Newsgirls includes biographies for ten journalists, however more were considered and covered. Journalists covered in series are:

• Kay Kritzwiser (1910-2009), awarded art critic for the Globe and Mail, recipient of the Commemorative Medal of Canada (1992), and subject of Newsgirls.

• Dorothy Howarth (1912-2009), awarded journalist at the Toronto Evening Telegram, inducted into the Canadian News Hall of Game (2011), and subject of Newsgirls.

• Olive Dickason (1920-2011), awarded fashion journalist at the Globe and Mail, professor at the University of Alberta and the University of Ottawa, member of the Order of Canada (1996), recipient of the Aboriginal Life Achievement Award from the Canadian Native Arts Foundation (1997), and subject of Newsgirls.

• June Callwood (1924-2009), journalist at the Globe and Mail; awarded founder of Digger House, Nellie's shelter, Jessie's Centre, and Casey House; recipient of the Order of Canada (1978) and the Order of Ontario (1988); inducted into the Etobicoke Hall of Fame (1992); and subject of Newsgirls.

• Stasia Evasuk (1924-2009), awarded fashion journalist and columnist at the Toronto Star, and subject of Newsgirls.

• Angela Burke (1920-2014), awarded journalist at the Toronto Star, promoter of the Royal Commission for the Status of Women, and subject of Newsgirls.

• Marilyn Dunlop (1928-2017), awarded medical journalist at the Toronto Star, author, recipient of the Sandford Fleming Medal for outstanding contributions to public understanding of science (1990), and subject of Newsgirls.

• Joan Hollobon (1920), awarded medical journalist at the Globe and Mail, author, recipient of the Medal of Honour of the Canadian Medical Association (1986), officer of the Order of Canada (2019), and subject of Newsgirls.

• Augusta "Dusty" Vineberg (1926), awarded journalist at the Montreal Star and City Woman, and subject of Newsgirls.

• Jeannine Locke (1926-2013), renowned journalist at the Toronto Star and producer at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).

• Mary Elizabeth "Beth" Dingman (1918-2010), renowned columnist and editor of the women's section of the Toronto Telegram.

• Ruth Hammond (1920-2015), awarded journalist and first women's editor at the Toronto Star, president of the Women's Press Club and director of the Toronto Press Club and Belmont House, and recipient of an honorary doctorate from Mount Saint Vincent University.

• Kay Rex (1918-2006), awarded journalist at the Globe and Mail, president of the Toronto Branch of the Canadian Authors Association, author of No Daughter of mine: the women and history of the Canadian Women's Press Club, 1904-1971 (1995).

• Doris Anderson (1921-2007), author, journalist, editor of the Chatelaine, and women's rights activist, chair of the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, and companion of the Order of Canada (2002).

• Marjorie Earl ([19--]-1999), renowned journalist and first female foreign correspondent at the Toronto Star, key figure in the formation of the newspaper guild in 1948.

• Enid Nemy (1924), author and awarded journalist at the New York Times, recipient of the 1984 Matrix Award "for achievement in newspapers and wire services."

• Joan Sutton Strauss ([19--]), awarded fashion editor and a columnist at the Toronto Telegram and the Toronto Sun, recipient of the Canadian Commemorative Medal for Public Service, and recipient of the Order of Ontario (2019).

• Yvonne Crittenden ([19--]), awarded journalist and book critic of the Toronto Sun and the Toronto Star.

• Maureen Keller ([19--]), awarded journalist and editor of the Toronto Star.

• Michele Landsberg (1939), author; public speaker; social activist; and awarded journalist at the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, and Chatelaine; officer of the Order of Canada (2006); and member of the Women's College Hospital Board of Directors (2012).

• Heather Robertson (1942-2014), author and awarded journalist at the Winnipeg Free Press, Chatelaine, Saturday Night and Macleans; honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Manitoba (1998).

• Catherine Ford ([194-]), author and awarded journalist, columnist, and editor at the Calgary Herald; honorary doctorate from the University of Calgary.

• Valerie Gibson ([19--]), author, public speaker, and award-winning sex and relationships columnist for the Toronto Sun.