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 IĠM national press awards' environmental reporter of the year in 2011 and in 2025. Debono coordinates MaltaToday's surveys, which has conducted polls on all electoral appointments since 2008. 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.

Articles by this author
PN’s gains: Stepping stone or red flag?
National
The PN has emerged from local and MEP elections stronger and more united. But is this the first stage of a recovery leading to a change of government or will the greater...
Hope under Cassola’s big tent
National
After winning the support of 13,000 voters, Arnold Cassola has embarked on the creation of a new ‘big tent’ party for middle-of-the-road and progressive voters. JAMES...