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2022 Press releases

PR_Nov 8_22_Digital recordings cannot replace live court reporter
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PR_July 25_22_Early Langley to serve three-year term on NCRF Board of Trustees
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PR_July 25_22_2022 NCRF New Professional Reporter Grant_Clair Stein
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PR_July 25_22_Patricia K. Graves to serve three-year term on NCRF Board of Trustees
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PR_July 25_22_NCRF New Professional Reporter Grant_Bethany Morse
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PR_July 25_22_2022 CASE Award of Excellence
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PR_July 25_22_Linda K. McSwain to serve three-year term on NCRF Board of Trustees
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PR_July 25_22_Marjorie Peters to chair NCRF Board of Trustees
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PR_July 23_2022_ Monyeen Black Scholarship
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PR_July 23_22_2022 Fellow of the Academy of Professional Court Reporters_Harvey
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PR_July 23_22_2022 Fellow of the Academy of Professional Court Reporters_Germosen
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PR_July 23_22_2022 NCRA 2022 Distinguished Service Award
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PR_July 23_22_2022 Jim Bouley Family Lifetime Award for Altruism
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PR_July 23_22_Local Court Reporter Awarded First Carl Sauceda Grant
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PR_July 22_22_Cindy L. Isaacse named NCRA Secretary-Treasurer
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PR_July 22_22_Jason T. Meadors to serve as 2020-2023 NCRA President
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PR_July 22_22_Debra A. Dibble to serve as Immediate Past President
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PR_July 22_22_Keith R. Lemons from named NCRA Vice President
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PR_July 22_22_Phyllis Craver-Lykken to serve on NCRA Board of Directors
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PR_July 22_22_ NCRA elects 2022-2023 officers
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PR_July 22_22_Stacey M. Potenza to serve on NCRA’s Board of Directors
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PR_July 6_2022 CASE Scholarship1000_Peters
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PR_ July 6_2022_AtoZ Scholarship_Wilde
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PR_July 6_2022_CASE Scholarship 500_Vertucci
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PR_July 6_2022_AtoZ Scholarship_Norris
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PR_July 6_2022_CASE Scholarship 250_Swanson
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PR_July 6_2022_AtoZ Scholarship_Lopez
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PR_July 6_2022_AtoZ Scholarship_Lau
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PR_July 6_2022_AtoZ Scholarship_Simon
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PR_July 6_2022_AtoZ Scholarship_Leon
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PR_July 6_2022_AtoZ Scholarship_Javier
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PR_July 6_2022_AtoZ Scholarship_Hulse
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PR_July 6_2022_AtoZ Scholarship_Adams
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PR_July 6_2022_AtoZ Scholarship_Caban
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PR_July 6_2022_CASE 2022 Excellence award_Hubacher
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PR_July 6_2022_ CASE Scholarship 750_Lih
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PR_July 6_2022_ Sue Sheldon White Scholarship
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PR_July 6_2022_AtoZ Scholarship_Fair
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PR_July 6_2022_AtoZ Scholarship_Preston
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PR_July 6_2022_AtoZ Scholarship_Duran
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PR_July 6_2022_AtoZ Scholarship_Almanrode
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2021 Press releases

December 7, 2021

A live stenographic court reporter in the Darrell Brooks case would have guaranteed an official record existed and possibly a different outcome

The use of a live stenographic court reporter in the case of Darrell Brooks would have most certainly guaranteed that an official record of prior proceedings would have been available to the judge, potentially changing the outcome of a recent bond hearing.
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August 4, 2021

NCRA elects 2021-2022 officers at national Conference & Expo

NCRA announced that the membership elected and installed its 2021-2022 officers during the Association’s 2021 Conference & Expo held at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev., July 29-Aug. 1.
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August 4, 2021

Yolanda Walton elected to serve two-year term to NCRA Board of Directors

Yolanda Walton, an official court reporter from Norwalk, Ohio, was elected to serve a two-year term as a member of its Board of Directors during the Association’s Conference & Expo held in Las Vegas, Nev., July 29-Aug. 1.
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August 2, 2021

Local court reporting student earns CASE scholarship

NCRA has announced that Melissa Vega from Postville, Iowa, a student at Anoka Technical College in Anoka, Minn., has been awarded a $500 scholarship by the Association’s Council on Approved Student Education (CASE).
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August 2, 2021

