The News Literacy Project held a seminar on “The Future of Journalism in the Digital Age” Sept. 12.

Moderator Ray Suarez, senior correspondent for PBS NewsHour and panelists Vivian Schiller, president and CEO of NPR, and Katharine Weymouth, publisher of The Washington Post, focused the seminar on how technology has affected modern media.

Both Schiller and Weymouth emphasized that the progression of journalism has been mostly positive.

“Our reporters are able to reach new audiences with social media,” Schiller said. “Blogs are a fascinating vehicle for journalism unfolding at a breakneck pace.”

Weymouth added that an increasing number of media sources help people to be more informed.

“The new tools sort of add to the conversation,” she said. “It’s like the market economy, in that the good stuff rises to the top.”

At the end of the seminar, the audience asked about how to verify the credibility of online information, given the viral effect of rumors initiated on websites such as Facebook and Twitter.

But Weymouth said that evolving technology hasn’t affected the way journalists approach a story.

“People like to be stimulated and pushed,” Schiller said. “But I don’t think [the digital age] has changed how we do our reporting.”

The next seminar will cover “Race and Politics in the Age of Obama” with Gwen Ifill of PBS NewsHour and Washington Week on Oct. 17.