Serena Altschul | |
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 Altschul in 2011 | |
| Born | October 13, 1970 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.
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]
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]
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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