about
Stonemason Media takes its name from a Japanese fable that teaches there is always another side to a story. The company produces print and broadcast stories about Japanese politics and culture for international news outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Vox, NPR, BBC and Deutsche Welle.
Founder Abigail Leonard is a former staff producer for PBS, CNN, ABC and Al Jazeera America where she wrote and produced long-form news and documentary pieces. Stories she reported from Japan earned a National Headliner Award and a James Beard Foundation Media Award Nomination. She was a 2011 East-West Center Japan Fellow, a 2010 UN Foundation Journalism Fellow and is currently First Vice President of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, a 2000-member national press organization established in 1945. Stories she worked on in the United States won an Association of Health Care Journalists Award, an Overseas Press Club Award and a national Emmy Award.
Founder Abigail Leonard is a former staff producer for PBS, CNN, ABC and Al Jazeera America where she wrote and produced long-form news and documentary pieces. Stories she reported from Japan earned a National Headliner Award and a James Beard Foundation Media Award Nomination. She was a 2011 East-West Center Japan Fellow, a 2010 UN Foundation Journalism Fellow and is currently First Vice President of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, a 2000-member national press organization established in 1945. Stories she worked on in the United States won an Association of Health Care Journalists Award, an Overseas Press Club Award and a national Emmy Award.