National Court Reporting & Captioning Week Part 1: Why did you become a court reporter?

National Court Reporting and Captioning Week is being celebrated February 14-20.  The week-long event is designed to celebrate the court reporting and captioning professions and to help raise public awareness about the growing number of employment opportunities the career offers.  In recognition of the outstanding court reporters PohlmanUSA has the opportunity to work with each and every day, we wanted to highlight their responses to questions we posed surrounding their profession.

The first question we asked was, “Why did you become a court reporter?” Here’s what they said:

I knew someone who was a court reporter. I was intrigued with her steno machine along with all of its intricacies. I asked many questions to learn more, and I realized at that moment how important the job of a court reporter is in the legal profession and realized at that moment that this was my career path! It is very challenging but very rewarding. – Maria S

I became a court reporter because it’s where the action is. You’re there recording the news.  Final transcripts are sometimes quoted by periodicals and papers. – Deralyn G

I became a reporter because I have always been interested in the legal field, went to legal secretary school first, and came upon this amazing profession and knew I’d love it.  Plus the flexibility with a family is worth it all. – Julie H

Thought it would be an interesting career with rewarding income. – Bo K

I became a court reporter because I was always good at English and history/government classes but horrible at math and science.  When I read an article in my school newspaper about court reporters, I decided right then and there it was for me. – Kathy M

For more information about court reporting, visit http://www.ncra.org/. For more information about starting a career in court reporting, please visit us at http://pohlmanusa.com/.