Forrest Sill
Student, The University of Chicago; Editor in Chief, The Chicago Maroon
Forrest Sill is a third-year computer science major at the University of Chicago and an editor in chief of The Chicago Maroon, the independent student newspaper at the University of Chicago since 1892. He joined the paper as a web developer during his first year and was promoted to multimedia editor before being elected one of the paper’s two editors in chief in the winter of 2016. Sill is interested in the intersection of journalism and technology and how the industry can meet the demands of modern consumers. He is also currently working in software development and is digital director of University of Chicago Students for Hillary.
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