Tim Bradner is an economics writer who has lived and worked in Alaska since 1962, attending the University of Alaska in Fairbanks and then working as a reporter for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and the Tundra Times, an Alaska Native weekly newspaper. As a journalist, Bradner covered the Alaska Native lands claims movement in the 1960s, its settlement in 1971, the major oil discoveries on the North Slope, and early planning for the trans-Alaska oil pipeline. He joined BP’s external affairs group in 1970 and represented the company before the state Legislature until 1985. His work for BP gave him insights into an international energy company and Alaska’s efforts in oil and gas tax and environmental policy. He attended Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government in 1985 and 1986 and returned to Alaska with a Master of Public Administration. Since 1986 Bradner has been co-publisher of the family-owned Alaska Legislative Digest and Alaska Economic Report with his brother Mike, now deceased. He continues today in the family business with his wife, Shehla Anjum, an editor, and his daughter Saira, who manages the company’s information systems.
Bradners' Alaska Legislative Digest - and Economic Report