LOCAL COURT REPORTER RECOGNIZED FOR PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL COURT REPORTING AND CAPTIONING WEEK

VIENNA, Va., March 28, 2013—The National Court Reporters Association, the country’s leading organization representing stenographic court reporters and broadcast captioners, has announced that Linda Pugliese of San Jose, California, promoted the career opportunities in stenographic court reporting by participating in the 2013 National Court Reporting and Captioning Week. The awareness week, which took place February 17-23, 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.

LINDA PUGLIESE, a court reporter who owns and has operated CRS COURT REPORTERS from SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, participated in the 2013 National Court Reporting and 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.

“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, Mich. “National Court Reporting and Captioning Week not only celebrated 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. We are grateful for LINDA’s extensive involvement in this initiative and for her never-ending support of this rewarding profession.”

“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,” says PUGLIESE. “Stenographic skills translate to a multitude of career options—including court reporting, live-event 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.”

PUGLIESE has been a stenographic court reporter for 30 plus years and is a graduate of the Court Reporting Program at West Valley College in San Jose, California.  She has been a member of NCRA for 37 years and has earned nationally recognized credentials including Registered Professional Reporter, California Certified Shorthand Reporter and Idaho Certified shorthand Reporter. She lives in San Jose, California.

National Court Reporting and Captioning Week was 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 more information, visit NCRA.org. Career information about the court reporting profession—one of the leading career options that do not require a four-year degree—can be found at CareersInCourtReporting.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 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.