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Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

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‘How is this legal’: TikToker discovers her Airbnb window is connected to restaurant dining room (updated)

Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz (they/she) is a Brooklyn-based writer, educator, and grad student at the Pratt Institute School of Information. Their work has appeared in the Santa Barbara Independent, Huffington Post, and AsAmNews.

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‘Host had a few controlling quirks’: TikToker shows list of rules from Airbnb host, sparking debate

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

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A TikToker showed that the AirBnB she stayed in had a cotton field behind it.

‘Cotton fields is not normal’: Black TikToker says she showed up to Airbnb with cotton field, sparking debate

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

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‘It’s no different than staying at a hotel with cameras’: Airbnb host calls out guest for covering Ring camera, sparking debate

Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

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‘Somebody put a lot of money into spying on people’: TikToker finds receipt for surveillance equipment in her Airbnb

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‘Lady tried to kidnap my nephew’: Woman harasses Airbnb tenants in viral TikTok

Nahila Bonfiglio reports on geek culture and gaming. Her work has also appeared on KUT&#8217;s Texas Standard (Austin), KPAC-FM (San Antonio), and the Daily Texan.

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‘What’s sad is people think this sh*t is cool’: Video shows people allegedly pushing Airbnb host into his own pool after he asks them to shut party down

Jillian Price is a former editorial intern for the Daily Dot and current journalism graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin. She previously wrote for Reporting Texas, UT Austin&#8217;s School of Journalism online publication.

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TikToker films Airbnb host admitting to being racist toward guests

Eilish O’Sullivan was the Daily Dot&#8217;s associate managing editor. Her work has appeared in Mashed, the Austin Chronicle, and the Daily Texan.

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