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Cody Hammer joins Osage News staff

Cody Hammer has joined the staff of the Osage News as the new photographer and editorial assistant.

Based in Skiatook, he is of Cherokee and Creek descent and is a self-taught photographer who previously worked for the Osage Nation’s Communications Department before joining the News staff on Feb. 4.

“We are excited for Cody Hammer to join our staff. I have watched his progression as a photographer over the past year and I feel he is ready to be introduced to a network of Native journalism professionals,” said Osage News Editor Shannon Shaw Duty. “I have no doubt our readers will enjoy his coverage of the Osage Nation. What also drew my attention to Cody was his positive and professional attitude. He will be a great asset to the Osage News.”

The Osage News is the official publication of the Osage Nation and has received numerous awards from the Native American Journalists Association, the Oklahoma Press Association and was named the Best Newspaper by the Society of Professional Journalists, Oklahoma Pro Chapter in 2018 for newspapers in Oklahoma with a circulation of less than 25,000.  

Hammer, 29, was born in Tahlequah but mostly raised in Westville, Oklahoma and Fayetteville, Arkansas. He first gained employment with the Osage Nation in 2015 at the ON Boys & Girls Club where he was a favorite with the kids and staff. After the Boys & Girls Club was closed, he began working for Communications.

He is married to Mary (Ramirez) Hammer, Osage, and they currently live in Skiatook with their three daughters. Their two older daughters attend Skiatook Public Schools and their youngest daughter attends Daposka Ahnkodapi (Our School).

He is currently finishing his bachelor’s degree at Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He also runs his own photography business called Reduced Lunch Photography and focuses on portraits, family portraits and sports photography.

“While at Communications I began working with photography and other media coverage processes, but photography stood out to me,” he said. “I wanted to work with the Osage News so I can continue to cover and be a part of the Osage culture and people.”

The Osage News is mailed to approximately 7,000 Osage Nation members and non-members and currently operates with a full-time staff of three.

 


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Original Publish Date: 2019-02-11 00:00:00

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Shannon Shaw Duty
Shannon Shaw Dutyhttps://osagenews.org

Title: Editor
Email: sshaw20@gmail.com
Twitter: @dutyshaw
Topic Expertise: Columnist, Culture, Community
Languages spoken: English, Osage (intermediate), Spanish (beginner)

Shannon Shaw Duty, Osage from the Grayhorse District, is the editor of the award-winning Osage News, the official independent media of the Osage Nation. She is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and a master’s degree in Legal Studies with an emphasis in Indigenous Peoples Law. She currently sits on the Freedom of Information Committee for the Society of Professional Journalists. She has served as a board member for LION Publishers, as Vice President for the Pawhuska Public Schools Board of Education, on the Board of Directors for the Native American Journalists Association (now Indigenous Journalists Association) and served as a board member and Chairwoman for the Pawhuska Johnson O’Malley Parent Committee. She is a Chips Quinn Scholar, a former instructor for the Freedom Forum’s Native American Journalism Career Conference and the Freedom Forum’s American Indian Journalism Institute. She is a former reporter for The Santa Fe New Mexican. She is a 2012 recipient of the Native American 40 Under 40 from the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development. In 2014 she helped lead the Osage News to receive NAJA's Elias Boudinot Free Press Award. The Osage News won Best Newspaper from the SPJ-Oklahoma Chapter in their division 2018-2022. Her award-winning work has been published in Indian Country Today, The Washington Post, the Center for Public Integrity, NPR, the Associated Press, Tulsa World and others. She currently resides in Pawhuska, Okla., with her husband and together they share six children, two dogs and two cats.

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