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.

[3] Altschul attended Scripps College[5] for a few years; she studied English literature but did not graduate.

On December 23, 2003, she was named a CBS News contributing correspondent.

She appeared as herself in the films Light It Up, Queen of the Damned, and Josie and the Pussycats.