The Dude Q. Okay. Let me go ahead and do something with you I do with a lot of folks who make estimates like that.…
By Lisa Selby-Brood If you start to study Latin, you will learn the words – like any other language — and you’ll learn lots of…
By Michael Mattice If you have been assigned to a family law or domestic relations or juvenile court, get ready for a whole new language!…
By Jennifer Porto How many times have you been on a job and thought, “Why don’t I have that word in my dictionary?” For every…
Friends, students, and reporters, lend me your ears. Shakespeare, legendary man of words, measured and used wisely what he wrote. As steno writers today know…
By Gary D. Robson Closed captioning has been available for more than four decades, but the author takes on the question of whether the current…
The Des Moines Area Community College Board of Trustees has named Dr. Patricia Dean Ziegler as professor and program chair of the new court reporting…
Freelance reporter & owner of Stenedge Currently resides in Athens, Ga. Member since: 2005 Graduated from: Austin Court Reporting Institute Theory: StenEd Favorite briefs:…
In the century-long history of NCRA, special men and women have become stars in our field by virtue of their incomparable excellence and performance at…
My father, Nicholas J. Cinciotta, spent his career as a shorthand reporter. He died on Jan. 19, 2014, eleven weeks shy of his 100th birthday.…
The first time I stepped into an NCRA National Convention exhibit hall was in 2008 in Anaheim, Calif. I was completely overwhelmed by all the…
Be sure to look for the feature article “Solve realtime problems your way,” in the upcoming issue of the JCR. The piece offers advice about…
Curtis Newbold, a communications professor and self-named “Visual Communication Guy,” has created an infographic ranking the 15 punctuation marks in order of difficulty. On the…
In a recent blog on ChicagoNow.com, court reporter Margaret Mary Kruse, RPR, offers a humorous take on the daily security check court officials need to…
The Idaho Business Review recently reported that NCRA member Andrea Jean Wecker has earned the Registered Diplomate Reporter certification, the highest credential available to stenographic…
Ever wondered how your favorite late-night comedy show sifts through all of those cable news clips to bring you the most ridiculous? According an article…
Huseby, the court reporting, trial services, and litigation support company with offices coast to coast, recently posted an article on its website about the realtime…
KCTV News 5 recently reported that Greene County, Mo., authorities are trying to determine if the death of a court reporter will affect the trial…
Are you a court reporting teacher, administrator, or mentor looking to improve your skills, seeking new tricks and ideas to helping students succeed, or searching…
Recently, elementary school teacher Karen Taylor took her class of second-graders from a town in rural Iowa on a field trip to watch a jury…