James Debono

James Debono

James Debono is MaltaToday's chief reporter on environment, planning and land use issues, and one of the newspaper's main political analysts. Apart from blogging regularly on politics, James Debono won the IGM national press awards' environmental reporter of the year in 2011 for his report showing how a beverage company that extracted over 51,000 of cubic metres of water every year from the national water table for free, was awarded an environmental award by the University of Malta. Debono also heads Mediatoday's survey unit, which has conducted polls on all electoral appointments since 2008, correctly predicting the outcome of all elections and the 2011 divorce referendum.

He read history and obtained his Masters' degree from the University of Malta, and in the past worked for TV production house Where's Everybody before joining MaltaToday in 2005. A co-founder of Moviment Graffitti and active in Moviment ghall-Ambjent, he served as a media officer for Alternattiva Demokratika - the Green Party. James is married and has a son. His interests include listening to music and reading.

Articles by this author
Gonzi on life support, Muscat with egg on his face
Blogs
James Debono
Two facts are clear: Muscat failed in his bid to topple the government, Gonzi does not have a working majority in parliament and is on life support.
GWU most migrant friendly, according to EU-funded study
National
The General Workers Union is the most proactive union on ethnic and racial equality issues, according to an EU-funded study based on interviews with Malta’s three largest unions.
What will happen next Thursday?
National
€1 million tender exempted from procurement regulations
Business News
[FULL DATA] MaltaToday survey and Trust Barometer
Data & Surveys
Survey shows 7-point swing from PN to PL
National
The one-seat majority they deserve
Blogs
Analysis | From Mintoff to Franco
National
Manoel Island’s Lazzaretto to be ‘resurrected’ as casino, offices
Lija mayor livid at MEPA
National
‘MPs are not robots’
National
When Muscat called on Sant to act like a lion
National
Democracy in free-fall
Blogs
MEPA board gives interpretation to planning law
National