Stephanie Barnes, from Falls Church, Va., won the drawing for a Kindle Fire 8 by joining NCRA in March. Barnes is currently an online student at…
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Ask any captioner and they’ll tell you the most exciting thing about their jobs is the variety of assignments they get. From providing CART in…
Official Court Reporter, 416th District Court Currently resides in: Van Alstyne, Texas Member since: 2013 Graduated from: Court Reporting Institute of Dallas Theory: Sten-Ed Favorite brief: I love using Brief It…
Kim Falgiani, RMR, CRC, became a court reporter in 1980 and then became a broadcast captioner in 2002. After some years in broadcast captioning, she went through…
By Irene Abbey What had my daughter gotten me into now? As a staff member at Foothill Technology High School in Ventura, Calif., she had…
The Newton Daily News, Des Moines, Iowa, reported on April 5 that three Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) students were among the 182 court…
NCRA launched an online version of its popular NCRA A to ZTM Intro to Steno Machine Shorthand program on March 30, increasing the accessibility of…
Currently resides in: Portland, Ore. Employment type: Official Member since: 2008 Graduated from: Sumner College, Portland, Ore. Theory: Phoenix Theory What are your favorite briefs?…
A story posted by the Tacoma [Wash.] Weekly on March 27 noted that NCRA member Kim O’Neill, an official court reporter from Tacoma, demonstrated her…
NCRA is accepting Council on Approved Student Education (CASE) student scholarship applications for five awards this year. The CASE has increased the number of scholarships…
Following one of the NCRA Firm Owners Executive Conferences, attendee Robin Smith decided to take steps on an idea she had earlier brushed aside. Encouraged…
Schools and students from across the country participated in NCRA’s student speed contest last month. The contest, which was part of NCRA’s Court Reporting &…
The Daily American posted an article on March 5 about the career of NCRA member Donna S. Cascio, FAPR, RDR, CMRS, from Somerset, Pa., who…
Court Reporting & Captioning Week was celebrated at the Realtime Center for Learning (RCL) by participating in the NCRA Students’ Speed Tests. RCL has locations…
The Cypress College of Court Reporting (CCCR), Cypress, Calif., celebrated 40 years of program excellence on March 7. The program was originally designed as a…
Students and faculty at Brown College of Court Reporting (BCCR) in Atlanta, Ga., held a number of events throughout the week to celebrate 2018 Court…
By Kay Moody Many adjectives describe the typical court reporting student: busy, mature, single parent, employed, easily frustrated, second career, and self-supporting. Court reporting students…
They come from diverse backgrounds, some with no prior job experience and others with 30 or more years behind them. Court reporting students are recent…
By Kristine Wesner Growing up, college held so much promise: Pick a school and program I like, earn the degree, qualify for well-paying jobs, and…
Court reporting students may share the common desire to become professionals in their field, but each has followed a unique path to get there. They…