Very experienced international journalist, and known expert on SE Asean affairs. Trainer, presenter, writer – board member at PEN Netherlands. Worked as SE Asian foreign correspondent from 2001-2019.Expertise in editing, writing and broadcasting (radio and television). Broad editorial experience. Producer of video productions.Michel Maas has been SE Asia correspondent for Dutch national daily newspaper De Volkskrant and Dutch national broadcaster NOS. He was based in Jakarta from 2001 till 2019, doing inside-reporting on the 'ASEAN' countries (Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar).Writer of fiction.His second novel, 'Commandant Konijn', has been published at 'De Bezige Bij' in The Netherlands. It's a brutally honest tale of a reporter who get's lost in a war and ends up totally addicted to life as a war correspondent. He even got shot, but survived.His first novel was a prize-winning story on Vietnam, 'De Vleugels van Lieu Hanh'.His reports on the Kosovo war have been awarded with 'De NDP Prijs' (sometimes dubbed 'the Dutch Pulitzer'). His reports on the devastation in The Philippines after cyclone 'Haiyan'/'Yolanda', in november 2013, have been nominated for the prestigious Dutch journalism-award 'De Tegel'.