{"id":36322,"date":"2026-09-07T10:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/?p=36322"},"modified":"2026-09-07T11:01:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T10:01:44","slug":"zdf-extends-schaustens-contract-and-appoints-new-heads-of-several-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/2026\/09\/07\/zdf-verlaengert-schausten-und-besetzt-mehrere-studioleitungen-neu\/","title":{"rendered":"ZDF extends *Schausten* and appoints new heads of several studios"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"36322\" class=\"elementor elementor-36322\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb8271d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default creativo-sticky-disabled\" data-id=\"eb8271d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;enable_creativo_sticky&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6bbcb817\" data-id=\"6bbcb817\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74b76af4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74b76af4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ZDF is committed to continuity in its journalistic leadership whilst at the same time making several changes to its studio management. The Board of Directors has extended the contract of ZDF\u2019s Editor-in-Chief <strong>Bettina Schausten\u2019s contract extended until the end of September 2032<\/strong>. Schausten has been at the helm of ZDF\u2019s editorial board since 2022 and thus remains responsible for the broadcaster\u2019s editorial direction.<\/p><p>At the same time, ZDF is filling three studio management posts. <strong>Felix Klauser<\/strong> took over as head of the Moscow bureau on 1 September 2026. The former Russia correspondent succeeds Armin Coerper, who will in future head the ZDF bureau in New York.<\/p><p>On 1 October, [name] will take over <strong>Timm Kr\u00f6ger<\/strong> the management of the studio in Rio de Janeiro. He succeeds Christoph R\u00f6ckerath, who is returning to the ZDF studio in the capital as a correspondent. <strong>Isabelle T\u00fcmena<\/strong> She will also take over as head of the Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg regional studio in Stuttgart on 1 October. She succeeds Anna-Maria Schuck, who has been heading ZDF\u2019s Communications Department since June.<\/p><p>With the extension of Schausten\u2019s contract and the appointment of new staff to the studios, ZDF is reorganising key journalistic roles for the long term.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f80f46 e-flex e-con-boxed creativo-sticky-disabled e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f80f46\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;enable_creativo_sticky&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27580de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27580de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/presseportal.zdf.de\/pressemitteilungen\">ZDF, 4 September 2026<\/a><\/p><h5>\u00a0<\/h5><h5>\u00a0<\/h5><h5>Image: \u00a9 Unsplash<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Das ZDF setzt auf Kontinuit\u00e4t in der journalistischen F\u00fchrung und nimmt zugleich mehrere Ver\u00e4nderungen bei seinen Studioleitungen vor. Der Verwaltungsrat hat den Vertrag von ZDF-Chefredakteurin Bettina Schausten bis Ende September&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":36323,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-minimal.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[47,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fuehrungswechsel","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36322"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36327,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36322\/revisions\/36327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}