Years active 1993–present Name Serena Altschul | Role Broadcaster | |
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Ethnicity Jewish fatherFinnish and Swedish mother Parents Siri von Reis, Arthur Altschul Grandparents Frank Altschul, Helen Goodhart Altschul Great-grandparents Phillip J. Goodhart, Charles Altschul, Camilla Mandlebaum Altschul, Hattie Lehman Goodhart TV shows Similar People Siri von Reis, Tracy Smith, Stephen Altschul, Charles Osgood, Tabitha Soren | ||
Serena Altschul (born October 13, 1970) is an American broadcast journalist, well known for her work at MTV News and CBS.
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Early life and education
Altschul was born in New York City, and is the daughter of author and botanist Siri von Reis and Arthur Altschul, a former partner at Goldman Sachs and member of the Lehman banking family. Her mother is of half-Finnish and half-Swedish ancestry and her father is of Jewish ancestry. When her parents divorced, two-year-old Serena and her two siblings were raised by their mother. Her brother, Arthur Altschul, Jr., is married to journalist Rula Jebreal and her sister, Emily Helen Altschul, is married to journalist John Miller. She also has two half-brothers, Charles Altschul and mathematician Stephen Altschul from her father's previous marriage. Altschul attended Scripps College for a couple of years, studying English literature, but did not graduate. While in college, she was the associate producer of 1993's The Last Party, a political documentary.
Career
After school, she worked for two years at Channel One News, a channel seen nationwide in high schools, as an anchor/reporter. In 1995 she landed a job at MTV and in January 1996 she started working for MTV News. She also hosted shows such as MTV News: UNfiltered, Breaking it Down and hosted and produced True Life. From 2002 to 2003 Altschul worked at CNN. 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 appears on CBS Sunday Morning.
She played herself on Jay-Z's 1999 song, "Dope Man". She also appeared as herself in the films Queen of the Damned and Josie and the Pussycats.
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