
Maureen started her career as a newspaper reporter in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, covering the state and federal courts and writing about key criminal and civil trials and Supreme Court rulings. When Maureen Castellano joined BioNews as a copy editor in 2019, it marked her return to journalism after 15 years as a diplomat, tutor, writing coach, and volunteer advocate. She has completed a manuscript about centenarian car enthusiast Margaret Dunning, titled “Belle of the Concours.” The winner of the Society of Professional Journalists award for outstanding reporting, Chapman has had dozens of articles in The New York Times, including two on the coveted front page. She has written for numerous national outlets including Time, People, Al-Jazeera America, Fortune, Daily Beast, MSN.com, Newsweek, The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press.

A member of the Automotive Press Association and one of a relatively small number of women on the car beat, Chapman has discussed the automotive industry multiple times of National Public Radio, and in 2014 was selected as an honorary judge at the prestigious Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

She then became a Michigan correspondent for what is now Bloomberg BNA, where she mainly covered the automotive industry plus legal, tax, and regulatory issues. Mary began her professional career at United Press International, running both print and broadcast desks.
