Congratulations to NYFWA board member Olivia Carville, a reporter on Bloomberg’s investigations team, for winning a Deadline Club Award for her June 2021 Bloomberg Businessweek cover story “Airbnb’s Nightmare.”
Carville’s story unearthed Airbnb’s secretive internal team that is responsible for handling the dark side of Airbnb rentals -from safety isuses and crimes, to sexual assaults. Following her story, Airbnb’s policies were changed, allowing victims to sue.