Bradford began her journalism career at
Financial World, before moving to the Dow Jones/Hearst start-up SmartMoney.com in 1997, rising to associate editor in 1998. After 11 years at SmartMoney.com covering investing and personal finance issues, Bradford joined the CBS start-up MoneyWatch.com in 2009. Bradford's articles have appeared in
The Wall Street Journal's Sunday Journal, RealEstateJournal.com, and CareerJournal.com, as well as
Consumer Reports,
AOL and
Yahoo! Finance. She has appeared on
CNN Headline News,
Fox News,
CNBC,
CBS, The
Wall Street Journal Radio Network and
CBS Radio. == Personal life ==