Ten years after launch of blog, murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia faces posthumous barrage of libel lawsuits

NewsValletta, 2 March 2018. Ten years ago today, Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia launched a blog, Running Commentary, where she chronicled political developments and published extensively on corruption in Malta. The blog quickly took off, eventually drawing 400,000 to 500,000 readers per day, a much higher figure than the circulation of any newspaper in the country.Through Running Commentary, Caruana Galizia emerged as one of Malta’s leading media personalities, and became known for her acerbic wit and relentless and detailed exposure of the misdeeds of the c

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