Local court reporter participated in
National Court Reporting & Captioning Week
NCRA recognizes (MEMBER FULL NAME)
RESTON, Va., DATE— The National Court Reporters Association (NCRA), the country’s
leading organization representing stenographic court reporters, broadcast and CART captioners,
and legal videographers, has announced that (MEMBER FULL NAME) of (City, State)
promoted the career opportunities in stenographic court reporting by participating in the 2016
National Court Reporting & Captioning Week. The awareness week, which took place Feb. 14-20,
consisted of a nationwide effort to highlight the contributions of stenographic court reporters and
captioners to society and to showcase the career opportunities that exist in the court reporting and
captioning fields.
(MEMBER LAST NAME), a (court reporter/captioner/CART provider,) participated in the
2016 National Court Reporting & Captioning Week by joining the grassroots efforts to promote the
profession and educate local communities about the value stenographic skills bring to today’s
marketplace.
(Please include a brief description of any special activity you were involved in to mark the
week-long awareness effort.)
“I believe that court reporting and captioning is a profession worthy of national recognition and I
was proud to take part in this national initiative,” said (MEMBER LAST NAME).
“Stenographic skills translate to a multitude of career options—including court reporting, liveevent captioning for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, captioning for broadcast and
specialized videography—and the strong marketplace demand means court reporting offers an
abundance of long-term career opportunities.”
(MEMBER LAST NAME) has been a stenographic court reporter for (enter #) years and is a
graduate of (name of program) in (city/state location of program). (He/She) has been a member
of NCRA for (enter #) years and holds the nationally recognized credentials (note certifications
by spelling them out entirely).
“We are grateful for (MEMBER’s FIRST NAME)’s extensive involvement in this initiative and
for [his/her] never-ending support of this rewarding profession,” said NCRA President Stephen A
Zinone, RPR, an official court reporter from Canandaigua, N.Y.
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“The 2016 event marks the fourth year we have nationally celebrated our profession, and with each
year the participation by our members, state associations, and court reporting schools has steadily
grown, helping to spread public awareness of the court reporting and captioning professions.
NCRA’s Take Note Campaign has complemented this commemorative week as well by
successfully raising awareness of the many benefits and employment opportunities the profession
offers,” said Zinone.
NCRA’s Take Note campaign is based on an industry wide outlook report conducted by an
independent research firm that determined that there is a growing need for qualified people to fill
jobs coming open in the court reporting and captioning fields.
National Court Reporting & Captioning Week is being marked with promotional events and
marketing efforts nationwide, including a grassroots social media campaign, presentations at high
schools across the country about court reporting and captioning career opportunities, and
community demonstrations such as producing transcripts of veterans’ oral histories. NCRA hosted
the first National Court Reporting & Captioning Week in 2013.
For more information, visit NCRA.org. Career information about the court reporting profession—
one of the leading career options that do not require a traditional four-year degree—can be found at
crTakeNote.com.
About NCRA
The National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) is 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 more than 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.
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