<p>Ugandan journalist Jackee Batanda visited the Pulitzer Center last week to talk about her experiences reporting on recent protests against Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.</p><p>Amid the anti-government rallies, the president shut down media outlets and proposed a bill that would result in further censorship.</p><p>"When [journalists] dig deeper in cases of investigative journalism, they are somehow getting to stories the government does not want out," said Batanda, a freelance journalist with the Global Press Institute who focuses her reporting on social justice and human rights issues in Uganda.</p><p>Through this experience, Batanda said she was determined to find ways to report on government corruption despite the increasing lack of press freedom in the country.</p><p>"I want to expand horizons and highlight issues that do not reach mainstream media," said Batanda, who was selected as the <a href="https://iwmf.org/pioneering-change/elizabeth-neuffer-fellowship.aspx">International Women's Media Foundation's Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow</a> for 2011-12.</p><p>In her interview Batanda said Uganda is dealing with a major economic crisis due to the rising cost of fuel and mentioned frequent protests by Ugandans demanding the government take action.</p><p>Batanda plans to travel to Boston and New York for the fellowship, which was created in memory of <em>Boston Globe</em> correspondent Elizabeth Neuffer who was killed in Iraq in 2003.</p><p>The first part of the fellowship consists of a four-month research assistant position at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for International Studies and an internship with <em>The Boston Globe</em>. In January, Batanda will move to New York for an internship at <em>The New York Times</em>.</p>