When stay-at-home orders were put in place across the country, brick-and-mortar schools were forced to shut their doors. The last couple of months have been…
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By Angela Rojo Did anyone else see posts about Stenopalooza on social media? I can hear my teachers and other professionals in the industry telling…
By Brian Binkney I was raised in rural Arizona and played video games and performed with my band around the state. I joined the U.…
A record number of students took part in NCRA’s Student Skills Contest last month. Twelve schools across the country celebrated 2020 Court Reporting & Captioning…
NCRA’s 2020 Court Reporting & Captioning Week celebrated the love of steno nationwide with official proclamations and an array of activities ranging from career days…
Tiffany Sipler is a court reporting student at Plaza College in Forest Hills, N.Y. UTS | Can you talk a little about your background? You…
In celebration of Court Reporting & Captioning Week being held Feb. 8 – 15, 2020, the NCRA Student/Teacher Committee is sponsoring a Walt Disney themed…
For the love of steno is this year’s Court Reporting & Captioning Week theme and one that can be touted year-round by court reporting schools…
Registration is open for aspiring court reporters to test in March 2020 for a new NCRA certification, the Registered Skilled Reporter (RSR). This new designation…
Student Savannah Ray started out as an accounting student, but she changed paths to court reporting thanks to encouragement from her mother. UTS | Can…
Nineteen-year-old Zeke Alicea had a plan for his future that included a four-year degree. He was interested in the legal field, but nothing really clicked…
By Kay Moody “Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes…
What started out as a request for students to visit District 7 turned into a full-blown court reporting career fair! It all started a year…
The following reporters and captioners will be speaking as part of the student track at the 2019 NCRA Convention & Expo. The event will run…
Read the presenter bios here. Check out this year’s NCRA Convention & Expo student sessions. We bring back a couple of old favorites and two…
Schools across the country once again participated in this year’s NCRA student speed contest. The contest was held in celebration of 2019 Court Reporting &…
New York CBSlocal.com posted an article on May 16 that quotes NCRA member Karen Santucci, CRI, director of Plaza College’s court reporting program, about the…
The court reporting program at MacCormac College, Chicago, Ill., was recently featured in a report regarding court reporting on Chicago Tonight which is a local…
Attending an NCRA Convention & Expo is a great experience for students. Last year, students attended special sessions teaching them proper courtroom behavior, online skills…
By Leah Hamre We’ve all heard it before, “Team work is dream work.” How about, “None of us is as smart as all of us,”…