UNFILTERED is our video series about your experiences in the court reporting industry—spotlighting your dedication, your day-to-day reality, and the insights that connect, celebrate, and show what being a court reporter is all about.
As a thank you for recording your video, we’ll send you a $50 gift card.
Ready to share? Click the link below to get started. Questions? Check out our FAQs.
Record and submit a video through the UNFILTERED VideoAsk link sharing your honest experience working with Steno. Once we verify your submission, we’ll email you a $50 Goody digital gift card within 5 business days. Please see the Program Details for the complete terms and conditions of the program.
Don't sweat it! VideoAsk allows you to review your footage after every single take. If you fumble your words, get interrupted, or want to restate something, you can discard the clip and re-record as many times as you want before clicking the final submit. You are in complete control of what gets sent to us.
We use a platform called VideoAsk to keep things incredibly simple. No scheduling or meetings required. All you need is your phone or computer. Just click [HERE] and the interface will guide you through a series of prompts using your device's camera.
Our main goal is to use your story to spotlight our community on Steno's official channels and networks. By submitting your video, you consent to Steno using your submission—including the video, audio, transcript, excerpts, and still images derived from it—for marketing and promotional purposes across any medium.
Yes. You retain full ownership of your video. If you ever change your mind, you can email us at marketing@steno.com to opt out at any time, and we will remove you from any new marketing materials moving forward. (Note that previously content previously posted to social media will not be unpublished).
PROGRAM DETAILS.
Eligibility: Open to court reporters who are 18 or older and U.S. residents [and who have worked with Steno]. Steno employees are not eligible. If you are a government employee, please confirm that you’re permitted to accept the gift card. One gift card per person. The program runs while supplies last.
To qualify: Complete the VideoAsk flow, including your name, email, and consent. Your video must be original, recorded by you, and meet basic audio and video quality standards. We may ask you to re-record if needed.
Honest opinions: We want your honest views. You’ll receive the gift card for a qualifying submission whatever your feedback is, and whether or not we publish your video.
Keep it confidential: Don’t mention case names, parties, attorneys, testimony, or any other information from a proceeding. Don’t include other people, third-party music, or logos.
Use of your video: By submitting, you grant Steno and its affiliates a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, edit, reproduce, and publish your video, name, likeness, voice, and statements in any media for marketing and recruiting purposes, without further payment or approval. We aren’t required to use your video. If we publish it, we’ll note that you received a gift card. To ask us to stop using your video, email us at marketing@steno.com. We’ll remove it from channels we control going forward.
Email: Please provide a correct email address and check your spam folder. We aren’t responsible for gift cards sent to an incorrect address.
Gift card: The gift card has no cash value and is subject to the terms of Goody and the participating merchant. You’re responsible for any applicable taxes.
Changes: We may modify or end the program at any time. We may disqualify fraudulent or duplicate submissions, or submissions that are offensive, unlawful, or don’t follow these terms
Privacy: We handle your information as described in our Privacy Policy at steno.com/privacy.
If you have any additional questions about this process, reach out anytime at marketing@steno.com.