Would you believe there is a shortage of workers for a job that could earn you as much as $100,000 each year? With the proper training and dedication, you could be hired. Court reporters are in just about every courtroom, listening to every word and recording it word for word.It is a vital role that is rarely heard from. "Our role in the courtroom is to make a verbatim record of what's being said and who said it and we drop that with machine shorthand," said Meredith Bonn, an official court reporter in Monroe County. "So we're writing down what's being said, who said it and the punctuation. "All of the work is done on a steno machine. "We are....MORE