Bettina Schausten

Bettina Schausten (born 18 February 1965, in Lüdinghausen) is a German journalist.

Bettina Schausten
Schausten at the 2022 Saarland state elections
Born (1965-02-18) 18 February 1965
Lüdinghausen, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationJournalist
SpouseThomas Fuhrmann (m. 2008)
AwardsSee Awards

Early life and education

Schausten studied literature, history and Catholic theology in Cologne and in Munich from 1986 to 1992.

Career

From 1992 to 1996 Schausten worked for German broadcaster SWF as a television reporter.[1]

In 1996, Schausten moved to German broadcaster ZDF and soon worked as chief of staff to editor-in-chief Klaus Bresser. She later presented of the channel's morning show, ZDF-Morgenmagazin, from 1999 to 2002 and Politbarometer from 2003 to 2010. From 2010 until 2019, she led the ZDF bureau in Berlin; she was the first woman in that position.[2]

Since March 2019 Schausten has been serving as deputy editor-in-chief of ZDF, alongside editor-in-chief Peter Frey.[1][3] In addition, she has occasionally been the anchor of ZDF's daily news show heute-journal since July 2020, filling in for Claus Kleber, Marietta Slomka and Christian Sievers.

During her time at ZDF, Schausten notably was one of the few TV journalists who conducted interviews with Chancellor Angela Merkel almost annually: in 2010, 2012,[4] 2013, 2014,[5] 2015,[6] 2016,[7] 2017,[8] 2018[9] and 2020.[10] In 2013, she produced a documentary on Merkel.[11]

Awards

Personal life

Schausten has been married to German ZDF journalist Thomas Fuhrmann since 2008.

References
  1. "Biografie: Bettina Schausten: ZDF Presseportal". presseportal.zdf.de.
  2. Michael Jürgs (13 March 2010), Neue Chefin im ZDF-Hauptstadtstudio: "Jungs, lasst es gut sein" Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  3. "Bettina Schausten aktuell: Die ZDF-Journalistin im Porträt". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  4. Michael Kienzl (22 August 2012), ZDF-"Sommerinterview": Das Markenzeichen der Zick-Zack-Merkel Die Welt.
  5. Christian Bartels (14 July 2014), Merkel im ZDF-Sommerinterview: „Mir egal, Hauptsache gewonnen“ Handelsblatt.
  6. Robin Alexander (13 November 2015), Kanzlerin Merkel im ZDF: „Jeder, der zu uns kommt, hat einen Grund zu fliehen“ Die Welt.
  7. Rainer Woratschka (10 July 2016), Angela Merkel im Sommerinterview: „Es wird das gesagt, was notwendig ist, wenn es notwendig ist“ Der Tagesspiegel.
  8. Christian Bartels (28 August 2017), Sommerinterviews: Schulz wechselt in den Angriffsmodus Handelsblatt.
  9. Eliana Berger (2 February 2018), Angela Merkel bei „Berlin direkt“ „Ich muss mich fragen, was verantwortbar ist“ Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger.
  10. Sebastian Beug (4 June 2020), Interviews in ARD und ZDF: Merkel schließt fünfte Amtszeit aus Die Welt.
  11. Macht Mensch Merkel – Acht Jahre Kanzlerin in Deutschland ARD.
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