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Ned Seaton is a career journalist and publisher from Kansas. He grew up in Manhattan, went away to college at Harvard, then worked at newspapers in Arizona, California and Florida, as well as the Associated Press's Kansas City bureau, before returning to Manhattan, where he's the fourth generation newsman in this family.
Ned Seaton has been with The Mercury since July 1996. He previously served as the news editor through October 1999.
His previous experience includes work as a reporter at the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times, 1993-1996; newsman at the Kansas City bureau of the Associated Press, 1992-1993; and reporter at the Orange County (Calif.) Register, 1990-1992. He holds a bachelor’s degree in social studies from Harvard University, 1990. He graduated from Manhattan High School in 1986.