Learn how to access and customize the LexisNexis database during webinar today

Research is the basic starting point for developing story ideas, gathering information and fact-checking. Among the places to start is using LexisNexis — a database of legal, business, government, high-tech, and news articles. Many of these articles are not available through a basic Internet search because they are behind a paywall.

With millions of articles within the LexisNexis database, it can be easy to get lost in the database. Knowing how to customize it for your reporting purposes is key.

Register to join the National Press Club Journalism Institute webinar to learn how to use and customize LexisNexis, on Friday, May 17, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EDT. National Press Club members have free access to the LexisNexis database as part of their annual membership, accessible in the Eric Friedheim Library.

Award-winning investigative reporter and editor Brad Hamilton will walk participants through how to customize LexisNexis to source stories, find unexpected story angles, and to identify and reach potential sources through LexisNexis’ Contact References database.

Hamilton is a reporter, writer and editor with more than 30 years of experience in investigative journalism and features. He serves as editor-in-chief at The Hatch Institute (formerly the Contently Foundation), a nonprofit dedicated to investigative journalism.