Court reporters are increasingly being treated as logistical placeholders rather than as the professional safeguard of the legal record. Assignments arrive stripped of party information, context, and verification, yet reporters are still asked to place their names and license numbers on transcripts that carry legal weight. The frustration spreading through the profession is not about workload. It is about accountability.
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The Quiet Fear Inside the Record
Court reporters rarely speak about fear, yet it quietly accompanies some of the most important moments of their careers. It surfaces in high-stakes trials, unfamiliar courtrooms, and proceedings where every word carries lasting consequence. This fear is not evidence of failure. It is evidence of responsibility. And learning to work with it, rather than retreat from it, may be one of the profession’s most essential skills.
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