Gadsden State Community College, Gadsden, Ala., announced in a press release issued Jan. 29 that Analisa Arnold is one of two students nationwide to earn…
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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…
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…
The National Court Reporters Foundation (NCRF) is now accepting nominations for the Frank Sarli Memorial Scholarship and the Student Intern Scholarship. The deadline for both…
By Joshua Edwards Back in 2016 before giving my first speech at my local Toastmasters club, I emailed a draft of my speech to my…
This year, students attending the 2017 NCRA Convention & Expo in Las Vegas, Nev., were treated to a range of different seminars aimed at preparing…
By Cathy Penniston I live in Iowa, but I make my living listening to the Canadian news. I work for The Captioning Group, Inc., based…
Brittaney Byers, of Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) in Parma, Ohio, has been working at the keys since she was 4 years old, practicing her drills…
Eleven students from the Cuyahoga Community College, Parma, Ohio, committed to participate in a challenge dubbed “Slay a speed in seven hours,” designed to focus…
By Ariel Kraut I am very appreciative for the time I got to spend at the 2017 NCRA Convention & Expo in Las Vegas. What…
By Brianna Uhlman The NCRA Convention & Expo is like the Shangri-la of court reporting. The things you learn, the relationships you build, and the…
The Council on Approved Student Education (CASE) has selected Lisa Erickson, a student at Prince Institute in Elmhurst, Ill., as the first-place winner of the…
Practicing, staying motivated, meeting target speeds. Networking, handing out résumés, taking skills tests. Court reporting students have a lot on their minds. And getting ready…
By Jacqueline Timmons I have trained many new reporters over the years, so I have had a firsthand view of the transition from student to…
Long nights of practice and endless speed tests are familiar challenges for court reporting students. But Kayde Rieken, a student at the College of Court…
Students attending the 2017 NCRA Convention & Expo in Las Vegas, Nev., are in for a treat. Firm owners have come together to donate some…