Planet Depos Blog

According to a 2006 National Court Reporters Association report, on average, just 5 to 10 percent of students who enroll in court reporting schools graduate. While court reporting programs across the country are working to improve that statistic, Planet Depos wishes...

The written knowledge portion of the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) Registered Professional Reporter exam consists of 110 multiple-choice questions covering reporting and professional practices, medical and legal terminology, and technology. Reporters...

Court reporters are required to sit in one position and concentrate for extended periods of time, which is why many tend to develop neck and shoulder tension. Harvard University reports that seven out of ten people will experience neck and shoulder pain at some point...

Because: (a) Princeton Review indicates that as many as 25 percent of those who leave the court reporting profession leave due to stress, (b) The Mayo Clinic reports that, “a little exercise goes a long way” when it comes to stress management, and (c) Stenograph...

In polling the reporters who work with Planet Depos about when they interrupt a proceeding, the general consensus was that they don’t unless they absolutely, positively must. The two primary reasons for interrupting include: • People speaking over one another• People...

As a small-town court reporter in Waterbury, Connecticut, back in 1974, Paula Eastes was looking to make a change, so she signed up to attend the Annual Convention of the National Shorthand Reporters Association’s to be held that year in Houston, Texas. While at the...

On April 16, 2013, the Department of Education approved $1,068,870 in discretionary grant funding for Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) to invest in training realtime writers to meet the requirements for closed captioning. For many deaf and hard-of-hearing...