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
Old Birkirkara townhouse saved as appeals tribunal confirms decision
Planning
The Environment and Planning Tribunal has confirmed the refusal of an apartment block in place of an old Birkirkara townhouse located in the urban conservation area, which was...
Who hates modern architecture? Pigeons, scientists say
National
Statisticians and biologists find abundance of feral pigeons has been affected by architectural styles