National Volunteer Week will celebrate its 40th anniversary April 6-12. Many organizations take advantage of this annual event to recognize their volunteers, including NCRA, which…
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The New York Times posted online an editorial by NCRA President Nancy Varallo, RDR, CRR. The editorial addresses the important role live court reporters using…
CayCompass.com recently reported that Camar Clarke, an international participating NCRA member, will join three other court reporters currently serving in the Cayman Islands jurisdiction. A native…
On March 19, Cindy Simmons, RPR, of Leavenworth, Wash., attended a “Speed Jobbing” event held at Okanogan High School in Okanogan, Wash. Students rotated among…
When Michelle Houston, assistant campus director of the Long Island Business Institute in New York, needed a way to get the school’s court reporting program…
My father, Thomas C. Melo of Potomac, Md., passed away on Dec. 22 at the age of 94. After graduating from high school in Philadelphia…
Freelance judicial reporter/CART provider/captioner Currently resides in Dayton, Minn. MEMBER SINCE: 1989 GRADUATED FROM: Intermountain College of Court Reporting THEORY: Who can remember back that…
In response to the government’s monthly jobs report that came out earlier this month, NPR asked listeners to send in a brief description of their…
As a part of NCRA’s strategic goal of reaching out to the legal community, NCRA Director Doreen Sutton, RPR, from Scottsdale, Ariz., attended the board…
The Stevens Point Journal recently posted an article online written by NCRA member Patricia A. Baker, Portage County, Wis., touting the role court reporters play…
Court reporting as a career was recently showcased in an article that was published online by Westfair Business Publications. The article features 28-year-old court reporting…
A recent article posted by the NY Daily Record highlighted Stephen A. Zinone, NCRA secretary-treasurer and an official court reporter from Rochester, N.Y., for his…
A feature article recently appeared in the Jakarta Post (Indonesia) highlighting the life and career of nationally-recognized Netty Karundeng, a stenographer who, in 1945 at…
Jo Ann Betler, RDR, CRR, CBC, CCP, CPE, CLVS, of Huntington, W.Va., won NCRF’s Silent Auction and will join the Court Reporters Delegation to Sydney and…
Enterprising Women magazine recently announced that Christine Phipps, RPR, owner of Phipps Reporting, Inc., in Palm Beach, Fla., was selected as a winner of its…
NCRA member Melinda I. Dexter, RMR, an official court reporter for the 30th Judicial Circuit Court in Lansing, Mich., recently contacted the U.S. Bureau of…
Shawna Browne, RMR, CRR, of Waldorf, Md., was recognized by Southern Maryland Newspapers Online for earning the Registered Merit Reporter certification. Browne is a member of…
This year I have the privilege of being the Board of Directors liaison to the Teachers Community of Interest. What a great group of enthused,…
Dorothy Huffman of Indianapolis, Ind., recently retired after nearly 70 years of active court reporting. I had the chance to sit and talk with her…
Program director of judicial reporting/broadcast captioning program at Anoka Technical College and independent captioner/CART provider. Currently resides in Dayton, Minn. MEMBER SINCE: 1985 GRADUATED FROM:…