In the June issue of Washingtonian, the mag’s executive editor Garrett Graff takes his old Fishbowl fins out for a spin to write the quadrennial review of Washington’s “50 Top Journalists.”

The piece evaluates the city’s rising stars, anchors, behind-the-scenes movers and shakers and the best reporters at “explaining what news means.”

ABC’s Jake Tapper, NBC’s Chuck Todd and CBS’ Lara Logan were no surprise but the “rising stars” category was interesting. The category included WaPo’s Jonathan Capehart, Politico’s Jonathan Martin, FNC’s Chad Pergram, HuffPo’s Sam Stein, WaPo’s Anne Kornblut, NJ’s Shane Harris and WRC-TV’s Lindsay Czarniak to name just a few.

Check out the June issue of Washingtonian for the full list.

*Pictured: Wapo’s Dana Priest, FOX’s Carl Cameron, Time’s Karen Tumulty

Minority Leader John Boehner began his weekly press conference this morning by directing the press corps’ attention to the outfit worn by Fox News’ Chad Pergram.

A FishbowlDC insider tells us that Pergram was rocking Gotti-chic: black tie, black jacket and black pants with a gray sport coat.

Apparently, Boehner didn’t approve of Pergram’s mobster ensemble:

“For someone born in the 8th district of Ohio, you don’t look like it,” Boehner said.

Molly Hooper asked: “What district does he look like he’s from then?”

Boehner plead the fifth.

Big names gathered for last night’s uber-glam bash honoring the 21st anniversary of Roll Call’s “Heard on the Hill” and a recent refresh of the RC website. The festivities took place at swanky Coco Sala where guests noshed on an array of chocolate-themed appetizers and cocktails (who knew you could mix chocolate and mojito?).

Maybe it was the chocolate…or maybe the cocktails, but RC Publisher Peter Cherukuri managed to pull Senator John Thune, Senator Trent Lott, Juleanna Glover, Yebbie Watkins, Mike Feldman, Debbie Dingell, Christina Sevilla and Senator John Breaux to help celebrate his pub’s successes.

Representing the media were Former HOHer – The Sleuth’s Mary Ann Akers, Michael Isikoff, C-SPAN’s Greta Brawner, Bloomberg’s Tim Burger,Susan Davis of the WSJ, WaPo’s Paul Kane, MSNBC’s Bob Franken, Chad Pergram of FNC, MySpace’s Lee Brenner, NYT’s Carl Hulse, Emily Lenzner from ABC News and the Examiner’s Kiki Ryan.

Christine and I were on hand to cover it for you…not for the chocolate and cocktails.

Fox News’ Chad Pergram, a candidate in this year’s Radio-Television Correspondents’ Galleries annual election, put out this humorous sign in the Senate TV gallery recently.

Fox News’ Chad Pergram has penned a piece about the media’s bumbling of the Tubbs Jones back-and-forth and says “I’m the one to blame at FOX News for the premature report.”

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Fox News’ Chad Pergram played mentor to a number of Miami of Ohio journalism wannabes this summer, and before the interns headed back to school, they had one parting gift for Pergram: A t-shirt.

FishbowlDC has learned that Chad Pergram will join FOX News Channel in September as its new senior producer for the House of Representatives. Pergram comes from Capitol News Connection where he was the Chief Correspondent and an award winning journalist, winning both the Edward R. Murrow Award and the Joan S. Barone Award for Excellence in National Affairs/Public Policy Broadcast. Pergram replaces Jim Mills, who is joining the Fred Thompson campaign.