The Capitol Standard, based in Washington D.C., is a weekly newsletter that covers Capitol Hill. The editors founded the Standard after noticing a void in Capitol Hill news outlets' coverage of political issues relevant to communities of color, particularly the burgeoning Hispanic population. Started in June 2006, the Standard reaches over 1,000 readers each week nationwide. _______________________________________________________ Fresia Rodriguez Cadavid has several years experience covering Capitol Hill writing for publications such as The Hill and National Journal’s Technology Daily. She began her career as a freelancer and in 2003 became editor of Hispanic Link Weekly Report, covering issues of national importance to Latinos, such as labor, education and civil rights. Her articles and editorials have appeared in The Washington Post, The Houston Chronicle, el diario/LA PRENSA among others. In 2004, she published a book, The U.S. Hispanic Role in Foreign Policy, the first ever chronicle of how Hispanics have shaped U.S. relations with foreign countries. In 2005, she was the only Hispanic female journalist to participate in the prestigious American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship Program, in which she serves as a congressional fellow in the office of Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.). Raised in The Bronx, New York, Rodriguez Cadavid is a graduate of the George Washington University. __________________________________________________________ Patricia Guadalupe has been covering Congress and the White House for more than 13 years for a variety of print and broadcast media outlets, including NPR's Latino USA, the Radio Bilingüe public radio network, and Hispanic Link Weekly Report. She is also a columnist for Hispanic Business magazine and Washington Hispanic newspaper, and has written for Latina, Latina Style and Hispanic magazines, among others. Additionally, she has contributed articles on congressional issues affecting Latinos to La Opinión newspaper, the country's largest-circulating Spanish-language newspaper, and has reported for WKAQ newsradio in Puerto Rico. She has also worked as an editor and project manager for the Custom Publishing division of Scripps Media. Patricia began her journalism career at WCBS Newsradio in New York, and was Radio Bilingüe's New York City correspondent before arriving in Washington. Raised in Puerto Rico, she is a graduate of the James Madison College of Public Policy at Michigan State University and holds a master's degree from the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University. In addition to her journalism endeavors, she is an instructor in the Northern Virginia campus of the University of Phoenix.