Patti has written for a variety of Canadian newspapers, consumer magazines and trade magazines on a freelance basis, ranging from the Globe and Mail to Today’s Parent, the CBA National, the National Post, Vancouver Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa City Interiors and Canadian Healthcare Manager. You can read a selection of stories that are available online.

A feature written by Patti for National, the magazine of the Canadian Bar Association, won a 2002 CAJ Investigative Journalism Award. The story delved into a former Ontario government’s plans to privatize prisons.