# Michaela Haas

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{{Short description|German reporter, TV-host, and author}}
thumb|Haas in 2012

'''Michaela Haas''' is a German reporter, TV-host, and author. She is the author of ''Bouncing Forward: Transforming Bad Breaks into Breakthroughs'' (Atria/Enliven, 2015),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/65964-atria-forms-new-spirituality-imprint.html|last=Gross|first=Anisse|title=Atria Forms New Spirituality Imprint|work=[Publishers Weekly](/source/Publishers_Weekly)|date=20 March 2015|access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref> Crazy America (RandomHouse/Goldmann, 2017), Dakini Power (Shambhala, 2013) and co-author of ''The Ghetto-Swinger'' (1996). She has hosted talkshows and political as well as cultural broadcasts in Germany such as ''Kulturweltspiegel'' ([ARD](/source/ARD_(broadcaster))), ''Unter Vier Augen'' ([BR](/source/Bayerischer_Rundfunk)), ''WestART'' ([WDR](/source/Westdeutscher_Rundfunk)), ''Boulevard Europa'' (WDR). She is a contributing editor for [David Byrne](/source/David_Byrne)'s Reasons to Be Cheerful, a columnist for the [Süddeutsche Zeitung](/source/S%C3%BCddeutsche_Zeitung),<ref>{{cite news|last=Haas|first=Michaela|title=Kolumne|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/autoren/michaela-haas-1.1408562|work=Süddeutsche Zeitung|lang=de|date=9 August 2024|access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref> and she has contributed to magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times,<ref>{{cite news|last=Haas|first=Michaela|title=Would You Open Your Home to an Ex-Prisoner?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/opinion/housing-released-prisoners.html|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|date=11 December 2019|access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref> the Huffington Post, Mother Jones,<ref>{{cite news|last=Haas|first=Michaela|title=When Your Rapist Demands Custody|url=https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2019/08/rapist-custody-abortion/|publisher=Mother Jones|access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref> Al Jazeera,<ref>{{cite news|last=Haas|first=Michaela|title=A geneticist's biggest challenge: Curing his own son|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/1/2/a-geneticists-biggest-challenge-curing-his-own-son|work=Al Jazeera|date=2 January 2021|access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref> and Rotary International Magazine.<ref>{{cite web|last=Haas|first=Michaela|title=Profile|url=https://muckrack.com/michaela-haas|website=Muckrack|access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref>

==Biography==
In 1996, she co-authored her first non-fiction book. "[Coco Schumann](/source/Coco_Schumann), the Ghetto-Swinger" is the true story of a Jewish entertainer who survived the Nazi-Camps by playing for his life.<ref>[http://www.dtv.de/books/the_ghetto_swinger_24107.html DTV Publishing]</ref>

After completing her education as a journalist at the [Deutsche Journalistenschule](/source/Deutsche_Journalistenschule) in [Munich](/source/Munich) and earning her degree as master journalist from [LMU Munich](/source/LMU_Munich), she was offered the post of staff reporter for the ''Seite Drei'' of the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

At the age of 23, she started hosting ''Live aus dem Alabama'', a popular weekly 90 minute live TV talk show for young people.<ref>{{cite web|title=Live aus dem Alabama|date=2 January 1984|url=http://www.fernsehserien.de/index.php?serie=1131}}</ref>

In 1997, she left Germany to follow her passion for traveling and studying while working as a freelance correspondent from [Nepal](/source/Nepal), [North India](/source/North_India) and [France](/source/France). She enrolled in [Kathmandu University](/source/Kathmandu_University) in Nepal, to pursue studies of Sanskrit and Tibetan Buddhism for two years and has finished her PhD thesis in Asian studies at the [University of Bonn](/source/University_of_Bonn) in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bonndoc|url=https://bonndoc.ulb.uni-bonn.de/xmlui/browse?type=author&value=Haas%2C+Michaela}}</ref>

In addition to her media career, Haas is the founding owner of ''Haas live! Communication, Coaching, Consulting'', a coaching company which specializes in media and presentation training for business leaders and media professionals. She lives in Munich, Germany and [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), California. She is the author of a book about [posttraumatic growth](/source/posttraumatic_growth), "Bouncing Forward: Transforming Bad Breaks into Breakthroughs" (Atria/Enliven, 2015) and a book about female teachers of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, ''Dakini Power: Twelve Extraordinary Women Shaping The Transmission of Tibetan Buddhism in the West'',<ref>{{cite book|last=Haas|first=Michaela|year=2013|title=Dakini Power: Twelve Extraordinary Women Shaping the Transmission of Tibetan Buddhism in the West|publisher=[Shambhala Publications](/source/Shambhala_Publications)|isbn=9781559394079}}</ref> published by Snow Lion/Shambhala in 2013.

She has also taught as a visiting scholar and lecturer at the [University of California, Santa Barbara](/source/University_of_California%2C_Santa_Barbara),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dannyfisher/2013/07/interview-michaela-haas/|title=Check Out My New Interview with Michaela Haas at Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly Online|date=26 July 2013|access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref> is a member of the [Solutions Journalism Network](/source/Solutions_Journalism_Network) and publishes a weekly solutions column for the ''[Süddeutsche Zeitung](/source/S%C3%BCddeutsche_Zeitung)''.

==Works==
*Crazy America: Eine Liebeserklärung an ein durchgeknalltes Land (RandomHouse/Goldmann, 2017)
*Bouncing Forward: The Art and Science of Cultivating Resilience (Atria/Enliven, 2015)
*Dakini Power: Twelve Extraordinary Women Shaping the Transmission of Tibetan Buddhism in the West (Shambhala/Snow Lion, 2013)
*Coco Schumann, The Ghetto Swinger (DoppelHouse Press, 2016)

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.dakinipower.com Dakini Power]
*[https://www.michaelahaas.com/ Author website]

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