By Emily Bergren Meghan Minnick grew up in Ottawa, Kan., and is now a freelance reporter living in Kansas City, Mo. She honed her determination…
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NCRA members are known to be driven to succeed in their professional areas of work, but often they are also just as driven to succeed…
My name is Tatelyn Noda, RPR, and I am an official court reporter for the First Judicial Circuit of Alabama. I graduated from Prince Institute…
The JCR Weekly regularly highlights one of the more than 100 Angels who support the National Court Reporters Foundation. This month, we profile Mary Bader, FAPR, RPR,…
Jamie Booker, RPR, a freelance reporter in Tacoma, Wash., recently posted the following in the Facebook group Encouraging Court Reporting Students: Why is court reporting…
By Mike Hensley Bethany Glover, RPR, is a new professional residing in Long Beach, Calif. Not only is she new — within her first year…
Cynthia Hinds, CRC, a captioner from Mabank, Texas, recently posted the following on Facebook about an experience she had during a captioning job: One of…
By Selana Scott Dorelle Scheeringa, RPR, of Highland, Ind., is a poised, intelligent, and approachable court reporter who has been reporting for three and a…
Jennifer Wielage, of Bradley Beach, N.J., reached out to the JCR Weekly staff about her personal experiences with being a court reporter. She told us…
By Mervin Vaughn The National Court Reporters Foundation (NCRF) presented the 2019 Santo J. Aurelio Award to Mervin E. Vaughn, RPR, from Runnels, Iowa, at…
NCRA members Carol Studenmund, FAPR, RDR, CRR, CRC, Portland, Ore.; Karen Yates, FAPR, RPR, CRR, CRC, Minden, Nev.; and Kelly Linkowski, RPR, CRR, CRC, CPE,…
Doug Zweizig, RDR, CRR, of Baltimore, Md., was crowned the 2019 Realtime Contest champion at the NCRA Convention & Expo in Denver, Colo. He wrote…
By Ashley Stahl Sara Galante attended the Long Island Business Institute. She reports freelance and per diem court proceedings in New York and has been…
By Jan Ballman, FAPR, RPR, CMRS Caitlin Albrecht is a freelancer from Plymouth, Minn., who graduated from Anoka Technical College in Anoka, Minn. JCR | What…
We recently held a contest to give a free 2019 NCRA Convention & Expo registration to a new member who joined between May 17 and…
By Selana Scott and Michael Hensley Amanda Harwell is a graduate of MacCormac College in Chicago, Ill. As a new professional court reporter, she has…
By Patricia Nilsen (with Kiki Kim) As a lifelong fan of Mötley Crüe, the glam-metal band that became famous in the 1980s, my dream as…
Amy Yarbrough is a CART captioner and freelance reporter in Neptune Beach, Fla. She serves on several committees and the board of directors of the…
By Heidi Renner Brothers Adam and Aaron Alweis recently each reached career milestones. They were both named the chief reporter for their respective courts in…
NCRA member Lisa Johnston, RMR, CRR, CRC, casts off ties in Melbourne, Fla., every year to travel across the United States with her husband. Rather…