Serena Altschul | |
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![]() Altschul in 2011 | |
Born | New York City, U.S. | October 13, 1970
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 (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] to Siri von Reis, an author and botanist, 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 German Jewish ancestry. After her parents divorced, two-year-old Serena and two of her siblings, Arthur Goodhart Altschul Jr. and Emily Altschul (Miller), grew up living with their mother. [3]
Her half-brothers are Charles Altschul and Stephen Altschul from her father's previous marriage. [3]
Altschul attended Scripps College [5] for a few years; she studied 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 which was 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 was the host and producer of a CNN special about the return of PCP. She continued to work for 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 appeared as herself in the films Light It Up , Queen of the Damned , and Josie and the Pussycats .
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