James O'Toole is a prominent journalist in Pennsylvania, working for the ''

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'' as the politics editor. Prior to that, O'Toole has held several positions for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, including the

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correspondent,

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correspondent, state editor, and supervisor of the paper's public opinion polling division. He received several journalist training fellowships in

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, including the Jefferson Fellowship, Hong Kong Fellowship, and the East-West Center's Senior Journalists' Seminar. In 2005, he was named one of "Pennsylvania's Most Influential Reporters" by the Pennsylvania political news website

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