Veteran journalist and Times of Malta assistant editor Matthew Xuereb has been appointed president of the Institute of Maltese Journalists. Xuereb replaces former president Sylvana Debono, who is moving on from journalism. He is one of two new faces on the institute’s council. MaltaToday online editor and fellow journalism veteran Kurt Sansone has also been co-opted onto the IĠM council as its new general secretary, replacing former TVM journalist Nigel Mifsud who will also be leaving the profession. In a brief statement, IĠM thanked Debono and Mifsud for their contributions to the field. Xuereb’s career, spanning two decades and two newsrooms, began at the