Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Woodlock nwetara akara ugo mmụta Bachelor of Arts site na Yale College na 1969, ebe ọ bụ onye otu Skull and Bones, na osote onye isi oche nke "Yale Daily News". Ọ malitere ọrụ nta akụkọ ya dịka onye na-arụ ọrụ na "Chicago Daily News", na-ekpuchi Mgbakọ Democratic National nke 1968
na Chicago. Woodlock wee bụrụ onye nta akụkọ na "Chicago Sun-Times" site na 1969 ruo 1973, ebe ọ rụrụ ọrụ na Chicago na Springfield, Illinois, tupu ọ kwaga na "Sun-Times" Washington Bureau na 1971-1973, ebe ọ kpuchiri Ụlọikpe Kasị Elu. Woodlock mechara gaa Mahadum Georgetown Law Center, ebe ọ bụ onye otu "The Georgetown Law Journal". O nwetara nzere J.D. ya n'afọ 1975.