Stuart Woo

Stuart Woo

Hometown: San Francisco, Calif.

College: Brown University

Host newspaper: The Providence (R.I.) Journal

What I know about my internship newspaper:
Because I go to school in Providence, R.I., I get to read The Providence Journal every day in the dining halls. The ProJo, as it’s called here, is Rhode Island's largest newspaper, with a Sunday circulation of about 215,000. It's a well-respected paper that has won awards for investigative reporting. Two of my professors have worked as ProJo reporters.

What I'll be doing at my internship newspaper:
I'll be working as a metro reporter at a regional bureau.

How I got interested in journalism:
When I was a high school freshman, I read what I thought was a really funny column about Go-Gurt (yogurt for on-the-go kids) in the student newspaper and decided that I wanted to write columns like that. But after signing up for the newspaper, I started reporting more serious news and have since fallen in love with that.

What I'll pack:
I live in Providence, so I'll pack everything that's in my dorm room.

What I do for fun:
I love biking, doing crossword puzzles and playing board games, especially Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit. I'm also a sports fan and love to watch and play baseball, football and soccer.

Favorite Web site(s):
Besides SFGate.com, my homepage, I love reading the Web sites of The New York Times, The Washington Post and ESPN. And I love watching YouTube.