▁editor ▁under ▁his ▁father , ▁Howard ▁H . ▁H ays , ▁Sr , ▁who ▁was ▁editor ▁and ▁co - owner ▁of ▁the ▁paper . ▁Tim ▁H ays ▁spent ▁the ▁next ▁ 5 1 ▁years ▁at ▁The ▁Press - Enter prise . ▁Though ▁he ▁never ▁pract iced ▁law , ▁H ays ▁took ▁and ▁passed ▁the ▁bar ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year . ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁ ▁years , ▁he ▁rose ▁from ▁assistant ▁editor ▁to ▁editor ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁then ▁co - publish er , ▁then ▁publish er , ▁and ▁finally ▁chairman , ▁a ▁role ▁which ▁he ▁held ▁until ▁ 1 9 9 7 . ▁ ▁As ▁publish er , ▁H ays ▁took ▁on ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁stories ▁which ▁el ic ited ▁strong ▁legal ▁opposition ▁from ▁government ▁officials . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁he ▁super vised ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 ▁articles ▁expos ing ▁ab use ▁of ▁authority ▁by ▁a ▁judge ▁who ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁conserv ator ▁for ▁the ▁Agu a ▁Cal iente ▁Indians ▁in ▁Pal m ▁Spr ings . ▁The ▁judge ▁in ▁question ▁attempted ▁to ▁use ▁his ▁jud icial ▁authority ▁to ▁have ▁H ays ▁arrested ▁to ▁end ▁the ▁series ▁of ▁articles . ▁ ▁H ays ▁refused ▁to ▁be ▁sil enced ▁and ▁successfully ▁avoided ▁being ▁ja iled . ▁For ▁these ▁stories ▁the ▁Press - Enter prise ▁received ▁the ▁Pul itzer ▁Prize ▁for ▁Public ▁Service ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 . ▁ ▁His ▁subsequent ▁efforts ▁to ▁fight ▁restrictions ▁on ▁the ▁freedom