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WORK EXPERIENCE

NOKIA BELL LABS, Lead Writer | Jul. 2022 – present | Kfar Saba, Israel

•  Research, write and edit content about cutting-edge technology as the primary storyteller at Nokia’s renowned industrial research arm.

NOKIA, Lead Writer Nokia Cloud and Network Services | Oct. 2020 – Jun. 2022 | Kfar Saba, Israel

• Research, write and edit content about cutting-edge technology as the primary storyteller at Nokia’s Cloud and Network Services.
• Cover topics across the Industry 4.0 spectrum and the people behind it all in blogs, speechwriting, profiles, presentations and a video webcast series.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Correspondent | Sept. 2005 – Oct. 2020| Jerusalem, Israel

• Reported, wrote and edited breaking news and features from Israel, the West Bank and Gazathat appeared in newspapers and websites around the world.
• Delivered on-air reports for AP Radio and affiliates and on-screen reports for AP’s online video network.
• AP’s Middle East regional sports and entertainment correspondent.
• Directed coverage of the Jerusalem bureau and managed the regional Middle East editing desk.
• Frequent contributor to ASAP (AP’s younger audience service).
• Selected as member of AP’s 2013 class of Future Leaders that developed a company­­-wide career development plan.

INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER HERZLIYA, Adjunct Professor | Oct. 2007 – Jan. 2016| Herzliya, Israel

• Teach undergraduate introductory journalism and editing courses to international students at the Sammy Ofer School of Communications.
• Developed and teach advanced journalism course that focuses on feature writing.

TRIANGLE INTERNET, Basketball Broadcaster | Nov. 2008 – Jun. 2013 | Haifa, Israel

• Broadcast live weekly games of Maccabi Haifa in Israel’s top basketball league to a global audience.
  The games aired live on American television channels and on-demand on Triangle’s website.

SPORT 5 CHANNEL, Baseball Broadcaster | Apr. 2012 – Nov. 2012, Mar. 2021 – present | Herzliya, Israel

• Broadcast live weekly Major League Baseball games in Hebrew on Israel’s primary sports channel.
• Broadcast live weekly Israeli basketball Premier league games in English to international audience.

OTTAWA CITIZEN, Staff Reporter | Sept. 2004 – Aug. 2005 | Ottawa, Ont., Canada

• Reported and wrote news stories and long-form features for various sections of the largest newspaper
  in Canada’s capital.

MARKET NEWS INTERNATIONAL/FOREX NEWS, Reporter | Jan. 2004 – July 2004 | New York, NY

• Broadcast on-camera updates on foreign exchange market news for international webcast.

NBC NEWS, Producer/On-line Correspondent/Desk Editor | Sept. 2000 – July 2003 | Tel Aviv, Israel

• Produced broadcasts across Israel and the West Bank and segments for NBC, MSNBC and WNBC.
• Wrote news stories and features for msnbc.com and delivered occasional live breaking news reports
  for MSNBC TV.
• Managed and ran the assignment desk.

HAARETZ, Reporter/Sports Desk | Jan. 2002 – Nov. 2002 | Tel Aviv, Israel

• Wrote local and foreign game stories and sports features, covering basketball, baseball, tennis,
  golf and extreme sports.
• Covered the NBA beat during the 2001-2002 season.

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Researcher/Reporter | Sept. 2000 – July 2003 | Jerusalem, Israel

• Reported on breaking news stories and assisted with news coverage and interviews on the
  assignment desk.

EDUCATION

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | May 2004 | New York, NY
MS, Journalism
Awarded honors in core fall course, Reporting and Writing I, and in core spring course, Personal and Professional Style.

TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY | Feb. 2001 | Tel Aviv, Israel
BA, Political Science and Economics

OSLO UNIVERSITY  | Aug. 1999 | Oslo, Norway
Completed graduate course in Media Studies

SKILLS

• Basic radio and TV editing, basic video and photography, Photoshop, Microsoft Office, computer-assisted reporting.
• Working familiarity with radio, multimedia and television equipment, including camera, sound and lighting.
• Fluent in Hebrew, rudimentary Arabic.
• Triple citizen: Hold American, Canadian and Israeli passports.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

• Freelance features and columns have been published in outlets such as The New York Times, The New York Daily News, The Forward, Tablet, Haaretz, The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, The Canadian Jewish News, Guilt and Pleasure, Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Magazine and The Seventh Eye.
• Host of “Defense Matters,” a bi-weekly podcast about technology and military affairs. 2022-2023.
• Play-by-play broadcaster for the Israel Baseball League in its lone season of 2007.
• Consultant for the ePals news and journalism learning center in 2012; deveoped online journalism cirriculum for students.
• Lead researcher of Jeremy Schaap’s 2005 book “Cinderella Man: James Braddock, Max Baer, and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History.”
• News editor/reporter/columnist at Teza, Israel’s largest student newspaper. Covered local student news and founded the foreign news department. 1999-2001.
• Certified little league baseball coach and umpire. Manager of (and player on) adult softball teams.