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Adam Zielonka

Adam Zielonka is a freelance contributor to the Catholic Review and a journalist specializing in sports media. At present he works as an editor and writer for Field Level Media, an online sports news service. His past jobs have included reporting on local sports and news for the Capital-Gazette in Annapolis and the Washington Times in Washington, D.C.

Adam’s writing and reporting have also been featured in the Washington City Paper, the Associated Press, the Hockey News and DeSales University Magazine.

Adam grew up in New Jersey and spent four years living in the Maryland suburbs of Washington. After attending DeSales University in Center Valley, Pa., he received his master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Mount de Sales celebrates as Whittaker sisters head to Olympics

July 8, 2024
By Adam Zielonka
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Olympics, Schools, Sports

Sisters, track stars and Mount de Sales alumnae Juliette and Bella Whittaker are headed to the Paris Olympics after qualifying for Team USA late last month.

Catholic High students get help on the path to biomedical careers

January 30, 2024
By Adam Zielonka
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News, Schools

Students at The Catholic High School of Baltimore interested in pursuing a biomedical career are taking advantage of a unique opportunity thanks to a new partnership with LifeBridge Health.

Pathfinding college athletic director stepping down at Mount

May 17, 2023
By Adam Zielonka
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Sports

Lynne Robinson plans to retire in August, capping a 42-year career at the Catholic university in Emmitsburg during which she touched countless lives throughout the athletic department.

Mercy on the move with athletic advancements

January 31, 2023
By Adam Zielonka
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports

Mercy gym renovations followed the installation of Mary Anne Heckwolf ’66 Field, the first field at a Baltimore-­area girls’ school with lighting for nighttime games and a digital scoreboard.

St. Mary’s High School swimmer breaks record held by Michael Phelps

January 23, 2023
By Adam Zielonka
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports

Breaking a mark set by the most-decorated Olympian of all time was just Joe Hayburn’s latest achievement as he charts a course to qualify for his first Summer Olympics in 2024.

Transition to high school football is daunting, rewarding for Catholic school players

September 1, 2022
By Adam Zielonka
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports

As players dust off their pads, a sort of culture shock awaits many high schoolers as they climb that ladder for the first time at Baltimore area Catholic schools.

Fullerton alum named teacher of the year while serving her alma mater

August 25, 2022
By Adam Zielonka
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

Not only did Kristin Urbanski wind back up at St. Joseph years later, but in May she won the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Elementary School Teacher of the Year – becoming the first St. Joseph teacher to win the award, according to principal Chrissie Ashby.

Anna’s Gift Foundation helps hope bloom for hospitalized children

August 11, 2022
By Adam Zielonka
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News

The parish community at St. Ignatius of Loyola in Ijamsville partnered Aug. 4 with Anna’s Gift, assembling more than 800 kits for sick children in need of some comfort and happy memories.

Hagerstown students bring historical figures to life in ‘wax museum’

May 26, 2022
By Adam Zielonka
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

History came alive an annual fifth-grade class project at St. Mary Catholic School in Hagerstown, known as the “Wax Museum.” After several weeks of research and preparation, students dressed up as their given historical figure, stationed themselves around the school’s gym on May 24 and prepared to educate the museum’s guests.

Notre Dame of Maryland students recreate 99-year-old photos

May 6, 2022
By Adam Zielonka
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News

The cast of Notre Dame of Maryland University’s production of the Shakespearean comedy “As You Like It” joined forces with a class of digital photography students to recreate 99-year-old images of their predecessors, with the results now on display in an online exhibit.

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