Aron Heller is a long-time Israel-based reporter, writer, columnist and broadcaster, and the author of the book Zaidy’s Band, The Untold Stories of a Jewish Band of Brothers in World War II. Currently focusing on technology storytelling as lead writer and editor at Nokia Bell Labs, he was previously a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press in Jerusalem and a journalism lecturer at Reichman University. He has covered ten Israeli elections, four Mideast wars, dozens of other major world events and has been dispatched on assignments across five continents. A frequent multimedia on-air and on-camera contributor, he’s also previously reported for the Ottawa Citizen, NBC News and Haaretz. He moonlights as a play-by-play broadcaster for live sporting events and as a host of podcasts about defense and technology. His freelance work has been published in various outlets, including with The New York Times, Tablet Magazine, The Canadian Jewish News and The Times of Israel. He holds a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Tel Aviv University and an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University.