The Literacy In Media Awards annual event was created by the Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeles in 1999 to honor producers and screenwriters for film, television, radio, and internet productions drawing attention to the importance of reading and writing. The event has honored LeVar Burton and other notables for promoting literacy through media.The Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeles is a non-profit organization headquartered at the Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....

in downtown Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, United States, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area...

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