Kim Bradford joined the News Tribune's editorial board in 2005 as an editorial writer.

Born and raised in Portland, Bradford first moved to Washington state in 1990 to attend Pacific Lutheran University where she studied journalism and law. During college, she worked at The News Tribune and other weekly and daily newspapers in Alaska, Oregon and Washington.

After graduation, she joined the Tri-City Herald as a reporter covering local and state government. For two years, she staffed the paper's Olympia bureau during legislative sessions. Bradford joined the Herald's editorial board in 1999 and became editorial page editor in 2002 before moving back to the west side.

She lives in central Tacoma and is married to Cole Cosgrove, a copy editor at The News Tribune.