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
[Analysis] Simon Busuttil’s narrative: Does good governance pay?
National
In his speech to party councillors on Sunday, Simon Busuttil has produced a narrative based on honest policies which  translates in greater social and environmental justice....
Gzira tower to rise to 24 storeys
National
Applications have been made to add eight new storeys to an already approved 16-storey tower