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
Alien fish’s first Mediterranean appearance is in Malta
Nature
In a confirmation of the impact of global warming on Maltese waters, the number of non-indigenous species in Maltese waters is approaching the 100 mark
[ANALYSIS] Return to normality? Robert Abela’s greatest gamble
National
If the easing of COVID-19 measures pays off, Robert Abela will emerge politically stronger as the man who steered the country through an unprecedented crisis. If not, he could end...