Serena Altschul

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Serena Altschul (born October 13, 1970^[1] in New York, New York) is an American broadcast journalist, well known for her work at MTV News.

Altschul attended Scripps College^[2] for a couple of years studying English literature but never graduated. While in college, she was the associate producer of 1993's The Last Party, a political documentary.^[2]

Altschul spent two years at Channel One News, a channel seen nationwide in high schools, as an anchor / reporter.^[3] 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.^[2]

From 2002 to 2003 Altschul worked at CNN.^[2] 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, Altschul was named a CBS News contributing correspondent.

She is the daughter of Arthur Altschul, former Goldman Sachs partner and banking mogul^[4]who was on the board of trustees of many museums and philanthropic organisations.

[edit] Altschul in pop culture

During fake newsbreaks on fellow MTV show Sifl and Olly, Sifl (a sock puppet) would claim that Serena was his girlfriend.^[5]

She plays herself on Jay-Z's 1999 song, "Dope Man".

[edit] References

^ "Mrs. Altschul Has Child (birth announcement)", The New York Times, The New York Times Company, 1970-10-25, p. 91. Retrieved on 2006-12-10. (in English)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d CBS Sunday Morning: "Serena Altschul"
^ Channel One Network: "Fast Facts"
^ Paid Notice: Deaths: ALTSCHUL, ARTHUR GOODHART
^ Sifl & Olly--ROCK!