Our Award-Winning Production Staff
Joan Cartan-HansenJOAN CARTAN-HANSEN has been a producer/reporter/writer for Idaho Public Television since 1988. Joan is the lead producer/host for "Dialogue for Kids," co-producer/host of "Dialogue," and a producer/reporter/writer for "Outdoor Idaho" and "Idaho Reports." In addition, she writes and produces a number of documentaries and occasionally contributes pieces to "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer," Joan has won a number of awards including four regional Emmys, gold medals at the New York Festivals, Tellys, CINE Golden Eagles and Platinum prizes at Worldfest. The National Educational Association and the Council on State Governments have also honored Joan for her educational projects. Joan has two blogs: D4K, which looks at science news for kids and Diablog which discusses at public affairs issues. A native Idahoan, Joan is married with two children.
John CrancerJOHN CRANCER is the lead producer for “Outdoor Idaho”. He has also produced a number of specials including “Idaho: A Portrait” which was shown twice nationally by PBS. Other notable programs Crancer has produced for Idaho Public Television are “Idaho: An Aerial Tapestry” and “Sacred Journey of the Nez Perce”. Among the awards Crancer has received during his career are a regional Emmy, several Tellys, a gold medal from the New York Film Festival, a Silver Cindy, “Program of the Year” from the Montana Broadcasters Association, and “Best of the Best” from a chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Before coming to Idaho in 1994, Crancer worked at PBS and commercial stations in Nebraska, Utah, and California, and has more than twenty-five years of experience in broadcasting.
Marcia FranklinMARCIA FRANKLIN has been a producer and host at Idaho Public Television since 1990. Prior to working here, she was a general assignment reporter for KIFI-TV in Idaho Falls and a production assistant for KQED-TV in San Francisco. She currently is the lead producer and co-host for "Dialogue," Idaho Public Television's statewide call-in program, and a producer for "Outdoor Idaho." In addition, Marcia has produced pieces for national public television programs. In her spare time, she likes to read, bike, hike and travel. Marcia is a founding board member of the City Club of Boise, a frequent moderator of civic events and was a longtime "Big Sister." Her programs have been the recipient of numerous awards, including a George Foster Peabody Award and several regional Emmy awards.
Al HagenlockAL HAGENLOCK is a Producer/Director with Idaho Public Television where he works on several award winning productions and specials including "Dialogue", "D4K" and our March Festival fundraiser. Al has been employed with Idaho Public Television for several years and may get in a round of golf from time to time.
Pat MetzlerPAT METZLER has been employed with Idaho Public Television since 1989. He is the senior director of our "Outdoor Idaho" series and one of the show’s principal shooters and editors. His efforts have won the station numerous Emmy awards, as well as countless other awards for IdahoPTV specials. Pat was the director/editor and one of the videographers for "Assassination: Idaho’s Trial of the Century," which premiered in November of 2007.
Ricardo OchoaRICARDO OCHOA has been employed with Idaho Public Television since 1977. He is currently the director of the award-winning "Dialogue" and "Idaho Reports" programs. Over the years Ric has contributed his talents to numerous IdahoPTV specials and was one of the original videographers of the award-winning "Outdoor Idaho" series.
Rick PenticoffRICK PENTICOFF is our web guru and maintains our web site. Rick has won numerous national awards, including a regional Emmy, for his web sites. A former English prof, Rick delights not only in the technical aspects of the web, but also in providing that all-important ‘content’ to our sites.
Bruce Reichert BRUCE REICHERT is perhaps best known as the host and one of the writer/producers of “Outdoor Idaho,” a program featuring the issues, people and places of Idaho and the West. He has also written and produced several specials, like “Echoes of a Bitter Crossing: Lewis & Clark in Idaho” and “The Vertical Environment.” Reichert has been a schoolteacher, a bartender, a librarian, the editor of Idaho’s oldest newspaper, The Idaho World, and a construction worker. Reichert lives in the mountains near Idaho City, in a log cabin that he built. He is also the executive producer of local productions for Idaho Public Television.
Thanh Tan THANH TAN is a producer/reporter/host with Idaho Public Television. She joined the staff in October 2008, after working several years as a general assignment reporter at commercial television stations in Boise and Portland, Oregon. Her primary responsibility at IdahoPTV is to anchor and cover statehouse politics for “Idaho Reports,” the longest-running legislative program in the West. Thanh also contributes reports to “Outdoor Idaho” and “Dialogue.” Thanh graduated with honors from the University of Southern California with degrees in International Relations and Broadcast Journalism. She developed a passion for journalism through several years of internships and freelance gigs with KOMO-TV in Seattle, ABC News Nightline in Washington, D.C., National Public Radio’s Day to Day and CNN in Los Angeles. As a reporter with KBCI-TV, she specialized in covering politics and the Idaho Legislature.
Jeff TuckerJEFF TUCKER has come full circle in the television business. Jeff began volunteering with Idaho Public Television while in high school. He continued working part time while he received a Communications degree at the University of Idaho. Upon graduation, Jeff helped produce, direct, shoot and edit several major IdahoPTV productions, including the thirteen part "History of Idaho" and the four part "The Horse" series. Afterwards, Jeff started his own video production company which took him all over the United States, Canada and Mexico directing, shooting, and editing. Jeff says it didn’t take long for him to realize that PBS is where good TV is made! He currently serves as production manager or as Bruce Reichert calls him… WD-40 man.

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