Victor R. Rodríguez

Author bio

Born in Mexicali, Baja California, Victor R. Rodríguez has worked for 10 years as a freelance journalist for media outlets such as El Universal, Reporte Indigo, Playboy Mexico, Vice News, GQ Latam, Excelsior, and other print and digital media. Currently, he’s an investigative journalist following the vaquita’s conflict in the Upper Gulf of California and environmental topics in the north of Mexico.

Victor R. Rodríguez’s Contributions:

surf break at San Miguel, in Todos Santos Bay, Baja California, Mexico

Surf and Turf: Saving a Wave by Protecting the Land

In Mexico, scientists, surfers, and a passionate community rally to protect a beloved break.

Oct 4, 2022 | 1,500 words, about 7 minutes

Will Exporting Farmed Totoaba Fix the Big Mess Pushing the World’s Most Endangered Porpoise to Extinction?

International officials will soon decide the fate of Mexican totoaba fish farming—and with it, possibly the last glimmer of hope for the vaquita.

Feb 22, 2022 | 1,800 words, about 9 minutes

Hakai Magazine

Coastal science and societies