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    • NokiaI started working as the lead writer and editor at Nokia Software in October 2020. In January 2021, this business group was folded into Cloud and Network Services. In July 2022, I moved over to the Strategy & Technology function and specifically to Bell Labs. As the primary storyteller for all these organizations, my goal has been to shape the industry narrative and frame thinking around technology trends and approaches – while also providing insight into the products and people behind it all. My personal mission is to try to understand technology better and make it more accessible to the masses.
    • Associated PressI started working as a correspondent for the Associated Press in Jerusalem in September 2005. I’ve since written several hundred stories that have appeared in newspapers and websites around the world. These are a selection of some of the most notable. The AP is the world’s oldest and largest newsgathering organization, providing content to more than 15,000 news outlets with a daily reach of 1 billion people around the world. Its multimedia services are distributed by satellite and the Internet to more than 120 nations. Featured Stories
    • Ottawa CitizenI worked as a staff reporter at the Ottawa Citizen from Sept. 2004 – Sept. 2005. During that time I covered hundreds of stories that appeared in all sections of the paper: World, Canada, City, Arts, Sports, Business, Tech Weekly and The Observer, our weekend supplement. The Citizen is part of CanWest, the largest chain of newspapers in Canada. Several of these stories have also appeared in the following papers: National Post, Montreal Gazette, Windsor Star, Regina Leader-Post, Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Province and Victoria Times-Colonist. selected stories
    • Graduate WorkAt the Columbia School of Journalism, I wrote numerous stories on a variety of subjects. I was assigned the south Bronx as my beat for the core fall reporting and writing course (earning honors in this course), covering police, courts, community, business, race, religion and education. In the spring, I focused on sports writing and also dabbled in reviews, profiles, editorials, analysis, opinion and first-person writing under the tutelage of Prof. Judith Crist in her “Personal and Professional Style” course. I was awarding with honors in this course as well. The most comprehensive piece of work I did during the year was the Master’s Project. Under the guidance of Prof. Sylvia Nasar I researched, reported and wrote about the Bronx Zoo and its international conservation efforts. The result is “The Evolution of Zoos – A Century of Conservation,” a 6,500-word study of the changing roles of zoos at the beginning of the 21st Century. Selected Projects
    • FreelanceIn recent years, I’ve taken on a number of freelance projects that have been published in outlets such as The New York Times Magazine, The New York Daily News, The Forward, Tablet, Haaretz, The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, Guilt and Pleasure, Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Magazine and The Seventh Eye. Since leaving AP in October 2020, I’ve also started writing analysis and commentary columns for various publications. Back in 1998, I started as an intern, assignment desk editor, associate producer, field producer and segment producer at NBC. My favorite role, though, was as a freelance correspondent for msnbc.com, where I regularly wrote features and human-interest stories from the Middle East, and where I kicked off my journalistic writing career. Selected Stories
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    • Nokia Bell LabsA bit of tech is a Nokia Bell Labs Podcast that celebrates the centennial of the legendary research institute. Host Aron Heller takes you on a journey through the past, present and future of Nokia Bell Labs. Bit by bit, he explores how Nokia Bell Labs has shaped the world of technology and revolutionized our lives. Each episode focuses on a different aspect of this legacy with a different guest and delves into how today’s innovators are defining the world of tomorrow. Aron Heller is also the roving reporter at the annual Brooklyn 6G Summit, where he recaps all the highlights at one of the most distinguished gatherings of the communications industry.
    • Defense Matters PodcastDefense Matters is a podcast about all matters of defense – and why they matter. Join host Aron Heller as he takes you on a journey into the world of security, military affairs, technology and everything in between. Each episode, we catch up on the latest developments and focus on a different aspect of the current climate with a featured guest. In addition to the challenges of today, we also take a glimpse into tomorrow with our Gamechanger corner in which we look at the technologies that will shape the future battlefield. “Defense Matters” is an Israel Defense production, in association with IAI.
    • AP TVIn addition to my writing and editing responsibilities, I was also a frequent on-camera contributor for breaking news and commentary on my feature articles. I delivered many live reports for AP’s online video network and for various affiliated TV channels around the world.

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Israeli team’s massacre overshadows sports at 1972 Olympics

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The 1972 Munich Olympics were marked by historic achievements and unprecedented controversy but will be forever defined by devastating catastrophe.

In hosting the 1972 Munich

Israeli racewalker recalls surviving 1972 Munich massacre

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Just before heading to sleep on Sept. 4, 1972, Israeli Olympic racewalker Shaul Ladany lent his alarm clock to wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg, a fellow

Returning UN envoy: Israel won’t suffer for tight Trump ties

RAANANA, Israel (AP) — Israel’s returning ambassador to the United Nations affirmed the country’s bond with the Trump administration Tuesday, dismissing notions that Israel would pay a price for its

Coronavirus crisis sparks a young Israeli protest movement

JERUSALEM (AP) — In attending his first-ever public protest, 34-year-old Nimrod Gross arrived with the only prop he felt reflected him — the blue-and-white Israeli flag.

The former combat soldier

Israeli president lashes out at government, talk of election

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s largely ceremonial president lashed out Thursday at squabbling members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s so-called unity government, beseeching them to quit bickering at a time of

Israelis angry at Netanyahu over new outbreak, economic pain

JERUSALEM (AP) — With an unprecedented new surge in coronavirus cases battering Israel’s economy, one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s closest confidants was dispatched to a TV studio recently to

Israeli leader’s son takes center stage in corruption sagas

JERUSALEM (AP) — As scandal-plagued Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands trial for corruption, his 28-year-old son has emerged as a driving force in a counterattack against critics and the state

A quiet Israeli ex-general emerges as new foil to Netanyahu

JERUSALEM (AP) — Unlike many of his fellow Israeli generals, Amir Haskel wasn’t looking to politics in retirement.

After 32 years in the Israeli Air Force, he became a Holocaust

New Israeli espionage TV series tackles shadow war with Iran

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s latest hit TV series takes the viewers straight into the heart of the country’s archenemy Iran.

“Tehran” tells the story of Tamar Rabinyan, a

UN envoy: Israeli annexation could unleash Mideast violence

JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.N. envoy for the Middle East warned Israel on Thursday that carrying out its plans to annex parts of the West Bank could set of a

Israeli model Bar Refaeli signs plea bargain for tax evasion

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli top model Bar Refaeli signed a plea bargain agreement with authorities on Tuesday to settle a long-standing tax evasion case against her and her family.

The

Israeli cyber chief: Major attack on water systems thwarted

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s national cyber chief Thursday officially acknowledged the country had thwarted a major cyber attack last month against its water systems, an assault widely attributed to arch-enemy

A stunning tirade highlights Israeli divide over Netanyahu

JERUSALEM (AP) — He named names of police investigators and prosecutors. He accused them of using “Soviet style” extortion to turn witnesses against him. He even claimed that elderly Holocaust

Israel’s Netanyahu attacks justice system as trial begins

JERUSALEM (AP) — To the sounds of his impassioned supporters chanting outside, a defiant Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strode into a Jerusalem courtroom Sunday to face corruption charges in

AP Interview: Opposition leader says PM embarrassing Israel

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s new opposition leader said Thursday that Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming corruption trial is “embarrassing” the country and that he believes the only reason the long-time

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