Minding the Gap

Alex Morgan Lederer is a certified freelance reporter who has worked in both New York and Florida. He started working during COVID-19 via Zoom depositions as opposed to other reporters who entered the field and immediately took in-person jobs. He is currently working towards achieving his RMR and CRR certifications. He has worked in courtrooms, doctors' offices, lawyers' offices, and the comfort of his own home. He looks forward to discussing the insights he achieved from entering into the field this way, which have now become the norm for new reporters. 

Angie Podge has been a freelance reporter in Kansas City, Mo., since 2023. She graduated from the University of Missouri in 2015 with a BA in international business management and worked in sales management before finding her passion in the field of court reporting. When she's not working, she enjoys walks with her dogs, weightlifting, and talking to strangers about court reporting. 

Erin Blair is an RPR and Washington CCR residing in Des Moines, Iowa. She has been a freelance reporter for nearly a year, taking depositions in the areas of medical malpractice, arbitrations, workers comp, doctor depositions, insurance depositions, and technical expert depositions. She started court reporting school at the Des Moines Area Community College in Newton, Iowa in August 2020 and transferred to and graduated from SimplySteno in March 2022. She got her RSR that same month and began taking remote depositions for the state of Washington.