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New Professional Spotlight: Tracey L. Tracy

By Rachel Barkume, RPR Tracey Tracy, RPR, is a freelance court reporter in Tacoma, Wash. She graduated from the online court reporting technologies program at Green River College in…

Angel Donor Profile: Marjorie Peters

The National Court Reporters Foundation (NCRF) supports the advancement of the court reporting and captioning professions through education, scholarship, recognition, and programs critical to preserving…

New Professional Spotlight: Cathy Carpenter

Cathy Carpenter, originally from Buffalo, N.Y., currently lives and works as a freelance court reporter in St. Petersburg, Fla. She graduated from the University at…

New Professional Spotlight: Brad Benjamin

Brad Benjamin is a new freelance court reporter in Chicago, Ill. A graduate of MacCormac College, he covers various types of work including court hearings,…

From intern to official

By Callie Sajdera In theory, I couldn’t wait to get to Realtime VI (200-225 wpm). In Realtime VI, I couldn’t wait to intern. While I interned,…

Q&A: Checking in with Joe Aurelio

Santo “Joe” Aurelio, FAPR, RDR (Ret.), has always had an attraction to the English language, first as a court reporter and later as a professor…

15 minutes a day for Michelle

By Rich Germosen A few weeks after the NCRA Convention & Expo in San Francisco, in September 2014, I started a practice page on Facebook.…

Dreams never die

By Joshua Edwards The JCR Weekly recently learned that NCRA member Joshua Edwards has a passion for singing and reached out to learn more about…

Captioning a spelling bee

So what do you do when you are asked to report a spelling bee? If you have the opportunity to do so, Chase Frazier, RMR,…

You never know where the job might take you

While working for Orange Legal in Tavares, Fla., Tiffany Treffeisen, RPR, and Lisa Shuman, RPR, shared reporting duties on an eminent domain case earlier this…

PROFILE: Jeseca C. Eddington, RDR, CRR, CRC

Official court reporter Currently resides in: Detroit, Mich. Member since: 2002 Graduated from: Academy of Court Reporting Theory: Realtime compatible JCR | Why was it…

PROFILE: James Pence-Aviles, RMR, CRR

Official court reporter Currently resides in: Imperial Beach, Calif. Member since: 2005 Graduated from: Court Reporting Institute Theory: Phoenix Theory JCR | Why did you…

PROFILE: Laura Ohman, RPR

Freelance court reporter Currently resides in: Tacoma, Wash. Member since: 2008 Graduated from: Bates Technical College Theory: Phoenix Theory JCR | Why did you decide…