The Northern California chapter of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association held its Fall Honors reception Monday at the Intercontinental Hotel, according to the Bay Area Reporter. Recipients of the 2008 Excellence in Journalism Awards included, from left, Katherine Jarvis, a student at California State University, Chico who is this year’s Bob Ross Student Scholarship winner; Greg Sherrell and Fernando Ventura from Energy 92.7; Cynthia Laird, news editor of the Bay Area Reporter; and Tony Russomanno, a former longtime reporter for KSFO, ABC7 and CBS5. (Photo by Rick Gerharter from the Bay Area Reporter Web site.)