Court Reporters

Court reporters, deposition reporters, and broadcast captioners are in demand. Court reporters can work in the legal community, provide communications access for people with hearing loss, be an independent contractor, or run their own reporting firm. Court reporters are part of exciting events.

Court reporters, both stenotypists and voice writers, who specialize in captioning live television programming for people with hearing loss are commonly known as stenocaptioners. They work for television networks or cable stations, captioning news, emergency broadcasts, sporting events, and other programming.

Court reporters, including deposition reporters and broadcast captioners, earn an average of more than $60,000 a year.