Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Ali Bradley is a prominent news reporter and anchor. However, she became even more popular, especially among the female populace, when she inspired several victims of sexual harassment/assault to join the “Me Too” movement on social media.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Ali is originally from Oso, Washington.
- She derives inspiration from her mother, who often urges her to be the ‘voice’ for those without one.
- Ali obtained her Bachelor’s degree from Washington State University.
- She majored in Broadcast Journalism from the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication. She graduated in 2007.
The ‘MeToo’ Incident :
- At the age of 23, Bradley’s dream of landing a ‘big movie role’ took her to the doorsteps of Joseph Brooks.
- Joseph Brooks was a filmmaker and academy-award-winning music composer.
- He drugged and raped Ali, as well as robbed her of her driving license and credit cards.
- The music composer committed suicide in 2011 after the courts had indicted him on 91 counts of sexual assault.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- As an assistant for the regional sports network, Fox Sports Northwest, Ali covered several Seattle and Portland-based teams.
- Thereafter, she relocated to Los Angeles, wherein she toiled over the HBO hits such as ‘True Blood’ and ‘Big Love.’
- Casper in the Wyoming Area was to become her next ‘career’ halt. KTWO TV hired her as assistant news director, anchor, and producer from January 2012 until December 2014.
- Following this, Ali moved to Toledo in Ohio, working as an anchor with WTOL-TV, a CBS affiliate.
- WTOL fired Ali, along with six others, for playing Cards against Humanity on New Year’s Eve, during their downtime. The employees that departed also included meteorologist Kimberly Newman and anchor Trevor Ault.
- Since March 2016, she was associated with WPMT Fox 43 in York, Pennsylvania, as an evening news anchor. In March 2019, she announced that she was leaving the network after three years.
Volunteer Work, Awards and Recognition :
- Ali has been a host for ‘Free to Breathe’ since March 2016.
- She is the Campaign Chair for United Way of York County. She has been engaging in social services on their behalf since January 2016.
- The Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters honored her twice, in March 2018. She received kudos for ‘Outstanding Television Feature Story’ and ‘Outstanding Use of Digital Media.’
- As a board member for a non-profit organization, Ali helps provide wheelchairs and other rehabilitative equipment for disabled animals.
- Ali champions the cause of mental health, too, having worked with Stop Suicide Coalition and NAMI earlier.
Interesting Facts and Trivia :
- Ali is highly active on social media.
- By her own admission, she is a news junkie, eternally eager to receive news, as well as share it amongst others!
- She is passionately fond of dogs.
- Apart from rooting for her favorite Seahawks, Ali loves to play with her pups during her free time. Cooking and yoga are her other leisure-time activities.
Along with my husband, I enjoyed Ali so much. We love Bill and Liz but Ali and Omar were our favorite. She was our girl. Miss her. Hope she enjoys success and happiness forever.
You are the prettiest girl on TV! I love fox Q 13 on the weekend. I hope my future wife is half as pretty as you. I never knew you had such a tragic journey getting to where you are. You are a strong courageous women and an inspiration to all who work hard to reach the top. Your husband should feel very privileged to have you on his side!
I used to watch Ali Bradley on Fox 43 and really liked her as an anchor; I did not realize that she had been through so much previously. But, I suddenly didn’t see her on Fox 43 any more after my sister moved from Gettysburg to Camp Hill. I have not cable service in my own hometown of Chambersburg, Pa. But I commute twice a week to York College of PA to teach Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Modern Hebrew & Japanese up until an aorta dissection major open-heart surgery on 11 March. I have no idea what q Fox News means, but please convey my congratulations to Ali on her marriage and my well wishes in her new endeavors, though I do miss seeing her on Fox43 News which I watched for 22 days in York Hospital while recovering from open heart surgery after being medicaly evacuated from Chambersburg Hospital E/R by helicopter after I was told by the E/R doctor there that I had 30 min or fewer before I would die.
Reggie Hefner
Reginald Lee Hefner
Adjunct Lecturer Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Modern Hebrew & Japanese
York College of Pennsylvania (YCP)
English & Humanities Dept
Adjunct Office 163
Ally is a great addition to the q 13 news team.
We certainly enjoy her having her onboard your news team.