On April 14, The Examiner reported the retirement of two longtime court reporters from Jefferson County, Texas. The article notes that, as guardians of the…
On April 5, the Traverse City [Mich.] Record Eagle posted a press release issued by NCRA announcing that Jessica L. Jaynes, RPR, an official court…
A blog posted on March 30 by The Captioning Group based in Calgary, Alberta, and written by NCRA member Susan Hahaj, RPR, provides an inside…
A high school teacher from East Brunswick, N.J., who is deaf says multiple requests for the district to provide a CART reporter for graduation have…
Lawyers who are deaf or hard-of-hearing are set to be sworn in to the U.S. Supreme Court bar on April 19, in a first-ever mass…
More and more court reporters and captioners have realized the value in attending career fairs as a way to promote the profession. Most recently, Darlene…
By Adam Finkel In late March, over 65 court reporters and captioners traveled to our nation’s capital for Legislative Boot Camp. On Tuesday, March 22,…
The National Court Reporters Foundation (NCRF) has announced that Cathy Carpenter, Orlando, Fla., was named recipient of the 2016 New Professional Reporter Grant. The Foundation…
By Christine Phipps Adobe issued an alert that Flash users need to update to the latest version as hackers took advantage of a security flaw…
An article posted April 7 by uscourts.gov offers a look at a new judicial learning center and museum in Oklahoma City, Okla. The center teaches…
Kelly Moranz, CRI, manager of the court reporting program at Cuyahoga Community College, Parma, Ohio, was featured in an article posted April 6 by Fresh…
The National Search Dog Foundation team of handler Jeff Leon and Justice, sponsored in part by the Julie Brandau Community Service Memorial Project, recently responded…
The Maui News, Hawaii, reported on April 3 that moviegoers who are deaf or hard of hearing on the island will now have captioning right…
Nancy Bistany, RPR, NCRA Technology Committee Co-chair, recommends a few handy gadgets. Zolt is “the world’s smallest, lightest, smartest laptop charger.” It can power up…
Join hundreds of NCRA members, court reporting students, teachers, and school administrators in Chicago, Ill., for the 2016 NCRA Convention & Expo, Aug. 4-7. Registration…
On March 24, the Florida Supreme Court on its own motion issued an amendment to the Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.535 to prohibit the…
By April Weiner Since its creation in 2010, NCRF’s Legal Education Program has helped hundreds of court reporters give presentations to lawyers, law schools, and…
By Jessica L. Jaynes While attending the 2016 NCRA Legislative Boot Camp, I decided to make the most of my downtime between meetings on Capitol…
WKYC Channel 3 in Cleveland, Ohio, aired a story on March 30 about the opportunities available in the court reporting and captioning fields. The story…
The Daily World announced on March 29 that NCRA member Connie Church, RPR, CRR, CRC of Montesano, Wash., earned the nationally recognized Certified Realtime Captioner…