Serena Altschul

Serena Altschul (born October 13, 1970 [cite news | title = Mrs. Altschul Has Child (birth announcement) | work = The New York Times | publisher = The New York Times Company | page = 91 | date = 1970-10-25 | accessdate = 2006-12-10 | language = English | quote = ] in New York, New York) is an American broadcast journalist, well known for her work at MTV News. She is the daughter of Arthur Altschul, former Goldman Sachs partner and banking mogul [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507E3DA1138F932A15750C0A9649C8B63 Paid Notice: Deaths: ALTSCHUL, ARTHUR GOODHART] ] who was on the board of trustees of many museums and philanthropic organisations.

Altschul attended Scripps College"CBS Sunday Morning": " [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/10/sunday/bios/main587879.shtml Serena Altschul] "] 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."CBS Sunday Morning": " [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/10/sunday/bios/main587879.shtml Serena Altschul] "]

Altschul spent two years at Channel One News, a channel seen nationwide in high schools, as an anchor / reporter. [Channel One Network: " [http://www.channelonenetwork.com/corporate/fast_facts.html Fast Facts] "] 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"."CBS Sunday Morning": [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/10/sunday/bios/main587879.shtml Serena Altschul] ]

From 2002 to 2003 Altschul worked at CNN."CBS Sunday Morning": [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/10/sunday/bios/main587879.shtml Serena Altschul] ] 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.

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.

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

Altschul also appears as herself in the 2002 film "Queen of the Damned".

Altschul plays herself in the 2001 film "Josie and the Pussycats", announcing the presumed death of boy band Du Jour in a plane crash early in the film.

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External links

*imdb name|id=0023041|name=Serena Altschul
* [http://www.oxygenesis.com/serena/ Serena Altschul Online] (site last maintained Nov 2000)
* [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/10/broadcasts/main587879.shtml CBS News| SERENA ALTSCHUL]
* [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/10/sunday/main2244008.shtml Serena Reports on Wikipedia]