Bettina Gaus
German journalist (1956–2021)
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- Bettina Gaus (5 December 1956 – 27 October 2021) was a German journalist.
- She attended the Deutsche Journalistenschule in Munich and studied political science at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München there.
- From 1983 to 1989 she was political editor at the German-language program of Deutsche Welle.
- From 1996 to 1999 Gaus headed the parliamentary office of the taz , since then she had been the political correspondent of the newspaper until 2021.
- She died in Berlin on 27 October 2021, at the age of 64.
Bettina Gaus (5 December 1956 – 27 October 2021) was a German journalist.
Life
Gaus was born in Munich in December 1956, the daughter of Erika Gaus and publicist and diplomat Günter Gaus. She attended the Deutsche Journalistenschule in Munich and studied political science at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München there. In 1979 she completed an internship at the Hamburger Morgenpost, after which she worked for the Munich Abendzeitung, among others. From 1983 to 1989 she was political editor at the German-language program of Deutsche Welle. From 1989 to 1996, she reported out of Nairobi on Africa topics for the tageszeitung (taz), ARD stations and news agencies. From 1996 to 1999 Gaus headed the parliamentary office of the taz, since then she had been the political correspondent of the newspaper until 2021. Since 2021, she had been writing columns for the magazine Der Spiegel.
She died in Berlin on 27 October 2021, at the age of 64.
She leaves behind a daughter, Nora Mbagathi, born to Bettina Gaus and Stanley Mbagathi in Cologne in 1987.
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