To contact Saints247 please email Joe Gerrity at [email protected]
Mission Statement
We have three main goals here at Saints247:
1. To spread news and information about the New Orleans Saints
We want all Saints’ fans, no matter where they may live, to get the latest and most accurate Saints-related info as fast as possible. If someone has a question about the team, we want the correct answer available to them on Saints247. If the information exists elsewhere online, we don’t hesitate to point our visitors in that direction.
2. To provide responsible and in-depth analysis of the New Orleans Saints
We obsessively follow every move the team makes and share our thoughts frequently on the site, aiming to deliver fresh and thought-provoking content. We have very high standards for the site, and as such our writers must consistently prove themselves to be educated, responsible and passionate about the subject.
3. To facilitate mature and intelligent discussion about the New Orleans Saints
Via the comment forms throughout the site, we give our users a platform to discuss pretty much everything that gets posted here on Saints247. We expect each comment to add value to the discussion, and we moderate with that in mind. Through our Journals section, we give our registered users a prominent stage where they can write at length about Saints-related topics and share their thoughts with a large audience. We hold our Journalists (see what we did there?) to high standards and moderate Journal posts accordingly.
Beyond those three things, we just try to have a little fun with all this and not take it too seriously. After all, we are talking about a bunch of grown men running around after a pig skin. Or is it leather? Hmm… you’d think we’d know that.
Past and Present
Saints247 was launched by Joe Gerrity in 2011. It’s inspired and aesthetically the same as Hornets247. The system powering the site is a highly customized installation of WordPress done by Niall Doherty for Hornets, and then tweaked for Saints247 by Johnny Brown.
The main guy running the site is Joe Gerrity, but it’s a collaborative effort. Dariusz Ejkiewicz helped out plenty with the design stuff.
Current Content Producers
Jake Lipsman is a longtime Saints fan who graduated from Tulane University and currently lives in Uptown New Orleans. As an avid follower of the Saints and the NFL, he is excited be able to provide the latest Saints news as well as insights and opinions on what is going on with the team throughout the year.
Chris Trew is a nationally touring comedian with one foot in Austin and the other in his hometown, New Orleans. He co-founded The New Movement and Studio8.net and hosts the Air Sex Championships. If he’s not on stage he’s probably thinking about the New Orleans sports scene.
Jonathan Christensen is a student at UNO and exciting to be writing for Saints247. Along with being an avid sports fan, he also performs regularly with Brown! Improv Comedy in New Orleans.
Dan Lawton is a freelance journalist and new media strategist. His journalism has appeared in the Times-Picayune, The Christian Science Monitor, The Oregonian and The Cutting Edge, the world’s most influential pocket knife blog. He current lives in New Orleans and enjoys playing the bass.
Jake Madison is just a sports fan living in New Orleans. He mainly writes about the Hornets at Swarm and Sting and has contributed to the soccer blog Beyond the Pitch. As a diehard football fan, Jake is excited to contribute to Saints247. Since moving to New Orleans, the Saints have become his second favorite team. He won’t tell you his first just yet, but rest assured it’s not the Falcons.
Andrew Smith is a media arts specialist focusing in videography and photography. He currently serves that same role at Hornets247. Andrew is a diehard Saints fan who bleeds black and gold.
Joe Gerrity is a writer for ESPN, as well as the ESPN affiliated New Orleans Hornets site, Hornets247.com. He’s the majority owner of HornetsReport as well. He’s been featured on WWL’s SportsTalk with Bobby Hebert, Sports Unplugged with Kenny Wilkerson, WWLTV, Fox8’s Final Play, Yahoo Sports and more.
On the Technical Side
Johnny Brown is a software developer and entrepreneur. He is doing his small part to bring about the new mechanical overlords.
42 is a writer for the New Orleans Hornets site, Hornets247.com, as well as one of the smartest men you will ever have the privilege of meeting. (Joe’s words)
Jason Stern is an SEO specialist who will be focusing primarily on getting the aforementioned writers the exposure that they deserve.
Acknowledgments
Many thanks to Niall Doherty for starting Hornets247 and supporting the launch of Saints247, and to the Tom Benson for keeping the team in New Orleans.
