Realtime Court Reporting - Write It Clean the First Time
Includes a Live Web Event on 10/27/2026 at 8:00 PM (EDT)
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Realtime writing is no longer a specialty skill — it is the emerging standard in courts, CART services, broadcast captioning, and remote depositions. Yet many reporters and students treat it as an advanced add-on rather than a foundational practice. This webinar challenges that assumption and gives every attendee practical tools they can use immediately.
During this hour, the session moves through four core areas: why realtime matters in today's market, dictionary maintenance as a daily professional discipline, developing a transcript-quality mindset, and fingerspelling as a deliberate fallback tool. Attendees leave with a concrete action plan regardless of their experience level.
Total CEU 0.1
Saba McKinley, RPR, CRI
Realtime is a SuperPower! Are You Using Yours?
Saba McKinley is a nationally recognized court reporting professional, educator, and mentor with more than 35 years of experience in the profession. Since 1991, she has built a distinguished career spanning freelance court reporting, official court proceedings, CART captioning for individuals who are late-deafened or hard of hearing, and professional instruction.
Saba holds RPR, CRI, and CCG certifications and has served on the boards of both the California Court Reporters Association and the National Court Reporters Association and currently serves on the National Court Reporters Foundation’s Angel Gatherers Committee. She is the author of CART Captioning 101, a practical guide to helping court reporters transition their skillset to CART captioning; and is the creator of a realtime writing journal and companion guide designed for self-study.
A sought-after speaker, podcast guest, and passionate advocate for the profession, Saba’s mission is simple: excellence is the standard, and realtime mastery is the superpower that will keep court reporters relevant, competitive, and indispensable for generations to come.