Serena Altschul

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Serena Altschul
Altschul in 2011
Born ( 1970-10-13 ) October 13, 1970 (age 53)
New York City , U.S.
Education Scripps College (did not graduate)
Occupation(s) News presenter , reporter
Years active 1993?present
Parent(s) Siri von Reis
Arthur Altschul
Family Stephen Altschul (brother)
Frank Altschul (grandfather)
John Miller (journalist) (brother in law)
Whitney Sudler-Smith (step-brother)

Serena Altschul (born October 13, 1970) [1] is an American broadcast journalist , known for her work at MTV News and CBS .

Early life and education [ edit ]

Altschul was born in New York City , [2] a daughter of author and botanist Siri von Reis and Arthur Altschul , a member of the Lehman banking family . [2] [3] Her mother was of half- Finnish and half- Swedish ancestry [2] [4] and her father was of Jewish ancestry. After her parents divorced, two-year-old Serena and two siblings were raised by their mother.

Altschul has four siblings, [3] brother Arthur Goodhart Altschul Jr. and sister Emily Altschul Miller, as well as half-brothers Charles Altschul and Stephen Altschul from her father's previous marriage. [3]

Altschul attended Scripps College [5] for a few years, studying English literature , but did not graduate. In 1993, while still in college, she was the associate producer of The Last Party , a political documentary. [5]

Career [ edit ]

After school, she worked for two years at Channel One News , a channel seen nationwide in high schools, as an anchor / reporter . [6] [2] In 1987 she landed a job at MTV and in January 1996 she started working for MTV News . [7] [8] [9] [10] She also hosted shows such as MTV News: UNfiltered , Breaking it Down and hosted and produced True Life . [5] [7] From 2002 to 2003 Altschul worked at CNN . [5] She hosted and produced a CNN special on the return of PCP . She continued working at MTV News while at CNN. On December 23, 2003, she was named a CBS News contributing correspondent. Since 2013 she has appeared on CBS Sunday Morning . [7]

She played herself on Jay-Z's 1999 song, " Dope Man ". She also appeared as herself in the films Light It Up , Queen of the Damned , and Josie and the Pussycats .

Awards [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Mrs. Altschul Has Child (birth announcement)". The New York Times . 1970-10-25. p. 91.
  2. ^ a b c d "A Move From 'Our Crowd' to Mass Media" . The New York Times . 26 March 1998.
  3. ^ a b c Eric Pace (March 20, 2002). "Arthur G. Altschul, 81, Banker, Art Collector and Philanthropist" . New York Times . In addition to his son Arthur G. Jr., he is survived by his wife, the former Patricia Dey whom he married in 1996; two other sons, Charles, and Dr. Stephen; two daughters, Emily Helen Altschul and Serena von Reis Altschul, a former MTV News correspondent, now with CNN; a stepson, Whitney Sudler Smith
  4. ^ New York Observer: "The Hard Sell" By Gabriel Sherman February 2, 2004
  5. ^ a b c d CBS Sunday Morning : " Serena Altschul "
  6. ^ Channel One Network: " Fast Facts "
  7. ^ a b c "Serena Altschul from MTV VJs, Then and Now" .
  8. ^ Orlando Sentinel: "MTV Newswoman has a Rich Background" March 31, 1998
  9. ^ Hartford Courant: "MTV Without the Gloss" by James Endres March 29, 1998
  10. ^ New York Observer: Power Punk: Serena Altschul" by Joe Hagan December 15, 2013

External links [ edit ]

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