Fact-Checking - Paulina Esperanza Rodriguez

My Fact-Checking Work

I offer services as a freelance fact-checker specializing in arts, culture, and food stories, as well as profiles. Explore a selection of my recent work and contact me below for more information on availability and rates.

Texas Monthly • 1st July 2025

Vintage Fabrics Give These Handbags Their Sentimental Style

A Gainesville artist and collector uses mid-century materials to make chic, nostalgic accessories.

Texas Monthly • 24th June 2025

This Flesh-Eating Beetle Is Probably in Your Home

But relax—more than likely, it’s just chowing down on your favorite sweater.

Texas Monthly • 27th May 2025

If You Find a Stranded Dolphin, Don’t Freee-ee-ee-eak Out

Keep calm, mind the blowhole, and call dolphin 911.

Texas Monthly • 21st October 2024

The New Tejano Hall of Fame

For a true taste of this emerging cuisine, try these dishes.

Texas Monthly • 21st October 2024

New Tejano, From the Ground Up

A gardener walks us through her favorite ingredients for cooking New Tejano–inspired dishes.

Texas Monthly • 21st October 2024

The 50 Best Tacos in Texas: Honorable Mentions

I anguished over the list of the top fifty tacos, and these thirteen nearly made the cut. I hope you try as many as your stomach can handle. You won’t be disappointed.

Texas Monthly • 19th February 2024

Four Reasons March Is a Great Month in Texas Culture

A Latin music festival in Austin, Houston’s Renée Elise Goldsberry in something other than Hamilton, an “unknown” Texas artist in the spotlight, and a new way into Freedmen’s Town.

Texas Monthly • 18th October 2023

Four Reasons November Will Be a Great Month in Texas Culture

A Texas legend finally gets top billing, Willie spills on his songs, the Black Pumas return, and Sugar Land hosts Honeyland.

San Antonio Magazine • 27th June 2023

Jaylen Pigford Returns to Presa House Gallery

The Corpus Christi native shares his faith in 'The Discovery.'

San Antonio Magazine • 26th June 2023

Meet the Duo Behind Bar 414

The men running the bar at the Gunter Hotel serve up more than just spirits

San Antonio Magazine • 28th April 2023

Making Art Out of Music

James Supa Medrano's latest exhibit at BLK WHT GRY takes inspiration from songs

San Antonio Magazine • 27th April 2023

Healing Through Art One Year After Uvalde

A UTSA student and Uvalde native find new purpose in her art after creating a lasting tribute to a victim of the Uvalde shooting

San Antonio Magazine • 25th April 2023

Three Ways to Start Living Sustainably

Buy Second Hand Without the Hunt

Finding great second hand clothing can often require a lot of sifting through packed racks, bins, or even digital listings to find one piece worth buying. It takes effort, and Caroline Bower, owner of The Bluebird Collective, wants to do the work for interested shoppers. Launched online in 2020 with an appointment-only boutique that opened in Bulverde in 2022, Bower’s business helps women dress sustainably in clothes that actually fit well. She does the hard wor

San Antonio Magazine • 25th April 2023

Planet Barbecue Says San Antonio is Made for TV

San Antonio’s increasingly diverse and growing culinary scene is back in the spotlight with Steven Raichlen's latest show

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My Fact-Checking Work

Vintage Fabrics Give These Handbags Their Sentimental Style

This Flesh-Eating Beetle Is Probably in Your Home

If You Find a Stranded Dolphin, Don’t Freee-ee-ee-eak Out

The New Tejano Hall of Fame

New Tejano, From the Ground Up

The 50 Best Tacos in Texas: Honorable Mentions

Four Reasons March Is a Great Month in Texas Culture

Four Reasons November Will Be a Great Month in Texas Culture

Jaylen Pigford Returns to Presa House Gallery

Meet the Duo Behind Bar 414

Making Art Out of Music

Healing Through Art One Year After Uvalde

Three Ways to Start Living Sustainably

Planet Barbecue Says San Antonio is Made for TV

Paulina Rodriguez