Taylor Maldonado awarded the first Monyeen Black Memorial Grant

NCRA has announced that Taylor Maldonado, RPR, an official court reporter from Dos Palos, Calif., has been named recipient of the first annual Monyeen Black Memorial Grant.
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August 2, 2021

Meredith A. Bonn appointed to NCRF Board of Trustees

Meredith Bonn has been a court reporter since 1990 and was named official senior court reporter for the New York State Seventh Judicial District, Rochester, N.Y., in 2007.
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August 2, 2021

Gordon Robertson from Edmonton, Alberta awarded a $500 scholarship

NCRA has announced that Gordon Robertson from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, a student at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) in Edmonton, has been awarded a $500 NCRA A to Z® Scholarship
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August 2, 2021

Laurel L. Eiler, Brentwood, Tenn., honored with 2021 Santo J. Aurelio Award for Altruism

NCRA presented the 2021 Santo J. Aurelio Award to Laurel Eiler, FAPR, RDR, a court reporter from Brentwood, Tenn.
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August 2, 2021

Andrea Kreutz appointed to NCRF Board of Trustees

The National Court Reporters Foundation (NCRF), the philanthropic arm of the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA), announced that Andrea Kreutz, CLVS, a legal videographer from Des Moines, Iowa, was installed to serve a three-year term on its Board of Trustees.
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August 2, 2021

Kimberly Coltrain from Grayson, Ga., awarded a $1,500 scholarship

NCRA has announced that Kimberly Coltrain, RSR, from Grayson, Ga., and a student at the College of Court Reporting in Valparaiso, Ind., is the recipient of the first 2021 Sue Shelton White Scholarship awarded by NCRA’s Council on Approved Student Education (CASE).
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August 2, 2021

Cynthia Viau from New York City awarded a $500 scholarship

Cynthia Viau from New York City, N.Y., a student at Plaza College in Forest Hills, N.Y., has been awarded a $500 NCRA A to Z® Scholarship.
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August 2, 2021

Dana Kelly from Jersey City awarded a $500 scholarship

Dana Kelly from Jersey City, N.J., a student at Plaza College, Forest Hills, N.Y., has been awarded a $500 NCRA A to Z® Scholarship.
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August 2, 2021

Eneida Mendez from Queens awarded a $500 scholarship

Eneida Mendez from Queens, N.Y., a student at Plaza College in Forest Hills, N.Y., has been awarded a $500 NCRA A to Z® Scholarship.
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August 2, 2021

Saba McKinley-Roberts from Clarksville elected to three-year term as an NCRA Director

Saba McKinley-Roberts, RPR, CRI, a freelance court reporter, captioner, and agency owner from Clarksville, Tenn., was elected to serve a three-year term as a Director during the Association’s Conference & Expo being held July 29-Aug. 1 at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
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August 2, 2021

Cindy L. Isaacsen from Shawnee elected 2021-2022 NCRA Secretary-Treasurer

NCRA announced that Cindy L. Isaacsen, an official court reporter from Shawnee, Kan., was elected to serve as 2021-2022 Secretary- Treasurer during the Association’s Conference & Expo being held July 29-Aug. 1 at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
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August 2, 2021

Kristin M. Anderson from San Antonio elected 2021-2022 NCRA Vice President

NCRA announced that Kristin M. Anderson, an official court reporter from San Antonio, Texas, was elected to serve as 2021-2022 Vice President during the Association’s Conference & Expo being held July 29-Aug. 1 at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
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August 2, 2021

Erika Sjoquist from Savannah elected to three-year term as an NCRA Director

Erika Sjoquist, RPR, CRR, a court reporter from Savannah, Ga., was elected to serve a three-year term as a Director during the Association’s Conference & Expo being held July 29-Aug. 1 at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
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August 2, 2021

Laurie Moniz, an educator from Aurora, Ohio, earns NCRA 2021 CASE Award of Excellence

Laurie Moniz, from Aurora, Ohio, a court reporting instructor at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C), in Cleveland, Ohio, was named 2021 Educator of the Year.
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August 1, 2021

