Bettina Schausten
Bettina Schausten | |
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 Schausten at the 2022 Saarland state elections | |
| Born | 18 February 1965 Lüdinghausen, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse | Thomas Fuhrmann (m. 2008) |
| Awards | See Awards |
Bettina Schausten (born 18 February 1965, in Lüdinghausen) is a German journalist.
Early life and education
[edit]Schausten studied literature, history and Catholic theology in Cologne and in Munich from 1986 to 1992.
Career
[edit]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
[edit]Personal life
[edit]Schausten has been married to German ZDF journalist Thomas Fuhrmann.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Biografie: Bettina Schausten: ZDF Presseportal". presseportal.zdf.de. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ Michael Jürgs (13 March 2010), Neue Chefin im ZDF-Hauptstadtstudio: "Jungs, lasst es gut sein" Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ "Bettina Schausten aktuell: Die ZDF-Journalistin im Porträt". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ Michael Kienzl (22 August 2012), ZDF-"Sommerinterview": Das Markenzeichen der Zick-Zack-Merkel Die Welt. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ Christian Bartels (14 July 2014), Merkel im ZDF-Sommerinterview: „Mir egal, Hauptsache gewonnen“ Handelsblatt. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ Robin Alexander (13 November 2015), Kanzlerin Merkel im ZDF: „Jeder, der zu uns kommt, hat einen Grund zu fliehen“ Die Welt. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ Rainer Woratschka (10 July 2016), Angela Merkel im Sommerinterview: „Es wird das gesagt, was notwendig ist, wenn es notwendig ist“ Der Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ Julia Witte (28 September 2017), Sommerinterviews: Schulz wechselt in den Angriffsmodus Die Welt. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ Eliana Berger (2 February 2018), Angela Merkel bei „Berlin direkt“ „Ich muss mich fragen, was verantwortbar ist“ Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ Sebastian Beug (4 June 2020), Interviews in ARD und ZDF: Merkel schließt fünfte Amtszeit aus Die Welt. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ Macht Mensch Merkel – Acht Jahre Kanzlerin in Deutschland ARD. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
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