Michael Preisinger
Michael Preisinger (born March 26, 1962 in Rheinbach ) is a German journalist , writer and screenwriter who also publishes under the pseudonym Mig Phoenix . In his non-fiction books he mainly deals with paranormal phenomena, as a journalist he works in the areas of travel and the environment, in his fictional short stories and TV spots he describes absurd events in the form of serious documentaries and reports.
Life
Preisinger grew up as the son of a glass technician in Düren in the Rhineland . After graduating from high school in 1981 at the Wirteltor high school , he began studying sport science at the German Sport University in Cologne , which he completed in 1986 with the degree of qualified sport teacher.
From 1989 he worked as a track and field trainer a. a. for the SG Düren 99 and the North Rhine Athletics Association and studied history at the University of Cologne and in 1990 he published his first non-fiction book Jump competitions in athletics - The development of the Middle Ages until 1896 , before he became a research assistant at the Institute for Sports History at the German Sport University Cologne in 1991 .
Afterwards, in addition to his journalistic activities, he worked for various magazines - a. a. Diving travel articles about Nova Scotia in Sporttaucher 6/1995 - active in tourism and lived among others for a long time in Nassau in the Bahamas . It was there that his book The Bermuda Riddle Solved on the Bermuda Triangle , published in 1997 after his return to Germany, was written . In 1997 Michael Preisinger received his doctorate from the German Sport University Cologne in the subjects of history and sociology.
From 1998 to 2003 Preisinger worked as a freelancer, trainee and editor for the Schwäbische Zeitung , during this time his third non-fiction book AUTEC-Navy-Basis - Official Contact to Another World? .
In 2004 he began researching his fourth non-fiction book, which was published at the end of 2005 under the title Voodoo, Orisha & Co - A Journey to the African Religions and Cultures of the Caribbean .
Preisinger has been working for a wide variety of media since 2005, including moderating an episode of the ProSieben series Galileo Mystery on the Bermuda Triangle together with Aiman Abdallah .
From 2011 to 2015 he worked for the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state parliament, since 2016 he has been a freelance journalist and consultant for Psi Productions Media Group in Louisville, KY, USA.
Michael Preisinger lives with his wife Karen Elaine Preisinger, b. Hornback, currently in Louisville, Kentucky, USA and Düren, NRW, Germany.
Publications
- Jump competitions of athletics. The development of the Middle Ages until 1896 . Frankfurt / Bern / New York / Paris 1990, ISBN 3-631-42958-4 .
- Solved the Bermuda mystery. Divers find evidence in the Bahamas and Florida Keys . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-7844-2671-9 .
- AUTEC Navy base. Official contact to another world? UFO-Nachrichten publishing house, Obergünzburg 1999.
- Voodoo, Orisha & Co. A journey to the African religions and cultures of the Caribbean . Books on Demand , Norderstedt 2005, ISBN 3-8334-3705-7 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Michael Preisinger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Mig Preisinger
- Psi Productions Media Group
- Mig Pheonix
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Preisinger, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mig van Steinbrink |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist, writer and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rheinbach |