Sofia Hariz is an acclaimed multimedia entertainment journalist, writer and producer.

Sofia graduated from Kingston University London with a First Class degree in Journalism, with a focus on multimedia entertainment journalism for online publications. Sofia served as the Entertainment Editor for River Newspaper, where she created the paper’s first ever full page dedicated to video games.

Sofia started working for Gamereactor in 2013, where she wrote video game articles, previews, news stories and film reviews, and created the magazine’s first ever vox pop where she photographed and interviewed gamers in Oslo. Sofia also worked as a copyeditor, using her bilingual skills to translate articles from English, Swedish and Danish to Norwegian.

Sofia has later gone on to cover other games industry events, such as Gamescom, Summer Game Fest, E3, MCM London Comic Con, EGX and more for a variety of publications in the U.S. and Europe. She has also been a speaker at industry events such as the Inven Global Esports Conference, GeeKon and IndieCade.

Outside of video game journalism, Sofia has also worked in other industries as a writer, producer and editor. Sofia worked at Akershus Eiendom, Norway’s leading commercial real estate agency, where she established the company’s social media presence, including creating the company’s blog which has been quoted in several or Norway’s largest media outlets. During this time she also produced Information Memorandums, and newspaper ads, acted as a social media strategy adviser that helped with SEO optimization, and worked on website and memorandum redesign and branding. She also worked as a Video Producer for MailOnline’s Showbiz section, covering celebrity news, movies, television, red carpets and more.

Sofia has also written and produced a Twine game, and is developing full-cast radio play. with two other collaborators.

Sofia currently works as a freelance video game journalist, producer and writer.