Google to Highlight Local Coverage of Major News Stories

eWeek: Starting this week, regular readers of Google News stories should start seeing a new “Local Source” tag highlighting local coverage of major news stories. The tag is designed to ensure that the work done by local news outlets in discovering and researching stories affecting their communities is not overshadowed if the story were to be picked up by major news organizations. “Not all local stories stay local,” James Morehead, product manager for Google News, wrote in a post on the company’s news blog.