Chase Frazier, RMR, CRR, CRC, started out as a captioner, although his mother and brother, both already court reporters, were in the legal arena. Some…
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By Cassy Kerr Success means different things to different people, but my success story is overcoming my fear of failure. Having done that has opened…
News 9, Oklahoma City, aired a story on Jan. 11 about a new court reporting program at the Gordon Cooper Technology Center in Shawnee, Okla.,…
NCRA member Kathryn Thomas, RDR, CRR, CRC, a captioner from Caseyville, Ill., was featured in an article posted by the Effingham Daily News about her…
A recent blog by Lisa Conley Yungblut, RMR, CRR, CRC, a freelancer in Cincinnati, Ohio, discusses how on-the-job learning for court reporters and captioners never…
In celebration of Court Reporting & Captioning Week, the NCRA Student/Teacher Committee is sponsoring an Olympic-themed speed test offered to all students at varying test…
The Longview News-Journal reported on Jan. 7 that NCRA member Brenda Hightower Smith, RPR, CRR, from Longview, Texas, earned the nationally recognized Certified Realtime Reporter…
Amelia Bradley, Lindsey NiBlack, and Stephen Shea started together at Brown College of Court Reporting in Atlanta, Ga., in the summer of 2016. They came…
By Ellen Goff February is the month to celebrate! NCRA has declared Feb. 10-17 the sixth annual National Court Reporting & Captioning Week, an event…
By Kay Moody It’s a new year, and you’ve made a New Year’s resolution to practice more, buckle down, and make progress in machine shorthand.…
It’s 2018: Have you made your New Year’s resolutions yet? Up-to-Speed reached out to court reporting students to ask them about their resolutions and goals…
By Caroline R. Castle If it is true, as the old saying goes, that “clothes make the man,” we could readily say that “words make…
By Mindy Sindiong Part of a CLVS’s training is to provide great video and audio for our clients. However, we have two clients: the attorney(s)…
SBNation.com posted an article on Dec. 29 that interviews Kristen Humphrey, a captioner with ASAP Sports, about what it was like to caption Jimbo Fisher,…
The Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, Okla., launched a new 18-month court reporting program in December that is taught by NCRA member Allison Hall, RMR, CRR,…
The Gazette newspaper in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, posted an article on Dec. 23 featuring NCRA member Debra A. Shields, RMR, CRR, from Palo. Shields, who…
By Monette Benoit and Anthony Frisolone They say, “The lights shine brightly on Broadway.” Those people have obviously never been inside a courtroom in New York City…
Mark your calendars and plan your learning path with NCRA through 2018. NCRA offers opportunities to earn CEUs in a variety of ways, from certification…
NCRA’s Distinguished Service Award (DSA) recognizes the distinguished work and service of an individual member for the benefit of the court reporting and captioning professions,…
The CBC reported on Dec. 20 that the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario, Canada is reaching out to the deaf community to help make productions…