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Serena Altschul
American broadcast journalist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Serena Altschul (born October 13, 1970)[1] is an American broadcast journalist, known for her work at MTV News and CBS.
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Early life and education
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]
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Career
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.
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Awards
- Edward R. Murrow Award – Sports Reporting 2007
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External links
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