Court Reporters and Television Access
On March 13, 2013, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced S. 555, the Captioning and Image Narration to Enhance Movie Accessibility Act., which essentially amends Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to make it discriminatory for movie complexes...Courthouse Safety Act of 2013
The National Court Reporters Association, as well as state court reporting associations, are coming together in support of S. 445 and HR 953, the Local Courthouse Safety Act of 2013. Previously S. 2076, the Local Courthouse Safety Act of 2012, supporters are hoping to...Court Reporting Makes a Comeback
For years states have been working hard to replace their official court reporters with digital audio and video recording systems in an attempt to save their taxpayers money. What they’ve discovered time and again, however, is that court reporters are still a necessary...Court Reporters – Front and Center in Writing Our History
MoneyCrashers, in its list of top professions, described court reporting as not glamorous or exciting. Dawn Hart and Jan Hamilton, court reporters at Planet Depos with a combined 69 years between them, will tell you otherwise.