Phyllis Craver Lykken, FAPR, RPR, has come a long way since she took a Gregg shorthand class in college over 40 years ago. Today she…
By Kendra Steppler Brianna Figueras, RSR, lives in Pasadena, Calif., where she works as a freelance deposition reporter. She is self-taught and has been a…
On behalf of your NCRA Board of Directors, the NCRF Trustees, and the NCRA staff, we want everyone affected by the recent hurricanes that have…
Congressional elections take place every two years in the United States, along with many state and local races. With the 2022 midterm elections less than…
In an October 27 message, Texas Deposition Reporters Association (TEXDRA) President-Elect Lucille Wyatt thanked the NCRA STRONG Committee for its support to help prepare TEXDRA…
CART captioners are everywhere! Whether you’re in a stadium where thousands of fans cause decibel-breaking records, observing the greatest deliberative body in the world, or…
Top, L-R: Terri Sims, RDR, CRR; Lisa Selby-Brood, RMR; Lisa Johnston, RMR, CRR, CRC; Santo (Joe) Aurelio, FAPR, RDR (Ret.); and Cassy Kerr, RPR, CRR,…
NCRA Past President E. Duane Smith of Baltimore, Md., passed away on October 16, 2022, after a long illness. He was president in 2004-2005. He…
Reliance, a proactive group of firm owners and individual court reporters who have joined together to ensure the continued success of NCRA and the court…
Has a peer or colleague gone above and beyond to support NCRA and the court reporting and captioning professions? Consider nominating them for NCRA’s 2023 Distinguished Service…
By Suzanne Trimble I use Brave for my browser and DuckDuckGo as my search engine. Brave I love that the Brave browser has no ads…
Businesses face significant financial loss when a cyberattack occurs. In 2018 the U.S. business sector had the largest number of data breaches ever recorded: 571.…
Lexitas, based in Houston, Texas, announced in a press release issued on Oct. 19 that the firm has acquired Oasis Reporting Services, headquartered in Las…
Registration ends Nov. 10 for the next Certified Legal Video Specialist (CLVS) Production Exam being held Nov. 18-19 at NCRA’s headquarters in Reston, Va. Candidates who…
NCRA member Katherine McNally, CLVS, CRI, from Tempe, Ariz., passed away Sept. 24. Read more.
Landline.com posted an article on Oct. 18 about the independent contractor reclassification proposal announced last week by the U.S. Department of Labor. The article notes that…
In the Oct. 24 issue of The New Yorker, retired NCRA member Dom Tursi, of Central Islip, N.Y., was featured prominently in the article entitled…
Radio station 790 KFGO reported on Oct. 17 that NCRA member Stephanie Smith, RPR, a freelance court reporter and agency owner from Bismarck, N.D., was…
In case you missed it, last week NCRA Government Relations launched a grassroots advocacy campaign, “Oppose the Department of Labor’s Proposed Rulemaking on Independent Contractor…