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Jay Seaton
Publisher
Job description
Carefully straddling the iron divide between the newsroom and the business operations.
Education
Jay holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and received his juris doctorate from Kansas University in 1996.
Bio
Jay is a native of Manhattan, Kansas. Prior to his arrival at the Sentinel in August 2009, Jay was a corporate and commercial litigation partner at the law firm of Lewis Rice & Fingersh in Kansas City, Missouri. Prior to his position at Lewis Rice & Fingersh, Jay worked in toxic tort litigation at the law firm of Shook Hardy & Bacon.
Personal
Jay is married to Amber Seaton. They have two children, Kate and Beck. Jay enjoys water skiing, snow skiing, cooking, travel, cycling, college sports, wine and reading.
Sentinel’s top gun heads into wild blue yonder
Yesterday, I put my lips around the fire hose of awesome and opened the valve all the way. … more
Shrewdness or luck: Obamacare may result in better market-driven system
I am not much of a conspiracy theorist, but the United States Supreme Court on Thursday carefully placed the seal … more
Clearing up the confusion regarding publication of legal notices
As regular readers of The Daily Sentinel are probably aware, Mesa County Public Trustee Paul Brown moved legal … more
A message to our readers
When I walked into the Sentinel building Monday morning the lobby was packed with agitated customers, and we still … more
A change in commenting policy
We made a decision here at The Daily Sentinel a few weeks ago to change our policy for commenting online. We … more
Newspapers remain the best way to disclose information to public
Being a county commissioner is a hard and somewhat thankless job, particularly in a time of severe economic … more
Access to website part of Sentinel subscription
If you find yourself logging on to our website, GJSentinel.com, you might notice a few changes after Sunday. If you … more
Get in the game for world-class education
The brilliant documentarian Ken Burns tells a story about at time when he was asked to deliver a high school … more
One year in, news briefs still better than legal briefs
One year ago on this date, I mothballed the suits, boxed up the law books and retired the briefcase. I was … more
Medical marijuana laws are a maze for industry and law enforcement
Large-scale medical marijuana arrived in Colorado about the same time I did — July 2009. I grew up in … more
Credibility is the currency that keeps newspapers meaningful
In the centuries before the Internet, a newspaper’s power derived from the fact that it owned the only … more
Numbers add up to make Grand Junction a great place to call home
My wife, Amber, and I walked into the Mesa County Department of Motor Vehicles office over the lunch hour the other … more
Jay Seaton Column Aug. 01, 2009
Jay Seaton is executive vice president of Grand Junction Media Inc., which purchased The Daily Sentinel. He will … more
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