Reporter Preference Sheet

Name: ______________________________________________________

Billing Address: ___________________________________________

City, State, Zip: __________________________________________

Phone Numbers: 	(H) __________________ (O) _________________

		(C) __________________ (F) _________________

E-mail:	____________________________________________________

Cat System: ________________________________________________

Official or Freelance? _____________________________________

 


•	______ Punctuation before "Is that correct?"

•	______ Punctuation before "Right?"

•	Punctuation w/ dates:

	______ 3/5/99 or 3-5-99

	______ Comma after year?  Your May 1, 1998, letter.

	______ Comma after month?  Your May, 1998 letter.

	______ Other:  __________________________________

•	Spell out words in UPPER/lower case with/without dashes.

•	Clean up attorneys?     	YES_______   NO_______

•	Clean up judge?	YES_______   NO_______

•	Numbers:  Write out ONE through ___________

•	Numbered items:

	______ No. 10

	______ Number 10

	______ Number ten


•	Time of day:  
	
	"nine o'clock"  = ______________

	"nine to noon" = ______________

	"four p.m."       = ______________


•	If witness says “two million dollars”: $2 million

	______ two million dollars

	______2 million dollars


•	New paragraph after “Strike that”?  YES______   NO______

•	Flag Mark:  *    ^    {}    Other:  _____________

•	Speaker reidentification:

	1.	BY MR. JONES:
		Q.  So when did you…

	2.	Q.  (By Mr. Jones) So when did you…

	3.	Other ___________________________________________

		________________________________________________

		________________________________________________

•	______ When was that; do you recall?

	______ When was that, do you recall?
	
	______ When was that?  Do you recall?


•	______ My question is, why did you do that?

	______ My question is:  Why did you do that?


•	______ Use ellipses for trailing off? . . . 


•	Which do you prefer?

	______ Objection; vague, speculation.

	______ Objection.  Vague, speculation.

	______ Objection.  Vague.  Speculation.

	______	Objection.  Vague; speculation.

	______ Other _______________________________________________


•	______ Was it a customer calling and saying, “I need service,” or was it something else?

	______ Was it a customer calling and saying I need service or was it something else?


•	Serial commas:
	______ apples, oranges, and bananas

	______ apples, oranges and babanas


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