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
Tal-Wej landowners object to Natura 2000 zoning
Environment
Three landowners are contesting a decision by the Environment and Resources Authority to designate the ecologically rich Tal-Wej area between Mosta and Naxxar, as a Natura 2000...
[ANALYSIS] Will Robert Abela call a June election?
National
With elections due in 2022, this year will definitely see intensification in electoral campaigning. But will upping the electoral ante lead to an early election in June? James...