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I heard on the radio today that until the 1970s in Massachusetts, a written transcript was not produced at the trials of poor defendants who could not afford it. This made me wonder when and where court reporters have and have not been used historically. -- Beland (talk) 23:31, 18 April 2017 (UTC) Beland (talk) 23:31, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Some websites on the history of shorthand and court reporting: https://www.legallanguage.com/legal-articles/court-reporting-history/ (overview) https://brookscourtreporting.com/the-history-of-court-reporting-and-stenography/ (similar overview) http://www.nyscra.org/sitepage.asp?page=THE-ASSOCIATION (You will have to scroll down to see the historical markers for the New York court reporters association, which started in 1879 under a different name, and other early organizations) https://www.ncra.org/utility-pages/about-ncra/History-of-NCRA There was no history to share from the Massachusetts Court Reporters Association, but the list of past presidents goes back to 1954.

Famous-Trials (the website, not the wikipedia entry) uses some of the trial transcripts as sources. There doesn't seem to be a record of who reported the trials, but you can read some of the transcript excerpts from the early 1900s: https://www.famous-trials.com/blacksox/961-trialtestimony https://famous-trials.com/hauptmann/1405-clinderberghtestimony https://www.famous-trials.com/saccovanzetti/764-excerpts

The Lincoln-Douglas debates were reported by stenographers for newspapers. Here's the Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln-Douglas_debates:

In the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics continues to report a positive job outlook for stenographic court reporters. Median annual salary in 2010 was listed at $47,700 per year. Current Bureau of Labor Statistics list 2019 median page of $57,150 in the United States. The highest 10 percent earned more than $104,460. Employment of court reporters is projected to grow 7 percent from 2018 to 2028, faster than the average for all occupations.

all available here: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/legal/court-reporters.htm

outdated link to NCRA certification can be replaced with https://www.ncra.org/certification/registered-professional-reporter. In addition, NCRA certification of captioners can be added: https://www.ncra.org/certification/certified-realtime-captioner 21:00, 22 October 2019 (UTC)