Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In this nightmare, I am in an exam hall in southern Poland competing with professional speed-writers working in 11 ...

But shorthand is still mandatory in some professions. The National Council for the Training of Journalists insists trainees achieve a written speed of 100 words per minute to pass its diploma. It ...

If your note-taking skills are suffering from summertime rigor mortis, now's as good a time as any to throw a new technique into the mix. Let's take a look at some new and old tools for improving your ...

Shorthand has been around since the 1800s and has helped journalists in tricky situations over the years. But this is 2017. And in an age where we rely on our digital tools more than ever before, how ...

Shorthand has been around since the 1800s and has helped journalists in tricky situations over the years. But this is 2017. And in an age where we rely on our digital tools more than ever before, how ...