After a short period at The Canadian Magazine he returned to Maclean’s as staff writer, then became managing editor at Saturday Night Magazine, and later a staff writer for The Star Weekly.
His articles have appeared in Toronto Life, Reader’s Digest, Rolling Stone, Chatelaine and other magazines.
Between 1977 and 2002, Batten reviewed movies twice a week for CBC’s Metro Morning radio program.
[5] Jack Batten is married to the gardening writer and consultant Marjorie Harris.
Jack Batten’s papers and manuscripts are held at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library of the University of Toronto.