A tenured, associate professor at Midwestern State University, Bradley advises a weekly newspaper with an award-winning online and social media presence. Having received his doctoral degree in public administration with research work in media agenda-setting and local governments, as an associate professor, he teaches news reporting and advanced reporting. Bradley is the editor of the national magazine, Communication: Journalism Education Today, for the national Journalism Education Association and co-managing editor of College Media Review for the College Media Association. He has received the Gold Key from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, the Pioneer Award from the National Scholastic Press Association, the Star of Texas from the Association of Texas Photography Instructors, the Trailblazer Award from the Texas Association of Journalism Educators and the Carl Towley Award from the Journalism Education Association. In 2014, the National Press Photographers Association named him the Robin F. Garland Educator of the Year and the College Media Association named him a Distinguished Adviser Award for newspaper advising at a four-year college or university.