Anissa R. Nierenberger
RPR, CRR, CRC, CRI (NCRA combined the CBC and CCP to be the CRC)
Since 1992, Anissa Nierenberger has pursued her passion for captioning into three distinct areas; Anissa Captions, her proprietary software Dictionary Jumpstart, and training and education programs. Anissa discovered captioning when she was just 14 years old after spending a career day with a reporter in court. Determined to become a stenographer, she pursued her goal and within a year of graduation from court reporting school, she began captioning for TV stations across the United States and Canada.
In 2000, Anissa founded Dictionary Jumpstart, a realtime dictionary-building software that has helped hundreds of reporters improve their dictionaries and allowed them to explore other areas of reporting, including captioning and CART captioning. As an author, Anissa has also published several articles as well as books that include Simple Syllables: 1,000 Entries to Better Realtime, and A Jump Back in Time: People, Places and Events in History.
Anissa is a past President of MAPCR (Michigan Association of Professional Court Reporters) and has been a member of NCRA (National Court Reporters Association) for over 20 years. She has presented seminars on realtime, captioning, dictionary building, and Dictionary Jumpstart to state and national associations, workshops, and schools across the country.
Anissa has passionately pursued her love of captioning for 25 years, pioneering Dictionary Jumpstart and now working as an instructor for Broadcast Captioning and CART training along with one-on-one realtime training. Her extensive experience with broadcast captioning, on-site CART and remote CART make her the perfect partner for all of your captioning needs.
Here are just a few of the many events Anissa has captioned:
- Webcasting of quarterly financial reports for Fortune 500 Companies
- Sporting events including NBA basketball games, MLB baseball games, NHL hockey games, NFL football games, and college football games
- Local U.S. news markets for CBS, NBC, FOX and ABC affiliates from coast to coast
- Local Canadian newscasts and Summer Olympics for the CBC
- Travel to 20 U.S. cities, coast to coast, with General Motors, providing realtime captioning for retiree and stockholder meetings
- Stadium event captioning
Anissa Speaks.
Anissa is a seasoned presenter. In addition to teaching courses online, she holds helpinars online and speaks at conventions throughout the year across the country. Learn more about training and education opportunities through Learn to Caption.
2018 Conference Itinerary
March 2-3 MAPCR – Howell, MI
March 17 LACCRA – Los Angeles
April 6-8 Nevada Association – Las Vegas
June 8-9 KCRA – Manhattan, KS
September 15-16 ACRA – Tucson, AZ
September 22 LCRA – Metairie, LA
October 12-14 NYSCRA – NYC
Firm Owners: Inspire Your Team
Did you know that simply editing a transcript differently can improve realtime? Hundreds of people have benefitted from Anissa’s seminar, Terminate Transcript Turmoil and your team of reporters can benefit, too!
Your reporters can view Terminate Transcript Turmoil on their schedule and then schedule their personal half hour with Anissa one-on-one where she’ll give them five realtime tips specific to their writing. Your team will walk away INSPIRED! Read more from Colorado firm owner, Judy Stevens, about how her team was inspired!
You're closer to realtime than you think Introducing Dictionary Jumpstart
What if you could build your dictionary by 1,000 entries an hour? Dictionary Jumpstart, a software designed to move you faster toward realtime, is a reporter's dream.