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

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

[1] In 1996, Schausten moved to German broadcaster ZDF and soon worked as chief of staff to editor-in-chief Klaus Bresser.

[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.