NCRA invites media outlets to showcase the stenographic court reporting and captioning professions

Reston, Dec. 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — RESTON, Va., Dec. 31, 2021 — The National Court Reporters Association (NCRA), the country’s leading organization representing stenographic court reporters, captioners, and legal videographers, has designated Feb. 5-12 as 2022 National Court Reporting & Captioning Week, and invites all media outlets to help celebrate the week by showcasing the profession.

The weeklong event, themed “Spread love and steno everywhere you go,” brings court reporters, captioners, court reporting firms, schools, and others in the legal industry together to help highlight the many aspects that make court reporting and captioning a viable profession. Those aspects include a quicker entrance into the workforce since no four-year degree is required, good salaries, flexibility, interesting venues, and the increasing demand for more reporters and captioners to meet the growing number of employment opportunities available in the field.

The 2022 event marks the 10th year NCRA has hosted the celebration.

“Court Reporting & Captioning Week provides the perfect stage to share with the world what makes court reporting and captioning such wonderful career choices,” said NCRA President Debra A. Dibble, RDR, CRR, CRC, a freelance court reporter and captioner from Salt Lake City, Utah.

“I am so excited about the many activities our members have planned to mark the week. These include making themselves available to the media to demonstrate how they capture the spoken word and transform it into text immediately, as well as seeking official proclamations from lawmakers, visiting high schools to showcase what they do, or volunteering to transcribe the oral history of one of our priceless U.S. veterans for the Library of Congress Veterans History Project,” Dibble said.

“Many NCRA members will also use this week to meet with their local or state bar associations, judges, or attorneys and let them know why the stenographic record is the gold standard for capturing the record or to reach out to local groups and organizations to let them know how they can help them make meetings accessible through captioning for those who are deaf or hard of hearing,” Dibble added.

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Court reporters and captioners rely on the latest in technology to use stenographic machines to capture the spoken word and translate it into written text in real time. These professionals work both in and out of the courtroom recording legal cases and depositions, providing live captioning of events, and assisting members of the deaf and hard-of-hearing communities with gaining access to information, entertainment, educational opportunities, and more.

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