Mary Lancaster from Norman, Okla., awarded a $500 a NCRA A to Z® Scholarship

NCRA has announced that Mary Lancaster from Norman, Okla., a student at Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma City, has been awarded a $500 NCRA A to Z® Scholarship.
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August 1, 2021

Debbie Dibble from Woodland elected 2021-2022 NCRA President

NCRA announced that Debra A. Dibble, RDR, CRR, CRC, a freelance court reporter and captioner from Woodland, Utah, was elected to serve as 2021-2022 President during the Association’s Conference & Expo being held July 29-Aug. 1 at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
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August 1, 2021

Scott Bellile from New London awarded a $500 scholarship

NCRA has announced that Scott Bellile from New London, Wis., a student at Lakeshore Technical College in Cleveland, Wis., has been awarded a $500 NCRA A to Z® Scholarship.
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August 1, 2021

Alan Peacock honored with NCRA 2021Distinguished Service Award

Alan Peacock, a court reporter and captioner from Mobile, Ala., becomes 58th to earn the national award
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August 1, 2021

Christine Phipps is Immediate Past President of NCRA

NCRA announced that Christine Phipps, RPR, from North Palm Beach, Fla., a court reporter, and owner of Phipps Reporting, moved into the position of Immediate Past President during the Association’s Conference & Expo taking place July 29-Aug. 1 at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
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August 1, 2021

Heather Bonds from Santa Cruz awarded a $500 scholarship

Heather Bonds from Santa Cruz, Calif., a student at the College of Court Reporting in Valparaiso, Ind., has been awarded a $500 NCRA A to Z® Scholarship.
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August 1, 2021

Jason T. Meadors from Fort Collins elected 2021-2022 NCRA President-elect

NCRA announced that Jason T. Meadors, a court reporter and firm owner from Fort Collins, Colo., was elected to serve as 2021-2022 President-elect during the Association’s Conference & Expo being held July 29-Aug. 1 at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
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August 1, 2021

Maureen Moore from Chagrin Falls awarded a $500 scholarship

Maureen Moore, from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, a student at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio, has been awarded a $500 NCRA A to Z® Scholarship.
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June 1, 2021

NCRF renews agreement with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Court reporters to transcribe histories of Holocaust survivors for preservation

The National Court Reporters Foundation (NCRF) has renewed a Memo of Understanding with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (the Museum) in Washington, D. C., to have court reporters transcribe the histories of Holocaust survivors.
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March 25, 2021

Linda K. McSwain begins two-year term to serve on NCRF Board of Trustees

The National Court Reporters Foundation (NCRF), the philanthropic arm of the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA), announced that Linda K. McSwain an official court reporter from Mobile, Ala., has been appointed to serve a two-year term on its Board of Trustees.
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March 22, 2021

Local captioner finds happiness in captioning something different

Rachel DeMasi of York County, Pa., is a stenographic captioner who has found a new way to use her skills to help those who have a hearing loss.
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February 17, 2021

Local court reporter Sandy Narup begins two-year term on NCRF Board of Trustees

NCRA announced that Sandy Narup, from Orlando, Fla., has been appointed to serve a two-year term on its Board of Trustees. She currently serves on the Foundation’s Angel Gatherers Committee. NCRA is the country’s leading organization representing stenographic court reporters, captioners, and legal videographers.
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January 28, 2021

Early Langley appointed to NCRF Board of Trustees

The National Court Reporters Foundation (NCRF) announced that Early Langley, a freelance court reporter from Danville, Calif., has been appointed to serve a two-year term as the Chair of its Board of Trustees.
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About NCRA

The National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) has been internationally recognized for promoting excellence among those who capture and convert the spoken word to text for more than 100 years. NCRA is committed to supporting its 16,000 members in achieving the highest level of professional expertise with educational opportunities and industry-recognized court reporting, educator, and videographer certification programs. NCRA impacts legislative issues and the global marketplace through its actively involved membership. Forbes has named court reporting as one of the best career options that do not require a traditional four-year degree, and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the court reporting field is expected to grow by 14 percent through the year 2020. For more information, visit NCRA.org.

Contact

Annemarie Roketenetz
National Court Reporters Association
Director, Communications and PR
Tel: 703-584-9014 or aroketenetz@ncra.org

Court reporters and captioners available for interviews, steno machine and realtime demonstrations