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Name: Lisa Schwarze, RPR Specialty: Owner of Sworn Testimony, PLLC, and Game Day Captions Resides in: Lexington, Ky. NCRA member since: 2005 Graduated from: Madison…
When I was a student reporter back in the 1970s, I sat in with an official who worked for a federal judge in downtown Baltimore.…
I am so proud to say I’m Nancy Varallo, your newly installed NCRA President. I want you to know I understand the trust you’ve placed…
The San Diego, Calif., ABC affiliate, 10News, reported that a Poway High School senior who is hearing impaired is suing the Poway Unified School District…
The Aug. 25 Battle Creek (Mich.) Enquirer profiled NCRA’s immediate past president, Tami Smith Keenan, a court reporter working in the Calhoun County Circuit Court.…
The Aug. 24 Herald and Review, based in Decatur, Ill., featured an article on Macon County Circuit Court’s 10 reporters. According to the story, Presiding…
At the 2013 NCRA Convention & Expo in Nashville, Tenn., Dana Hayden (left) of Huntsville, Ark. won the 2013 Speed Contest. Deanna Boenau (center) of Sarasota, Fla., earned second…
At the 2013 NCRA Convention & Expo in Nashville, Tenn., Jo Ann Bryce of Castro Valley, Calif., won the Realtime Contest. Deanna C. Boenau of Sarasota, Fla., earned…
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 13, 2013— The National Court Reporters Foundation (NCRF), the charitable arm of the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA), the country’s leading organization…
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug 10, 2013—The National Court Reporters Foundation (NCRF), the charitable arm of the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA), the country’s leading organization representing…
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 10, 2013—The National Court Reporters Foundation (NCRF), the charitable arm of the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA), the country’s leading organization representing…
Court reporters chime in on how playing musical instruments helped with their careers. When kids learn an instrument, teachers sometimes tell them “you’re a natural”…
When I hear talk about amazing shorthand speeds, it always stirs my professional passions. The ambitious goal of 400 wpm is now on the horizon…
TWINKLE TOES Q. And you used to be a dancer. When you say “a dancer,” what do you mean by that? A. Not a stripper.…
Last November, Heidi C. Thomas, RDR, CRR, a member of NCRA’s Board of Directors, boarded a plane armed with her equipment case and steno machine.…
On the occasion of Stenograph’s seventy-fifth anniversary, Jim Cudahy, NCRA’s executive director and CEO, took the opportunity to talk to John Wenclawski, Stenograph’s president. Here…
In the wake of the devastation caused by the massive tornado that touched down in Moore, Okla., the Oklahoma Court Reporters Association collected donations to…
The following are new NCRA reporter and associate members joining in March 2013. Members are listed by state or country. Endorser’s name, where available, appears…
I fire up the computer, turn on the modem, punch the TV remote control, hit the on button on my other computer, flip the button…