As Close to Perfect as Possible
By Marybeth Everhart
As Captioners, we've all encountered those situations that are unreportable, at least as far as verbatim is concerned. When someone is relying on us to get it all the first time, how do we handle it?
Back in the Day
By Darlene Parker, NCI
A look back at the old days of captioning
Beyond the Comfort Zone: The Captioned Iraqi War -- Another Trench
By Monette Benoit
Captioner Elizabeth Maki and caption consumer Kathryn Terhune Cotton comment on the captioning of the Iraqi war.
Captioner Profiled as Virtuoso
By Steve Featherstone
Captioner Valerie Waite was profiled in this article for a Canadian magazine.
How I Became A Broadcast Captioner
By Louise Becker, RPR, CRR, CCP, CBC, Olympia, Wash.
In late 1991, I was working for a freelance reporting agency in the city of Olympia, Wash. I had been reporting for a little over a year and had just passed the RPR exam. I heard about the Court Reporters Forum on CompuServe. It sounded pretty interesting, so I signed up.
Captioning the Olympic and Paralympic Games
by Errol Carter
When Sydney, Australia, won the right to host the 2000 Olympics, it also "won the obligation to provide captioning" - and what a mammoth task it was for Realtime Reporters.
Captioning: Opportunities, Challenges and the Future
by Peter Wacht
Will there be enough captioners to fill the available positions by 2006, when Federal Communications Commission regulations require captioning for 100 percent of all new programming? JCR interviewed several captioners on this question and others, and they offered an interesting look at a fast-growing market for qualified reporters.
Diary of a Captioning Newbie
By B.J. Quinn
Interested in becoming a captioner? Follow a former freelance agency owner transitioning through her first year of transitioning. [Adobe Acrobat format]
One Of Our Own Captions Governor's State Of The State
It was many years ago that Denise Phipps, RDR, CRR, CCP, Reno, Nev. began working with the Governor's Council on Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities.
The Successful Captioner
By Amy Bowlen
What does it take to be a captioner? Amy Bowlen tackles this topic.