# About Michael Schulder

# About Michael

![Michael Schulder as a baby](https://wavemaker.me/wp-content/uploads/AboutMichael_photo.png)

**That’s me, Michael Schulder, in the beret. **

Notice the curiosity in those eyes?

That curiosity has driven my career in journalism:

From a Writer at The MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour on PBS;

To my five years as a Writer for Peter Jennings at ABC World News Tonight;

And 17 years as a Senior Executive Producer at CNN.

That’s roughly 25 years that I boiled down into the following 25 minutes for The Reel Michael Schulder:

Shortly before I left CNN, I was invited to host a new radio interview program called CNN Profiles.

The result was 44 in-depth, deeply personal conversations with great authors and inspired leaders in a wide variety of fields – a field day for the curiosity driven.

Which inspired me to establish my own platform and create *Wavemaker Conversations – *podcasts, videos, and, now, live events featuring some of the most fascinating guests imaginable.

I hope you’ll sample them on my website, [here](https://wavemaker.me/), and subscribe to my newsletter, [here](https://michaelschulder.substack.com/subscribe).

We’re living in tumultuous, even terrifying, times. They’re also filled with opportunity.

Does that sound naïve?

I’ve learned a lot since that photo of me in the beret was taken.

I like to think of Wavemaker Conversations as a place where curiosity meets hope.