A couple of weeks ago, we asked Bay Area Reporter readers to share some of their memories of the newspaper as it turns 50. Here are their stories.Remembering Mike SalinasI freelanced for the late B.A.R.
news editor Mike Salinas in the 1990s, sending him political and AIDS-related stories from Los Angeles. As a former mainstream journalist, I often argued with him when he included activist terms under my byline; he once inserted "The Betrayer" in a Bill Clinton photo caption.
But we worked well together.Salinas was also insightful. He called me an "environmental reporter" because I wrote about fundraisers in a "you-are-there" style.