…
Everybody loves a good Cinderella story, right? I pointedly say a Cinderella story because, in fact, there are hundreds of variations on the Cinderella theme…
transcription: The fourth of seven steps in the HIV life cycle. Transcription occurs after HIV has integrated its viral DNA into the DNA of the…
Certification is how many professions maintain their standing. But it is also a matter of taking pride in yourself and in your profession. I was…
What does the Realtime Systems Administrator certificate buy me? Will my clients understand and appreciate the meaning of this additional certificate? How can I make…
Congratulations! You’ve become credentialed as a Realtime Systems Administrator. That certificate looks great on your wall, and you’ve built up substantial upper body strength carrying…
As court reporting schools face leaner budgets and tighter financial aid policies, instructors and administrators are faced with the age-old question: “How can we improve…
In memory of one of our own, America’s court reporting community has answered our nation’s call. Started at the grassroots level in Los Angeles, the…
Divorce court — sometimes called domestic court or family court — has probably seen the most changes during the last quarter of the 20th century.…
Throughout my 18 years of freelancing, I have often heard freelance reporters express their feelings of loneliness and isolation from other reporters due to the…
This morning, I was sitting in church waiting for the 8 a.m. service to begin when I noticed two women walk past me down the…