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 is a freelance reporter in Kansas City, Mo. She obtained her bachelor’s in international business from the University of Missouri in 2015 and spent a few years in sales management where she learned of court reporting from a coworker who was also an instructor. Angie enrolled in court reporting school in 2020 and graduated in 2023. She is licensed to work in Kansas and Washington, and she has been working since October of 2023 while leaning into every moment of growth and development that comes her way. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two dogs, binging TV shows, participating in physical activities, and completing jigsaw puzzles.

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.