Creative Loafing (CL) is an award-winning alternative, weekly newspaper and website committed to providing Tampa Bay with an independent perspective, up-to-the-minute local news, and a comprehensive listing of local happenings. CL also offers readers unique monthly events and CL Deals, a locally-focused platform offering dining and event experiences at half-off. Creative Loafing has won multiple journalism awards on national, state and local levels, including the AAN Awards, presented by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia to honor superior journalism among alternative publications across the United States and Canada; Sunshine State Awards, presented by the Society of Professional Journalists to recognize quality journalism from across Florida; and Griot Drum Awards, which honors quality coverage of minorities in the Tampa Bay area.