NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - May 1, 2015) - HealthiNation, a leading producer of premium original health and lifestyle video programming, has today announced the receipt of a 2015 Daytime Emmy Award for patient advocate series "True Champions: Depression."
Winner in the Outstanding Special Class - Short Format Daytime Program category, the "True Champions: Depression" series is a TV-quality, documentary-style story of one woman's battle with depression. Throughout each unscripted episode, patient advocate and blogger, Erin Schulthies, documents her personal struggle with depression and how she finds solace in raising awareness of mental illness on a broad scale.
This Emmy win underscores the power and reach of compelling, innovative video content to bring important health issues to light. "True Champions: Depression" aims to provide inspiration to millions of individuals who live with, care for or know somebody living with depression. HealthiNation offers health and wellness content to consumers living with various challenging and debilitating health conditions.
"We are extremely proud that The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has recognized our 'True Champions' series with this Emmy Award," said Patrick Vogt, HealthiNation CEO. "Our 'True Champions' series and Erin have advanced awareness of depression far more than we ever imagined possible. HealthiNation works because the power of video connects on a deeper level and taps into the emotions of health and well-being. Digital video across all screens will continue to grow and users are demanding it, we are pleased The Academy has recognized the importance of this medium.
"This Emmy win is true validation that online video has emerged as a leading source of high quality content with a dedicated audience following," said Brendan Anderer, Chief Programming Officer for HealthiNation and executive producer of the series. "The intimate nature of a series like 'True Champions' -- whether it's viewed online or on mobile devices -- has helped us bring storytelling in the health and wellness category to an entirely new level of online programming."
"Telling Erin's story has been one of the most healing experiences of my life, and I am so grateful for the chance to meet this incredible human being," said Jacquelyn Lobel, producer of the series. "Thank you to The Academy for this wonderful acknowledgment, and to the whole team at HealthiNation for giving me this opportunity. I am so proud of the work we are all doing and I want to keep telling stories like these."
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