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National Court Reporting and Captioning Week

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NATIONAL COURT REPORTING AND CAPTIONING WEEK – FEBRUARY 17-23
College of Court Reporting to join nationwide effort to recognize professionals, career opportunities in stenographic court reporting, and captioning

February 4, 2013 - The National Court Reporters Association (NCRA), the country’s leading organization representing stenographic court reporters and broadcast captioners, has announced that February 17-23 has been deemed National Court Reporting and Captioning Week. The awareness week pulls together 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.

College of Court Reporting (CCR), a premier court reporting education program and the first online program certified by NCRA, based in Hobart, Indiana, is planning to hold a Ribbon Cutting/Open House on Friday, February 22, 2013, at 11:30 a.m. CST. This event will cap off a “Spirit Week” full of festivities aimed at encouraging its student population to get involved with National Court Reporting and Captioning Week by engaging in a grassroots effort to promote the profession and educate local communities about the value stenographic skills bring to today’s marketplace.

“As highly technical career options, stenographic court reporting and captioning require an intricate blend of skill and knowledge,” said Tami Smith, President of NCRA and a court reporter for the 37th Circuit Court in Battle Creek, Michigan. “National Court Reporting and Captioning Week not only celebrates and highlights the invaluable contributions that court reporters make to the legal and deaf and hard-of-hearing communities, it also showcases the tremendous career opportunities that are available through stenographic court reporting and captioning.”

National Court Reporting and Captioning Week will be marked with promotional events and marketing 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. “For 10 years, members of the National Court Reporters Association have volunteered their time and professional skills to capture the oral histories of America’s disabled veterans,” said B.J. Shorak, Deputy Executive Director of the National Court Reporters Foundation. “These transcripts—thousands of important histories that would have otherwise been lost—are preserved at the Library of Congress thanks to the skill and dedication of court reporters and captioners.”

For more information about court reporting, visit CCR’s website at www.ccr.edu and Facebook page or go to NCRA.org. Career information about the court reporting profession can also be found at CareersInCourtReporting.com.

About College of Court Reporting
Providing our students with experienced faculty, current theory and curriculum, and state-of-the-art technology has been our philosophy since 1984 when Kay Moody founded CCR. As leaders in the field of preparing students as court reporters, stenographers, broadcast captioners, and communication access realtime translation (CART) reporters, we’ve made a substantial investment of capital and time to perfect the delivery of court reporting education. This blended learning environment was created to bring students and their teachers together as never before. For more information about our court reporting program, please go to www.ccr.edu or contact Nicky Rodriquez at 866-294-3974 ext. 222.

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 19,000 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 four-year degree and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the court reporting field is expected to grow more than 5 percent in the coming years. For more information, visit NCRA.org.

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