Green River LibGuides: Captioning: Professional Organizations & Programs

Professional Organizations

Professional Organizations are a great resource for support, continuing education, business directories, information on industry standards and best practices, legislation, and much more. Look for reduced student membership fees.

WCRA: Washington Court Reporters Association
NCRA: National Court Reporters Association
United States Court Reporters Association
Oregon Court Reporters Association
Idaho Court Reporters Association
California Court Reporters Association
Montana Court Reporters Association
Nevada Court Reporters Association
Court reporters -- professional associations
List from National Court Reporters Association
NAB: National Association of Broadcasting
AHDI: Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity
Formerly: the American Association for Medical Transcription
Association of Transcribers & Speech-to-text Providers
National Verbatim Reporters Association
"NVRA advances the understanding, practice, education and professional standards of verbatim reporters, CART providers, broadcast captioners and related professions by promoting ethical behavior, professional development, and educational opportunities."
Society for the Technological Advancement of Reporting (STAR)
A "membership organization for court reporting, shorthand reporting, and computer- assisted transcription (CAT) professionals."

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