Mason is a New York City based non-fiction writer who writes about small stories with big characters . He is an NYC transplant from Los Angeles, and though he'll never vocalize it, he knows deep down he probably belongs out West with the rest of his family. He has a Master's degree in Journalism (a field in which no degree at all is required or necessary) from Columbia University. He has worked stints at NBA Media, ABC News, and the Village Sun. He likes stories, sports, rap and folk-pop music, politics, sculpt classes, and being told he actually carries himself taller than 5'9.