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
University to introduce degree in Social Impact Assessments
National
Can these studies become another box to tick without meaningful consequences for communities elbowed out by major projects? JAMES DEBONO speaks to course coordinator Michael...
Ursula's SOTEU: Leading in Testing Times or Eurobubble Trap?
National
In her State of the Union (SOTEU) address Ursula von der Leyen was sober, calibrated and level-headed. But as her administration comes to its end, did she rise to the occasion by...
ERA stops deposit of silt in Zonqor
National
PA shoots down attempt to greenwash petrol station extension
Maltese still stand behind Ukraine
National
Superintendence okays Savoy hotel’s ‘contemporary’ design
ERA set to object to St Albert’s ODZ application
Townscapes
Census shows that 70,000 people live alone, but who are they?
Pama proposes ODZ garden with underlying shopping mall
Townscapes
Planned Ħal Far racetrack to expand over more land
National
Arkadia appeals PA’s refusal of Suq tal-Belt canopies
Townscapes
Shopping mall added to Marsa’s Eurospin
Townscapes
Renewables provided 20% of peak energy demand in 2022
National
Census: more dwellings, more ACs, less wells…
National