Malta fails to meet EU journalist safety recommendations – RSF
European Union Member States, including Malta, must move quickly
Alice Taylor
September 18, 2023 14:21
Media reform: ‘No debate before public consultation’ – PN
The PN said no debate on the newly proposed
October 1, 2022 13:12
Help or leverage? Government’s opacity with media funding raises questions
The news that an Italian court handed a prison
Elizabeth De Gaetano
June 9, 2022 10:49
Red herrings and smokescreens
A couple of days ago, after the news broke
Blanche Gatt
May 17, 2021 08:53
620 attacks on journalists during pandemic signals worsening global climate for the press
The COVID-19 pandemic proved to be a significant challenge
Alice Taylor
April 18, 2021 08:28
Former MFSA boss signed-off on €12m direct orders in 2 years
Joseph Cuschieri, the former chief executive of the Malta
December 3, 2020 07:44
Si yo fuera Maradona (If I were Maradona)
I learnt this week of an interview given by
Jacques René Zammit
November 30, 2020 07:47
‘No EU funds for government-controlled media or political propaganda’ – MEPs
Media freedom in Europe has declined MEPs deplore harassment
November 26, 2020 12:06
Wilful ineptitude
“The court would like to make it absolutely clear
Kevin Cassar
November 26, 2020 08:46
Three years on, The Shift’s role is more urgent than ever
Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination just over three years ago
Blanche Gatt
November 25, 2020 06:04
A Mission to Inform: Book features one last recorded interview of assassinated journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
Pressure and harassment against journalists continue to limit the
Gabriel Schembri
October 15, 2020 11:52
Trouble with the truth
Every time new findings are exposed and the authorities
Gabriel Schembri
September 9, 2020 17:52
Broadcasting Authority ruling makes perverse situation worse
A ruling by the Broadcasting Authority (BA) this week
Victor Paul Borg
August 19, 2020 07:41
‘Courageous investigative journalism must be protected’ – RSF
Reporters without Borders (RSF) Director of International Campaigns, Rebecca
Gabriel Schembri
July 9, 2020 17:47
Editor’s statement in response to DOI’s claims on press access
The government’s Department of Information has issued a statement
Caroline Muscat
February 13, 2020 16:25
‘A deep structural injustice’ – CoE notes lack of investigation on Daphne’s death
The Council of Europe’s media freedom report notes its
Alice Taylor
February 12, 2019 16:03
Forty years of State lies: RSF reveals leaked Iran file on persecution of critics
Over 850 journalists and citizen-journalists were prosecuted, arrested, imprisoned
Caroline Muscat
February 8, 2019 09:25
Reporters Without Borders named Dan David Prize winner
International press freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders won the
The Shift Team
February 7, 2019 12:15
Venice Commission report shows ‘Malta is not a functioning democracy’
No country that calls itself a democracy can live
Caroline Muscat
December 16, 2018 13:21
47 journalists killed in 2018
Forty-seven journalists, media workers and citizen journalists were killed
The Shift Team
June 29, 2018 11:56
Omertà – our collusion in the great corrupt takeover
The press did not choose to inform us about
Justin Borg-Barthet
November 8, 2017 17:20

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