Noel Grima, the first editor of The Malta Independent, who edited the newspaper from the year of its founding in 1992 until 2014, has had his column axed from the newspaper. Noel Grima ended his tenure as Editor-in-Chief in 2014, when he became Consulting Editor. He retained a column in the paper ever since.
Noel Grima said he was axed by the new editors, Andre Camilleri and Steven Calleja, following pressure from Nationalist Party leader Alex Borg. The Nationalist Party denied Noel Grima’s allegation. In his statement, Noel Grima also urged newspaper director Noel Azzopardi and shareholder Malcolm Miller to deny whether Alex Borg had pressured them to axe his column.
Noel Grima has left a very significant legacy in the Maltese press, having edited a minor independent newspaper for many years. He was also the editor of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s writing in the paper. He also worked with her on multiple publication projects for the newspaper, including her magazines such as Taste.
Under his leadership, The Malta Independent became a mainstream, popular newspaper immediately after it was first published, due to its distribution of old historical photos with the newspaper and Daphne’s column in the paper every Thursday, which was the newspaper’s highlight for many years.
The Malta Independent has denied Noel Grima’s allegations. You can find TMID’s statement here.
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