Up Close with journalist Melissa Hassan |19 August 2025

‘Live your best life, but try to take care of your health’

By Mandy Bertin

As journalists, we often tell stories about others. Stories which capture their determination, achievements, struggles and strengths. We often forget that we also have our own stories to tell, we also have our own experiences, triumphs and even heroism, that can inspire others.

Either on Télésesel or Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation TV (SBC), Melissa Hassan is a face and voice you know very well. But beyond the newsroom, she has a story of her own. Melissa has spent 10 years in the field of media, and today it is the time for us to listen to her story and to learn of the battles she is fighting.

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