Burgerville Closes Lents Restaurant, Citing Vandalism and Crime in the Southeast Portland Neighborhood – Willamette Week

Sophie Peel is a Portland native who earned a Journalism degree from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia where she reported on education, poverty and politics. She worked for NPR under a fellowship following graduation, and then freelanced for Willamette Week as well as a national publication before returning to the paper full time.