How state broadcaster, party-owned media shape Malta’s COVID-19 narrative
Malta’s unique media landscape has equipped the government with powerful tools in... View more
media freedom
Did they even read their own law?
The Department of Information (DOI) has refused to give The Shift access... View more
This is where the filter bubble leads
The American reality show descended into chaos this week as its ringleader... View more
I never thought it would last three years
The Shift is three years old. While that may not seem like... View more
Best and worst practices
Hours following the publication of the European Commission’s first Annual Rule of... View more
You paid for their propaganda
The public broadcaster is taking orders from the Labour Party’s propaganda department.... View more
All for the price of a cup of coffee
Have you noticed that recently everything is being compared to the price... View more
The Venice Commission is a joke
A recent package of constitutional reforms was trumpeted as the solution to... View more
Your right to know, compromised
Malta has fallen another four places in the World Press Freedom Index.... View more
Maltese courts are a continental embarrassment
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) routinely trashes judgments made by... View more
Who changed Omtzigt’s Wikipedia page?
Council of Europe Special Rapporteur Pieter Omtzigt described being shadowed by police... View more
Albanian government passes law putting online media under State control
The Albanian government has passed two laws that will bring online news... View more
Detention of journalists at Castille ‘a threat to press freedom’
The illegal detention of journalists at the Prime Minister’s Office last week... View more
The King of Kickbackistan goes full dictator
Joseph Muscat hasn’t just stopped speaking to journalists. Now he’s locking them... View more
EU must intervene to protect journalists against SLAPP
The fact Daphne Caruana Galizia’s “widower and sons are still fighting costly... View more
Calls for Keith Schembri’s resignation after withdrawal of libel case on 17 Black
The Opposition and civil society organisations have called for the Prime Minister’s... View more
Two years of The Shift: Malta’s only newsroom funded by readers
The Shift is two years old. We want to pause for a... View more
Twitter ban: ‘Political advertising isn’t about free expression’
Twitter has announced that it will no longer accept any form of... View more
How state broadcaster, party-owned media shape Malta’s COVID-19 narrative
Malta’s unique media landscape has equipped the government with powerful tools in... View more
Did they even read their own law?
The Department of Information (DOI) has refused to give The Shift access... View more
This is where the filter bubble leads
The American reality show descended into chaos this week as its ringleader... View more
I never thought it would last three years
The Shift is three years old. While that may not seem like... View more
Best and worst practices
Hours following the publication of the European Commission’s first Annual Rule of... View more
You paid for their propaganda
The public broadcaster is taking orders from the Labour Party’s propaganda department.... View more
All for the price of a cup of coffee
Have you noticed that recently everything is being compared to the price... View more
The Venice Commission is a joke
A recent package of constitutional reforms was trumpeted as the solution to... View more
Your right to know, compromised
Malta has fallen another four places in the World Press Freedom Index.... View more
Maltese courts are a continental embarrassment
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) routinely trashes judgments made by... View more
